The Rationalists

Zusatztext I am grateful for this book. I have learned from it, and so will students, professional philosophers and motivated general readers. Informationen zum Autor John Cottingham holds the Established Chair of Philosophy at the University of Reading. Klappentext The seventeenth century saw a fundamental shift in our ways of thinking about ourselves and the universe. The reassuring medieval view of an earth - centered cosmos designed expressly for the benefit of human beings had been steadily eroded; yet at the some time there emerged a new optimism about the possibility of developing a clear and comprehensive account of the working of the universe, together with a determination to penetrate the nature of the human mind and its relation to the material world. Zusammenfassung Focusing on Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, the author examines their attitudes to major philosophical problems still relevant today and aims to show how their ideas relate, despite their different systems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Background 2: Method 3: Substance 4: Matter and Mind 5: Freedom and Morality Notes; Reference List; Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Cottingham
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.09.1988
• EAN: 9780192891907
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289190-7
• Seiten: 246
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Serien: A History of Western Philosophy; A History of Western Philosophy
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy