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The Routledge Companion to Seventeenth Century Philosophy is an outstanding and comprehensive survey of this momentous period, covering the major thinkers, topics and movements in Seventeenth century philosophy.
List of contents
Foreword
Steven NadlerPart 1: Historical Context
1. The Scholastic Background
David ClemensonPart 2: Metaphysics
2. Substance
Tad M. Schmaltz3. Qualities
Samuel C. Rickless4. Causation
Sukjae Lee5. Freewill and Determinism
C.P. RaglandPart 3: Epistemology
6. Skepticism
Gianni Paganini7. The Theory of Ideas
Lex Newman8. Logic and Knowledge
Alan NelsonPart 4: Mind and Language
9. Mind-Body Problems
David Cunning10. Sense Perception
Antonia LoLordo11. Consciousness
Steven Nadler12. The Passions
Deborah Brown13. Philosophy of Language
Walter OttPart 5: Natural Philosophy and the Material World
14. Natural Philosophy
Andrew Janiak15. The Theory of Matter
Andrew PylePart 6: Moral Philosophy and Political Philosophy
16. Moral Philosophy
Michael LeBuffe17. Political Philosophy
Susanne SreedharPart 7: Philosophical Theology
18. Arguments for the Existence of God
Marcy P. Lascano19.The Problem of Evil
Samuel Newlands20. The Rise of Religious Skepticism
Michael W. Hickson and Thomas M. Lennon.Index of Names
Index of Subjects
About the author
Dan Kaufman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He has published extensively on issues in seventeenth century philosophy, especially on modality, substance, individuation, and identity.
Summary
The Routledge Companion to Seventeenth Century Philosophy is an outstanding and comprehensive survey of this momentous period, covering the major thinkers, topics and movements in Seventeenth century philosophy.
