British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century

Zusatztext Sarah Hutton is an excellent choice for author. She is an eminent senior scholar with an extensive publication record...Hutton does a wonderful job presenting a large body of diverse and complicated material accurately and concisely. She is to be commended heartily. Informationen zum Autor Professor Sarah Hutton is Honorary Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of York Klappentext Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in philosophy. It was in the seventeenth century that Britain first produced philosophers of international stature. Bacon, Hobbes, and Locke, and many other thinkers are shown in their intellectual, social, political, and religious context. Zusammenfassung Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in philosophy. It was in the seventeenth century that Britain first produced philosophers of international stature. Bacon, Hobbes, and Locke, and many other thinkers are shown in their intellectual, social, political, and religious context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1: An Age of Transformation 2: Philosophy in the Universities 3: Cross Currents, Conduits, and Conversations 4: Aristotelianism and its Enemies 5: Bacon and Herbert of Cherbury 6: Thomas Hobbes 7: A Cambridge Enlightenment: The Cambridge Platonists and Richard Cumberland 8: From Philosophy to Science: Natural Philosophy of Boyle, Newton, and Others 9: John Locke 10: Free Thinkers, Idealists, and Women Philosophers: Philosophy from 1690 to 1710-and after Biographical Appendix Bibliography Index

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• Autori: Sarah Hutton
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2015
• EAN: 9780199586110
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958611-0
• Pagine: 298
• Serie: The Oxford History of Philosophy; The Oxford History of Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, HISTORY / Social History, Philosophy, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy