{"product_id":"a-companion-to-rationalism-9781405109093","title":"A Companion to Rationalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a wide-ranging examination of rationalist thought in philosophy from ancient times to the present day.  * Written by a superbly qualified cast of philosophers.  * Critically analyses the concept of rationalism.  * Focuses principally on the golden age of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Addressing topics from epistemology and metaphysics to ethics and psychology, it is the most compete treatment of the subject known to me.” “I can recommend this book without hesitation.” (\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy In Review\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"This companion is large indeed, but the size fits the largeness of its subjects; and it does succeed in its 25 articles in covering that subject . . . A job well done. Recommended.\" \u003ci\u003e(Choice)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors ix  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Core of Rationalism 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Rationalist Impulse 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Rationalist Conception of Substance 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas M. Lennon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rationalist Theories of Sense Perception and Mind–Body Relation 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGary Hatfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Rationalism and Education 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Cunning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Historical Background 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Plato’s Rationalistic Method 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugh H. Benson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Rationalism in Jewish Philosophy 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Nadler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Early Modern Critiques of Rationalist Psychology 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAntonia LoLordo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Rationalism and Method 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew J. Kisner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Cartesian Imaginations: The Method and Passions of Imagining 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDennis L. Sepper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Heyday of Rationalism 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Descartes’ Rationalist Epistemology 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLex Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Rationalism and Representation 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKurt Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Role of the Imagination in Rationalist Philosophies of Mathematics 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLawrence Nolan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Idealism and Cartesian Motion 250\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlice Sowaal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Leibniz on Shape and the Cartesian Conception of Body 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimothy Crockett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Leibniz on Modality, Cognition, and Expression 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Rationalist Moral Philosophy 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Youpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Spinoza, Leibniz, and the Rationalist Reconceptions of Imagination 322\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDennis L. Sepper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Kant and the Two Dogmas of Rationalism 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry E. Allison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Rationalist Themes in Contemporary Philosophy 361\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Rationalism in the Phenomenological Tradition 363\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Woodruff Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Rationalist Elements of Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Livingston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Proust and the Rationalist Conception of the Self 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Rationalism in Science 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Stump\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Rational Decision Making: Descriptive, Prescriptive, or Explanatory? 425\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Michael Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 What is a Feminist to do with Rational Choice? 450\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMariam Thalos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Rationalism in the Philosophy of Donald Davidson 468\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard N. Manning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 488\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407844286807,"sku":"9781405109093","price":105.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405109093.jpg?v=1730500716","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-rationalism-9781405109093","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}