{"product_id":"late-modern-philosophy-9781405146883","title":"Late Modern Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart of the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e series, this survey of late modern philosophy focuses on the key texts and philosophers of the period whose beliefs changed the course of western thought. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGathers together the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the late modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the writings of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Kant, Rousseau, Bentham and other leading thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines such topics as empiricism, rationalism, and the existence of God.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReadings are accompanied by expert commentary from the editors, who are leading scholars in the field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an excellent anthology with selections that are shrewdly chosen and insightfully introduced, including several in ethics that are unusual but quite important, such as Adam Smith, Richard Price, and Mary Wollstonecraft.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Darwall, University of Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A rich and wisely chosen collection of key eighteenth-century texts, distinctive in covering not only epistemology and metaphysics, but moral and political philosophy.” \u003ci\u003eKenneth P. Winkler, Wellesley College\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments. \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Empiricism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Essay concerning Human Understanding: John Locke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists: George Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding: David Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Treatise of Human Nature: David Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Critics of Empiricism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. New Essays concerning Human Understanding: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Leibniz–Clarke Correspondence: Gottfried Leibniz and Samuel Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense: Thomas Reid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Kant’s Critique of Rationalism and Empiricism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Arguments for the Existence of God.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God: Samuel Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Natural Theology: William Paley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Dialogues concerning Natural Religion: David Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Critique of Pure Reason: Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Political Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Second Treatise on Government: John Locke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Of the Original Contract: David Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. On the Social Contract: Jean-Jacques Rousseau.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Moral Philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Discourse concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion: Samuel Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. A Treatise of Human Nature: David Hume.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals: Richard Price.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Adam Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Lectures on Ethics: Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: Immanuel Kant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind: Thomas Reid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation: Jeremy Bentham.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: Mary Wollstonecraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407880659287,"sku":"9781405146883","price":89.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405146883.jpg?v=1730500836","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/late-modern-philosophy-9781405146883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}