Late Modern Philosophy

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4689-0
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

Part of the Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy 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.

- Gathers together the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the late modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period.

- Features the writings of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Kant, Rousseau, Bentham and other leading thinkers.

- Examines such topics as empiricism, rationalism, and the existence of God.

- Readings are accompanied by expert commentary from the editors, who are leading scholars in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radcliffe, Elizabeth S.

McCarty, Richard

Allhoff, Fritz

Vaidya, Anand Jayprakash

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

General Introduction 1

Part I Empiricism 17

Introduction

1 John Locke 21
Essay concerning Human Understanding

2 George Berkeley 52
Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists

3 David Hume 75
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding

4 David Hume 100
A Treatise of Human Nature

Part II Critics of Empiricism 113

Introduction

5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 117
New Essays concerning Human Understanding

6 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke 123
The Leibniz–Clarke Correspondence

7 Thomas Reid 133
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense

Part III Kant’s Critique of Rationalism and Empiricism 141

Introduction

8 Immanuel Kant 145
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

Part IV Arguments for the Existence of God 185

Introduction

9 Samuel Clarke 189
A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God

10 William Paley 193
Natural Theology

11 David Hume 199
Dialogues concerning Natural Religion

12 Immanuel Kant 208
Critique of Pure Reason

Part V Political Philosophy 217

Introduction

13 John Locke 221
Second Treatise on Government

14 David Hume 234

“Of the Original Contract”

15 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 240
On the Social Contract

Part VI Moral Philosophy 257

Introduction

16 Samuel Clarke 261
Discourse concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion

17 David Hume 266
A Treatise of Human Nature

18 Richard Price 294
A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals

19 Adam Smith 303
The Theory of Moral Sentiments

20 Immanuel Kant 315
Lectures on Ethics

21 Immanuel Kant 324
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

22 Thomas Reid 329
Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind

23 Jeremy Bentham 339
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

24 Mary Wollstonecraft 350
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Suggestions for Further Reading 359

Index 363

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe is Professor of Philosophy at Santa Clara University. Her areas of specialization include Hume, ethical theory, motivational psychology, and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophy. She is the author of On Hume (2000), editor of A Companion to Hume (Blackwell, 2007), and was co-editor of the journal Hume Studies from 2000 to 2005.

Richard McCarty is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University. His research focuses on Kant and the history of modern philosophy.

Fritz Allhoff is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. His main areas of research are ethical theory, applied ethics, and the philosophy of biology/science. His work has been published in, among other places, the American Journal of Bioethics, the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, the International Journal of Applied Philosophy, and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal.

Anand Jayprakash Vaidya is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University. His research is in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.