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The Cambridge Companion to Locke

Author : Vere Chappell

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 48,35 MB

Release : 1994-06-24

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139824961

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Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. The essays in this volume provide a systematic survey of Locke's philosophy informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover Locke's theory of ideas, his philosophies of body, mind, language, and religion, his theory of knowledge, his ethics, and his political philosophy. There are also chapters on Locke's life and subsequent influence. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Locke currently available.



The Cambridge Companion to Locke's 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding'

Author : Lex Newman

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 18 pages

File Size : 12,95 MB

Release : 2007-03-05

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139827235

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First published in 1689, John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is widely recognised as among the greatest works in the history of Western philosophy. The Essay puts forward a systematic empiricist theory of mind, detailing how all ideas and knowledge arise from sense experience. Locke was trained in mechanical philosophy and he crafted his account to be consistent with the best natural science of his day. The Essay was highly influential and its rendering of empiricism would become the standard for subsequent theorists. This Companion volume includes fifteen new essays from leading scholars. Covering the major themes of Locke's work, they explain his views while situating the ideas in the historical context of Locke's day and often clarifying their relationship to ongoing work in philosophy. Pitched to advanced undergraduates and graduate students, it is ideal for use in courses on early modern philosophy, British empiricism and John Locke.



The Cambridge Companion to Locke

Author : Vere Claiborne Chappell

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 47,4 MB

Release : 1994-06-24

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521387729

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This convenient, accessible guide provides a systematic survey of Locke's philosophy informed by the most recent scholarship and covers his theory of ideas, and his philosophies of mind, language, and religion.



The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley

Author : Kenneth P. Winkler

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 11,21 MB

Release : 2005-12-19

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139825186

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George Berkeley is one of the greatest and most influential modern philosophers. In defending the immaterialism for which he is most famous, he redirected modern thinking about the nature of objectivity and the mind's capacity to come to terms with it. Along the way, he made striking and influential proposals concerning the psychology of the senses, the workings of language, the aims of science, and the scope of mathematics. In this Companion volume a team of distinguished authors not only examines Berkeley's achievements but also his neglected contributions to moral and political philosophy, his writings on economics and development, and his defense of religious commitment and religious life. The volume places Berkeley's achievements in the context of the many social and intellectual traditions - philosophical, scientific, ethical, and religious - to which he fashioned a distinctive response.



The Cambridge Companion to Descartes

Author : John Cottingham

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 540 pages

File Size : 34,76 MB

Release : 1992-09-25

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139824910

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Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work, are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated 'Cogito' argument, the proofs of God's existence, the 'Cartesian circle' and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his theological and scientific views. Other chapters cover the philosophical implications of his work in algebra, his place in the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, the structure of his physics, and his work on physiology and psychology.



The Cambridge Companion to Bacon

Author : Markku Peltonen

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 35,26 MB

Release : 1996-04-26

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780521435345

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There are also essays on Bacon's theory of rhetoric and history as well as on his moral and political philosophy and on his legacy. Throughout the contributors aim to place Bacon in his historical context.



The Cambridge Companion to Rousseau

Author : Patrick Riley

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 24,90 MB

Release : 2001-08-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 9780521576154

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Universally regarded as the greatest French political theorist and philosopher of education of the Enlightenment, and probably the greatest French social theorist tout court, Rousseau was an important forerunner of the French Revolution, though his thought was too nuanced and subtle ever to serve as mere ideology. This 2001 volume systematically surveys the full range of Rousseau's activities in politics and education, psychology, anthropology, religion, music and theater.



The Cambridge Companion to Mill

Author : John Skorupski

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 612 pages

File Size : 24,25 MB

Release : 1998-01-13

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 1139825054

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John Stuart Mill (1806–73) ranks among the very greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact through his books, journalism, correspondence, and political activity on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognised. This Companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and fully up-to-date account of the many facets of Mill's thought and influence. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Mill currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Mill.



The Cambridge Companion to Rhythm

Author : Russell Hartenberger

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 371 pages

File Size : 17,38 MB

Release : 2020-09-24

Category : Music

ISBN : 1108492924

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Book Description

An exploration of rhythm and the richness of musical time from the perspective of performers, composers, analysts, and listeners.



The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt

Author : Dana Villa

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 38,71 MB

Release : 2000-11-30

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780521645713

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A distinguished team of contributors examines the primary themes of Arendt's multi-faceted thought.