Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 books

Ranging from the early Royal Society of London in the seventeenth century to the uptake of experimental philosophy...  Read More >>

Marco Sgarbi tells a new history of epistemology from the Renaissance to Newton through the impact of Aristotelian...  Read More >>

In 18th-century Germany philosophers were occupied with questions of who we are and what we should be. Can the individual...  Read More >>

The preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel’s corpus, and yet...  Read More >>

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Firstly, it seeks to bring text-based scholars in the history of philosophy together with social and cultural historians...  Read More >>

This volume offers an in-depth overview of Hume's Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, one of the major...  Read More >>

"""The great purpose of a life,"" said philosopher William James, ""is to spend it on something that will outlast...  Read More >>

Jacobi held a position of unparalleled importance in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century intellectual history....  Read More >>

The English and American deists rejected Christianity, which they believed portrayed God as cruel. In The Spirituality...  Read More >>

The influence of Jules Lequier on the development of continental philosophy is currently being revived. Ghislain...  Read More >>

"Der bedeutende Philosoph Wilhelm Dilthey (1833 - 1911) verfolgte mit der hier vorliegenden Arbeit folgendes Ziel:...  Read More >>

Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment offers an in-depth account of Kant's critical philosophical system, offering...  Read More >>

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This work traces the development of a philosophical theory about causality--the volitional theory of causation--...  Read More >>

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This volume is the first English resource to shed light on the philosophy of Joseph Petzoldt (1862-1929), the main...  Read More >>

This book analyzes crucial episodes in the history of American higher education in order to discover the best way...  Read More >>

This edition’s thorough introduction, modernized translation, and unique interspersed commentary make it the most...  Read More >>

Shows how René Descartes transformed philosophy.  Read More >>

Reading The Phenomenology of Spirit through a linguistic lens, Jeffrey Reid provides an original commentary on Hegel’s...  Read More >>

This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel's Logic, the foundational work of his philosophical system. It relates...  Read More >>

Organized around eight core themes in aesthetics today, this book uncovers the complex development of Kant's aesthetic...  Read More >>

Kant's critical philosophy was the reaction over the one sided (as Kant says) thinking of the rationalists and empiricists...  Read More >>