Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 books

This is a unique guide to the built heritage of Edinburgh from the time of the Scottish Enlightenment, which includes...  Read More >>

In the 19th century, the history of philosophy becomes the history of a particular science. On the one hand, we...  Read More >>

This volume establishes Nietzsche’s importance as a political philosopher. The introduction and eighteen chapters...  Read More >>

This book argues that we can only develop a proper grasp of Kant’s practical philosophy if we appreciate the central...  Read More >>

This book uncovers Kant’s hidden theory of cosmopolitan education within the framework of his overall practical...  Read More >>

This volume brings Cassirer’s work into the arena of contemporary debates both within and outside of philosophy....  Read More >>

The problem of subjectivity has become crucial in recent debates in Nietzschean scholarship and is key to understanding...  Read More >>

Kant uses the term ontology in a doubled way. Most of the time, he attaches a negative valence to it, but occasionally...  Read More >>

This book provides an accessible and thorough analysis of “The Doctrine of Being,” the first part of Hegel’s Science...  Read More >>

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Written in 1887, when Nietzsche was at the height of his powers as a philosopher and writer, On the Genealogy of...  Read More >>

Few people can claim to have had minds as fertile and creative as the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau....  Read More >>

No philosopher could be a better example of creative thinking in action than Friedrich Nietzsche: a German iconoclast...  Read More >>

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Excited by the scientific breakthroughs of the day, David Hume set out to construct a science of the mind. 1748's...  Read More >>

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Do we need religion to be good people? When Immanuel Kant tackled this question in 1793, he produced a book that...  Read More >>

Hegel's most influential work introduces the idea that philosophical truths are inseparable from the history of...  Read More >>

Hume's 1779 book on the existence of God remains vastly influential. Using the conceit of a cleverly crafted fictional...  Read More >>

In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic...  Read More >>

Born in Britain in 1737, Thomas Paine had a humble, religious upbringing and very little formal education. The course...  Read More >>

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy – not...  Read More >>

René Descartes posed questions about the nature of knowledge and the nature of being that philosophers still debate...  Read More >>

David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical classic that displays a powerful mastery of...  Read More >>

David Hume’s 1748 Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a modern philosophical classic that helped reshape epistemology...  Read More >>