Western philosophy: Enlightenment books

Human subjects are both formed by historical inheritances and capable of active criticism. Insisting on this fact,...  Read More >>

William James was an American philosopher and psychologist who is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers...  Read More >>

The Advancement of Learning - Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human - Francis Bacon....  Read More >>

The Critique of Judgement - Immanuel Kant - Translated with introduction and notes by J.H. Bernard - The Critique...  Read More >>

Presents a study of the background, development, exposition, and justification of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason....  Read More >>

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This book presents Rousseau’s normative account of truthseeking, his account of what human beings must do if they...  Read More >>

Genevieve Lloyd presents a new study of the place of Enlightenment thought in intellectual history and of its continued...  Read More >>

Presents a study of the background, development, exposition, and justification of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason....  Read More >>

The Critique of Pure Reason is a book by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in which the author seeks to determine...  Read More >>

This book provides a systematic account of Rousseau's significance in relation to Kant's, Fichte's and Hegel's views...  Read More >>

Locke's Second Treatise is a classic of political philosophy. It helped entrench ideas of a social contract, human...  Read More >>

Victor Nuovo presents the first scholarly edition of John Locke's A Vindication (1695) and A Second Vindication...  Read More >>

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The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials...  Read More >>

The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials...  Read More >>

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La nueva Atlantida pertenece a las grandes utopias clasicas de la historia del pensamiento. La obra de Bacon posee...  Read More >>

Is Kant really the ‘bourgeois’ philosopher that his advocates and opponents take him to be? In this bold and original...  Read More >>

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a revision of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously...  Read More >>

Contrary to popular belief, God not only survived the Enlightenment, but thrived within it. By exposing the Enlightenment's...  Read More >>

Offers insights about how we come to understand and have knowledge of our world and, in so doing, alter our relationship...  Read More >>

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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding articulates groundbreaking posi­tions on the role of experience in cognition,...  Read More >>