Western philosophy: Enlightenment books

An invitation to the habits of good thinking from philosopher Julian Baggini. By now, it should be clear: in the...  Read More >>

Schon damals stellten sich viele drängende Fragen unserer Zeit: zum Wahrheitsanspruch in Wissenschaft und Politik,...  Read More >>

By situating his evolving ideas in pan-European debates on the problems and prospects of modern European politics,...  Read More >>

This book is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely contain a summary...  Read More >>

René Descartes revolutionized the method of intellectual inquiry. Tarek Dika presents a systematic interpretation...  Read More >>

This book examines Diderot’s and d’Holbach’s views on determinism to illuminate some of the most important debates...  Read More >>

Science and religion have always been at each other’s throats, right?  Read More >>

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

The English and American deists rejected Christianity, which they believed portrayed God as cruel. In The Spirituality...  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 edition’s thorough introduction, modernized translation, and unique interspersed commentary make it the most...  Read More >>

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

In this attempt to apply Euclid's methods to philosophy, Spinoza develops a deductive system based on his conception...  Read More >>

11 specially commissioned essays examine the Scottish Enlightenment's contributions to commercial society, the 'science...  Read More >>

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Providing a unique interpretation of Kant’s theory of judgement as integral to his overall project, Claudia Brodsky...  Read More >>

In Rescuing Autonomy from Kant, James Furner argues that Marxism’s relation to Kant’s ethics is not one of irrelevance,...  Read More >>

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Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Edmund Burke, and Henry Home combined empiricism and aesthetics to create an empiricist...  Read More >>

Challenging the common assumption that the Enlightenment of the late seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries was...  Read More >>

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Challenging the common assumption that the Enlightenment of the late seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries was...  Read More >>