Knowledge in a Nutshell: Enlightenment Philosophy: The complete guide to the great revolutionary philosophers, including René Descartes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, and David Hume

by Jane O'Grady

Overview

"...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing a reliable and accessible introduction to modern philosophy that is also a meaningful contribution to the subject." - London Times Literary Supplement

From Descartes' famous line 'I think therefore I am' to Kant's fascinating discussions of morality, the thinkers of the Enlightenment have helped to shape the modern world. Addressing such important subjects as the foundations of knowledge and the role of ethics, the theories of these philosophers continue to have great relevance to our lives.

Ranging across Enlightenment thinking from Berkeley to Rousseau, Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell explains important ideas such as Locke's ideas of primary and secondary qualities, Kant's moral rationalism, and Hume's inductive reasoning.

Filled with helpful diagrams and simple summaries of complex theories, this essential introduction brings the great ideas of the past to everyone.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The critically-acclaimed Knowledge in a Nutshell series provides accessible and engaging introductions to wide-ranging topics, written by experts in their fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788285834
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	02/01/2019
Series:	Knowledge in a Nutshell , #2
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	525,663
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jane O'Grady is one of the founders of the London School of Philosophy, and was a Visiting Lecturer and Honorary Fellow at City University. She has taught at the Freud Museum, for the How To Academy and given extra-mural courses at Birkbeck. She co-edited Blackwell's Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations with A. J. Ayer, has several entries in the Oxford Companion to Philosophy, and has written introductions to Mill's On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, as well as several introductions for Plato's dialogues. She is the philosophy obituarist for the Guardian and she also reviews for the Telegraph, the Literary Review, the Financial Times and the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Table of Contents

Introduction - What is Enlightenment Philosophy?
Chapter 1: The Road to Enlightenment
Chapter 2: René Descartes (1596-1650)
Chapter 3: John Locke (1632-1704)
Chapter 4: Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77)
Chapter 5: George Berkeley (1685-1753)
Chapter 6: David Hume (1711-76): Epistemology and Metaphysics
Chapter 7: David Hume (1711-76): Moral Philosophy
Chapter 8: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78)
Chapter 9: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Epistemology and Metaphysics
Chapter 10: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804): Moral Philosophy
Glossary
Enlightenment Figures
Index
Picture Credits

Editorial Reviews

...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing a reliable and accessible introduction to modern philosophy that is also a meaningful contribution to the subject.

Johnny Lyons

...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing a reliable and accessible introduction to modern philosophy that is also a meaningful contribution to the subject.

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