The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
This volume contains thirty new essays by leading experts on British philosophy in the nineteenth century, and provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for advanced students and scholars. As well as the most celebrated figures, such as Mill, Spencer, Sidgwick, and Bradley, the Handbook discusses many other less well-known names and debates from the period, such as Whewell, Shadworth Hodgson, and Martineau.

The Handbook contains six parts: Part I examines logic and scientific method from Whately through to the advent of modern formal logic; Part II discusses some of the century's most famous metaphysical systems such as those of the Scottish Common Sense school, J. F. Ferrier and F. H. Bradley; Part III covers science and philosophy, paying particular attention to positivism and the impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory; Part IV explores ethical, social, and political thought, including the lesser known themes of feminism and British Socialism; Part V concerns religious philosophy; and Part VI examines the changes which took place in the practice of philosophy itself during the nineteenth-century.

Prefaced by an introductory article which contextualises and relates the various themes and controversies of the century, each chapter provides an overview of the topic under consideration and surveys of the state of current research, while at the same time offering new ideas and suggestions for future interpretation.
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The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
This volume contains thirty new essays by leading experts on British philosophy in the nineteenth century, and provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for advanced students and scholars. As well as the most celebrated figures, such as Mill, Spencer, Sidgwick, and Bradley, the Handbook discusses many other less well-known names and debates from the period, such as Whewell, Shadworth Hodgson, and Martineau.

The Handbook contains six parts: Part I examines logic and scientific method from Whately through to the advent of modern formal logic; Part II discusses some of the century's most famous metaphysical systems such as those of the Scottish Common Sense school, J. F. Ferrier and F. H. Bradley; Part III covers science and philosophy, paying particular attention to positivism and the impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory; Part IV explores ethical, social, and political thought, including the lesser known themes of feminism and British Socialism; Part V concerns religious philosophy; and Part VI examines the changes which took place in the practice of philosophy itself during the nineteenth-century.

Prefaced by an introductory article which contextualises and relates the various themes and controversies of the century, each chapter provides an overview of the topic under consideration and surveys of the state of current research, while at the same time offering new ideas and suggestions for future interpretation.
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The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

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This volume contains thirty new essays by leading experts on British philosophy in the nineteenth century, and provides a comprehensive and unrivalled resource for advanced students and scholars. As well as the most celebrated figures, such as Mill, Spencer, Sidgwick, and Bradley, the Handbook discusses many other less well-known names and debates from the period, such as Whewell, Shadworth Hodgson, and Martineau.

The Handbook contains six parts: Part I examines logic and scientific method from Whately through to the advent of modern formal logic; Part II discusses some of the century's most famous metaphysical systems such as those of the Scottish Common Sense school, J. F. Ferrier and F. H. Bradley; Part III covers science and philosophy, paying particular attention to positivism and the impact of Darwin's evolutionary theory; Part IV explores ethical, social, and political thought, including the lesser known themes of feminism and British Socialism; Part V concerns religious philosophy; and Part VI examines the changes which took place in the practice of philosophy itself during the nineteenth-century.

Prefaced by an introductory article which contextualises and relates the various themes and controversies of the century, each chapter provides an overview of the topic under consideration and surveys of the state of current research, while at the same time offering new ideas and suggestions for future interpretation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199594474
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 04/15/2014
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 664
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

W. J. Mander was educated at University College London and Corpus Christi College Oxford. After holding a Junior Research Fellowship at St Anne's College, he became a Fellow of Harris Manchester College. Although he is also interested in Early Modern Philosophy, his main area of research is in Nineteenth Century British Philosophy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, W. J. ManderLogic and scientific method2. Early Nineteenth Century Logic, James W. Allard3. Mill's System of Logic, David M. Godden4. Whewell's Philosophy of Science, Steffen Ducheyne5. Some British Logicians, Jeremy Gray6. Idealist Logic, Phillip FerreiraMetaphysics7. Hamilton, Scottish Common Sense, and the Philosophy of the Conditioned, Gordon Graham8. J. F. Ferrier's Institutes of Metaphysic, Jenny Keefe9. The Philosophy of Shadworth Hodgson, W. J. Mander10. Bradley's Metaphysics, Pierfrancesco BasileScience and Philosophy11. Evolution and Religion, John Hedley Brooke12. Evolution and Ethics in Victorian Britain, Michael Ruse13. Herbert Spencer, John Offer14. The Evolutionary Turn in Positivism: G.H. Lewes and Leslie Stephen, Mark Francis15. British Idealism and Evolution, David Boucher16. The Emergence of Psychology, Gary HatfieldEthical, social, and political thought17. Jeremy Bentham and James Mill, Philip Schofield18. John Stuart Mill's Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy, Dale E. Miller19. British Feminist Thought, Barbara Caine20. Karl Marx and British Socialism, David Leopold21. The Ethics of British Idealism; Bradley, Green and Bosanquet, Andrew Vincent22. The Political Thought of the British Idealists, Avital Simhony23. Henry Sidgwick and the Irrationality of the Universe, Bart SchultzReligious philosophy24. The Philosophy of James Martineau, Ralph Waller25. John Henry Newman, Anthony Kenny26. The Philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James Vigus27. Scottish Religious Philosophy 1850-1900, Alan P. F. Sell28. British Idealist Philosophy of Religion, William SweetThe Practice of Philosophy29. Poetry and the Philosophical Imagination, Leslie Armour30. The Professionalization of British Philosophy, Stuart Brown
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