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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
More than thirty eminent scholars from nine different countries have contributed to The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy – the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of the subject available in English. In contrast with most histories of philosophy and in keeping with preceding Cambridge volumes in the series, the subject is treated systematically by topic, not by individual thinker, school, or movement, thus enabling a much more historically nuanced picture of the period to be painted. As in previous titles in the series, the volume has extensive biographical and bibliographical research materials. During the eighteenth century,the dominant concept in philosophy was human nature, and so it is around this concept that the present work is centered. This allows the contributors to offer both detailed explorations of the epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical themes that continue to stand at the forefront of philoso- phy and to voice a critical attitude toward the historiography behind this emphasis in philosophical thought. At the same time, due attention is paid to historical con- text, with particular emphasis on the connections among philosophy, science, and theology. This judiciously balanced, systematic, and comprehensive account of the whole of Western philosophy during the period will be an invaluable resource for philoso- phers, intellectual historians, theologians, political theorists, historians of science, and literary scholars.
Knud Haakonssen is Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex.
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
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The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
edited by KNUD HAAKONSSEN University of Sussex
Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008
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