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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Series The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, Volume 2

Edited by Daniel Garber, Michael Ayers, Roger Ariew and Alan Gabbey

Publication Date 1998

Hardback ISBN-10 0521572339

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521572330

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521572330

Overview

The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy offers a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative overview of early-modern philosophy written by an international team of specialists. As with previous Cambridge histories of philosophy the subject is treated by topic and theme, and since history does not come packaged in neat bundles, the subject is also treated with great temporal flexibility, incorporating frequent reference to medieval and Renaissance ideas. The basic structure of the volumes corresponds to the way an educated seventeenth-century European might have organised the domain of philosophy. Thus, the history of science, religious doctrine, and politics feature very prominently. The narrative that unfolds begins with an intellectual world dominated by a synthesis of Aristotelianism and scholastic philosophy, but by the end of the period the mechanistic or 'corpuscularian' philosophy has emerged and exerted its full impact on traditional metaphysics, ethics, theology, logic, and epistemology.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy Vol. 2: The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Frontmatter

The Understanding

Will, Action, and Moral Philosophy

Bibliographical appendix

Bibliography

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