A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein,9780415267632

A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780415267632
ISBN10: 0415267633
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-09
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

"Dr. Scruton writes with an unusual clarity and fluency, and is always a pleasure to read . . . this is certainly a book which you could give to anyone who was curious about philosophy and expect them to learn a lot from it." Alan Ryan, author of "Bertrand Russell: A" "Political Life"

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition x
Introduction
History of Philosophy and History of Ideas
3(10)
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
13(16)
PART I Rationalism
Descartes
29(11)
The Cartesian Revolution
40(9)
Spinoza
49(18)
Leibniz
67(16)
PART II Empiricism
Locke and Berkeley
83(24)
The Idea of a Moral Science
107(14)
Hume
121(18)
PART III Kant and Idealism
Kant I: The Critique of Pure Reason
139(12)
Kant II: Ethics and Aesthetics
151(18)
Hegel
169(16)
Reactions: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche
185(18)
Part IV The Political Transformation
Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Hegel
203(16)
Marx
219(15)
Utilitarianism and After
234(15)
Part V Recent Philosophy
Frege
249(14)
Phenomenology and Existentialism
263(18)
Wittgenstein
281(14)
Bibliography 295(16)
Index 311

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