Name: early modern philosophy: essential readings with commentary
Price: 171.37 USD
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Author: a. p. martinich, fritz allhoff, anand jayprakash vaidya
ISBN: 9781405135665

portada early modern philosophy: essential readings with commentary

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

wiley-blackwell

Author

a. p. martinich, fritz allhoff, anand jayprakash vaidya

Pages

336.00

ISBN

1405135662

ISBN13

9781405135665

Synopsis "early modern philosophy: essential readings with commentary"

early modern philosophy is a complete introduction to the most significant and influential philosophers of the first part of the modern era. spanning the sixteenth through the early part of the eighteenth century, early modern philosophy marks a critical shift in the ideas that have continued to evolve within contemporary western thought. this book presents writings of the major philosophical, scientific, and political thinkers of the time, focusing on the development and growth of rationalism which stressed reason, logic, and experimentation in the pursuit of truth, rejecting the scholastic philosophies of the middle ages. part of blackwells readings in the history of philosophy series, this survey of early modern philosophy focuses on the key texts and philosophers of the period whose beliefs changed the course of western thought.