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Title The Oxford handbook of British philosophy in the eighteenth century / edited by James A. Harris
Edition First edition
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 670 pages)
Series Oxford handbooks in philosophy
Oxford handbooks in philosophy.
Contents Part I. The languages of philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain -- ch. 1. Locke and his influence / Timothy Stanton -- ch. 2. Newton and Newtonianism in eighteenth-century British thought / Eric Schliesser -- ch. 3. The idea of a science of human nature / Jacqueline Taylor -- ch. 4. Rhetoric and eloquence : the language of persuasion / Paddy Bullard -- Part II. Logic and metaphysics -- ch. 5. Perception and the language of nature / Rebecca Copenhaver -- ch. 6. Language and thought / Laurent Jaffro -- ch. 7. The understanding / John P. Wright -- ch. 8. Mind and matter / Aaron Garrett -- Part III. The passions -- ch. 9. Passions, affections, sentiments : taxonomy and terminology / Amy M. Schmitter -- ch. 10. Reason and the passions / Terence Cuneo -- ch. 11. Liberty and necessity / Sean Greenberg -- ch. 12. The government of the passions / James A. Harris -- Part IV. Morals -- ch. 13. Self-interest and sociability / Christian Maurer -- ch. 14. Moral judgment / P.J.E. Kail -- ch. 15. The nature of virtue / Dario Perinetti -- ch. 16. Practical ethics / Colin Heydt -- Part V. Criticism -- ch. 17. The pleasures of the imagination and the objects of taste / Paul Guyer -- ch. 18. The faculty of taste / Timothy M. Costelloe -- ch. 19. The pleasures of tragedy / E.M. Dadlez -- ch. 20. Genius and the creative imagination / Peter Kivy -- Part VI. Politics -- ch. 21. The origin of civil government / Dario Castiglione -- ch. 22. Forms of government / Craig Smith -- ch. 23. Reform and revolution / Neil McArthur -- ch. 24. Luxury, commerce, and the rise of political economy / Richard Whatmore -- Part VII. Philosophy and religion -- ch. 25. Causation, cosmology, and the limits of philosophy : the early eighteenth-century British debate / Paul Russell -- ch. 26. Philosophy, revealed religion, and the enlightenment / Alexander Broadie -- ch. 27. Religion and morality / Thomas Ahnert
Summary This book examines British philosophy in an eighteenth-century context. It looks at the theories of John Locke that mattered most to philosophers of the period, along with Isaac Newton's complex and contested legacy. It also discusses a number of different interpretations of what a 'scientific approach' to human nature might look like and shows that the idea of a science of man goes beyond Lockeanism and Newtonianism. It explores important contributions to the theory of perception, and discusses the relation between the passions and other important faculties of the mind
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Philosophy, British -- 18th century.
Philosophy, British
Philosophie
Filosofie.
Großbritannien
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Genre/Form Handboeken (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Harris, James A. (James Anthony), editor.
ISBN 9780191749766
0191749761
9780191502682
0191502685
Other Titles Handbook of British philosophy in the eighteenth century
British philosophy in the eighteenth century