Six Philosophers Vol 1: Descartes to Hume by Jonathan Bennett 2003 UK Edition

Table Of Content: Volume 11. Cartesian and Aristotelian Physics2. Matter and Space3. Descartes's Physics4. Descartes's Dualisms5. Descartes on Causation6. Preparing to Approach Spinoza7. One Extended Substance8. Explaining the Parallelism9. Explanatory Rationalism10. Spinoza on Belief and Error11. Desire in Descartes and Spinoza12. Leibniz Arrives at Monads13. Causation and Perception in Leibniz14. Leibniz's Physics15. Harmony16. Animals that Think17. Leibniz's Contained-Predicate Doctrine18. Leibniz and Relations19. Descartes's Search for Security20. Descartes's Stability Project Dewey Edition: 21 Language: English Item Width: 6.1 in brand: Oxford University Press, Incorporated Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN-10: 019926628X Intended Audience: Trade Format: Uk-Trade Paper Dewey Decimal: 190 Topic: Philosophers, History & Surveys / General, Individual Philosophers Synopsis: Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not, why not? What can we learn from its success or its failure? These questions reflect Bennett's dedication to engaging with philosophy as philosophy, not as museum exhibit, and they require a close and demanding attention to textual details; these being two features that characterize all Bennett's work on early modern philosophy. For newcomers to the early modern scene, this clearly written work is an excellent introduction to it. Those already in the know can learn how to argue with the great philosophers of the past, treating them as colleagues, antagonists, students, teachers.Volume 1: In this volume Jonathan Bennett examines the views of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz on matter and space, the foundations of physics, atomism and alternatives to it, causation, knowledge of necessary truths, how mind relates to body, the nature and significance of human desires, our perception of the material world, and other topics. While exhibiting and celebrating the wonderful breadth, depth, and boldness of the thinking of these philosophers, Bennett also tracks them into the details, where the life is, evaluating their doctrines and arguments on their own merits and in relation to current philosophical problems and interests., Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not, why not? What can be learned from its success or failure? For newcomers to the early modern scene, this clearly written work is an excellent introduction to it. Those already in the know can learn how to argue with the great philosophers of the past, treating them as colleagues, antagonists, students, teachers. In this first volume, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz receive particular attention., Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not, why not? What can we learn from its success or its failure? These questions reflect Bennett's dedication to engaging with philosophy as philosophy, not as museum exhibit, and they require a close and demanding attention to textual details; these being two features that characterize all Bennett's work on early modern philosophy. For newcomers to the early modern scene, this clearly written work is an excellent introduction to it. Those already in the know can learn how to argue with the great philosophers of the past, treating them as colleagues, antagonists, students, teachers. Volume 1: In this volume Jonathan Bennett examines the views of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz on matter and space, the foundations of physics, atomism and alternatives to it, causation, knowledge of necessary truths, how mind relates to body, the nature and significance of human desires, our perception of the material world, and other topics. While exhibiting and celebrating the wonderful breadth, depth, and boldness of the thinking of these philosophers, Bennett also tracks them into the details, where the life is, evaluating their doctrines and arguments on their own merits and in relation to current philosophical problems and interests. Number of Pages: 432 Pages Genre: Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography ISBN-13: 9780199266289 Reviews: The Clarendon Press has issued in paperback format Jonathan Bennett's two-volume survey of philosophers who helped to shape Western thought and continue to do so today ... Whilst never ignoring the philosopher's individual backgrounds [Bennett] concentrates on what they actually wrote and how they argued. The two volumes remain a masterful survey., A noteworthy feature of the book... is the continuously powerful presence of an authorial self... This book will be widely read and discussed both for its virtues and, I trust, like the works it discusses, for its faults., 'Review from previous edition Bennett ... tackles each philosopher head-on, aiming to expound his doctrines and arguments to contemporary readers, to evaluate them, and to make living works of them ... I am convinced that this is the best way to read the philosophers of the past ... I cannotreport on all the riches of these two absolutely admirable volumes, written in a clear style and giving sense to the phrase search for truth.'Pascal Engel, Revue Philosophique, 'Review from previous edition Bennett ... tackles each philosopher head-on, aiming to expound his doctrines and arguments to contemporary readers, to evaluate them, and to make living works of them ... I am convinced that this is the best way to read the philosophers of the past ... I cannot report on all the riches of these two absolutely admirable volumes, written in a clear style and giving sense to the phrase search for truth.'Pascal Engel, Revue Philosophique Publication Year: 2003 Number of Volumes: 2 vols. gtin13: 9780199266289 Item Height: 0.8 in Item Length: 9.2 in Book Title: Learning from Six Philosophers Vol. 1 : Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Humevolume 1 Author: Jonathan Bennett Item Weight: 20.8 Oz LC Classification Number: B790