ABSTRACT
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a lucid, challenging and up-to-date survey of the philosophers and philosophies from the founding father of modern philosophy, René Descartes, to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Roger Scruton has been widely praised for his success in making the history of modern philosophy cogent and intelligible to anyone wishing to understand this fascinating subject. In this new edition, he has responded to the explosion of interest in the history of philosophy by substantially rewriting the book, taking account of recent debates and scholarship.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |23 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|9 pages
History of Philosophy and History of Ideas
chapter 2|12 pages
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
part One|51 pages
Rationalism
chapter 3|11 pages
Descartes
chapter 4|9 pages
The Cartesian Revolution
chapter 5|17 pages
Spinoza
chapter 6|12 pages
A Short History of Modern Philosophy
part Two|54 pages
Empiricism
chapter 7|23 pages
Locke and Berkeley
chapter 8|13 pages
The Idea of A Moral Science
chapter 9|15 pages
Hume
part Three|59 pages
Kant and idealism
chapter 10|11 pages
Kant I: The Critique Of Pure Reason
chapter 11|17 pages
Kant II: Ethics and Aesthetics
chapter 12|15 pages
Hegel
chapter 13|14 pages
Reactions: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche
part Four|44 pages
The political transformation
chapter 14|15 pages
Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Hegel
chapter 15|14 pages
Marx
chapter 16|13 pages
Utilitarianism And After
part Five|45 pages
Recent philosophy