ABSTRACT
Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Descartes to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. He identifies all the principal figures as well as outlines of the main intellectual preoccupations that have informed western philosophy. Painting a portrait of modern philosophy that is vivid and animated, Scruton introduces us to some of the greatest philosophical problems invented in this period and pursued ever since. Including material on recent debates, A Short History of Modern Philosophy is already established as the classic introduction. Read it and find out why.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |24 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|10 pages
History of Philosophy and History of Ideas
chapter 2|13 pages
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
part I|55 pages
Rationalism
chapter 3|12 pages
Descartes
chapter 4|10 pages
The Cartesian Revolution
chapter 5|18 pages
Spinoza
chapter 6|14 pages
Leibniz
part II|58 pages
Empiricism
chapter 7|25 pages
Locke and Berkeley
chapter 8|15 pages
The Idea of a Moral Science
chapter 9|17 pages
Hume
part III|62 pages
Kant and Idealism
chapter 10|12 pages
Kant I: The Ckitique of Pure Reason
chapter 11|18 pages
Kant II: Ethics and Aesthetics
chapter 12|16 pages
Hegel
chapter 13|15 pages
Reactions: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche
part IV|46 pages
The Political Transformation
chapter 14|16 pages
Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Hegel
chapter 15|15 pages
Marx
chapter 16|14 pages
Utilitarianism and After
part V|48 pages
Recent Philosophy