Knowledge In Modern Philosophy

Author : Stephen Gaukroger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474258449

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Knowledge in Modern Philosophy by Stephen Gaukroger Pdf

The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History presents the history of one of Western philosophy's greatest challenges: understanding the nature of knowledge. Divided chronologically into four volumes, it follows conceptions of knowledge that have been proposed, defended, replaced, and proposed anew by ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary philosophers. This volume covers questions of science and religion in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and the work of Descartes, Hobbes, Kant and Leibniz. With original insights into the vast sweep of ways in which philosophers have sought to understand knowledge, The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History embraces what is vital and evolving within contemporary epistemology. Overseen by an international team of leading philosophers and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters, this is a major collection on one of philosophy's defining topics.

Author : Tom Sorell,G.A. Rogers,Jill Kraye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789048130771

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Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy by Tom Sorell,G.A. Rogers,Jill Kraye Pdf

Scientia is the term that early modern philosophers applied to a certain kind of demonstrative knowledge, the kind whose starting points were appropriate first principles. In pre-modern philosophy, too, scientia was the name for demonstrative knowledge from first principles. But pre-modern and early modern conceptions differ systematically from one another. This book offers a variety of glimpses of this difference by exploring the works of individual philosophers as well as philosophical movements and groupings of the period. Some of the figures are transitional, falling neatly on neither side of the allegiances usually marked by the scholastic/modern distinction. Among the philosophers whose views on scientia are surveyed are Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Gassendi, Locke, and Jungius. The contributors are among the best-known and most influential historians of early modern philosophy.

Author : Stephen Hetherington,Markos Valaris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474258784

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Knowledge in Contemporary Philosophy by Stephen Hetherington,Markos Valaris Pdf

The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History presents the history of one of Western philosophy's greatest challenges: understanding the nature of knowledge. Divided chronologically into four volumes, it follows conceptions of knowledge that have been proposed, defended, replaced, and proposed anew by ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary philosophers. This volume covers contemporary discussions about scientific, social and self-knowledge and attempts to understand knowledge naturalistically, contextually and normatively. With original insights into the vast sweep of ways in which philosophers have sought to understand knowledge, The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History embraces what is vital and evolving within contemporary epistemology. Overseen by an international team of leading philosophers and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters, this is a major collection on one of philosophy's defining topics.

Author : Martin Lenz,Anik Waldow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400762411

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Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy by Martin Lenz,Anik Waldow Pdf

Normativity has long been conceived as more properly pertaining to the domain of thought than to the domain of nature. This conception goes back to Kant and still figures prominently in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of mind and ethics. By offering a collection of new essays by leading scholars in early modern philosophy and specialists in contemporary philosophy, this volume goes beyond the point where nature and normativity came apart, and challenges the well-established opposition between these all too neatly separated realms. It examines how the mind’s embeddedness in nature can be conceived as a starting point for uncovering the links between naturally and conventionally determined standards governing an agent’s epistemic and moral engagement with the world. The original essays are grouped in two parts. The first part focuses on specific aspects of theories of perception, thought formation and judgment. It gestures towards an account of normativity that regards linguistic conventions and natural constraints as jointly setting the scene for the mind’s ability to conceptualise its experiences. The second part of the book asks what the norms of desirable epistemic and moral practices are. Key to this approach is an examination of human beings as parts of nature, who act as natural causes and are determined by their sensibilities and sentiments. Each part concludes with a chapter that integrates features of the historical debate into the contemporary context.​

Author : Roger Ariew,Eric Watkins
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603843225

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Modern Philosophy by Roger Ariew,Eric Watkins Pdf

The leading anthology of writings of the modern period, Modern Philosophy provides the key works of seven major philosophers, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period, chosen to deepen the reader's understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the natural sciences. Building on the strengths of the first edition, the second edition of Modern Philosophy is enhanced by the addition of the following selections: Montaigne, Apology for Raymond Sebond, "The Senses Are Inadequate”; Newton, Principia, "General Scholium," and Optics, "Query 31”; Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Parts 1-5 and 9-12; Reid, Inquiry Into Human Mind, Conclusion, andEssays on the Intellectual Powers of Man,"Of Judgment,"chap. 2, Of Common Sense

Author : Jessica Brown
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 026252421X

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Anti-individualism and Knowledge by Jessica Brown Pdf

A persuasive monograph that answers the keyepistemological arguments against anti-individualism in thephilosophy of mind.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134792092

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A Short History of Modern Philosophy by Roger Scruton Pdf

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.

Author : Janice Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317492412

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The Minds of the Moderns by Janice Thomas Pdf

This is a comprehensive examination of the ideas of the early modern philosophers on the nature of mind. Taking Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume in turn, Janice Thomas presents an authoritative and critical assessment of each of these canonical thinkers' views of the notion of mind. The book examines each philosopher's position on five key topics: the metaphysical character of minds and mental states; the nature and scope of introspection and self-knowledge; the nature of consciousness; the problem of mental causation and the nature of representation and intentionality. The exposition and examination of their positions is informed by present-day debates in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of psychology so that students get a clear sense of the importance of these philosophers' ideas, many of which continue to define our current notions of the mental.Again and again, philosophers and students alike come back to the great early modern rationalist and empiricist philosophers for instruction and inspiration. Their views on the philosophy of mind are no exception and as Janice Thomas shows they have much to offer contemporary debates. The book is suitable for undergraduate courses in the philosophy of mind and the many new courses in philosophy of psychology.

Author : Paul K. Moser,Arnold Vander Nat
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 0195086252

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Human Knowledge by Paul K. Moser,Arnold Vander Nat Pdf

Now updated to incorporate expanded selections from modern philosophers and a more thorough, organized treatment of contemporary epistemology, this collection of reading deftly blends the foremost classical sources with important contemporary philosophical thinkers to present a far reaching examination of the theory of knowledge. Formative voices of epistemology from ancient Greek philosophy, medieval philosophy, classical modern philosophy, pragmatism, and contemporary analytic philosophy are amply represented.

Author : Richard Schacht
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134963447

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Classical Modern Philosophers by Richard Schacht Pdf

Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant: these are the seven philosophers who stand out from the rest in what is known as the `modern' period in philosophy. Their thought defines the mainstream of classical or early modern philosophy, largely responsible for shaping philosophy as we now know it. In a clear and lively style, Richard Schacht has written a thorough introduction to the work of these seven founding fathers of modern philosophy. The bibliography has been updated for this revised edition to take account of the recent explosion of writings on modern philosophy.

Author : Richard Falckenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : NWU:35556001095587

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History of Modern Philosophy from Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg Pdf

Author : Stefano Di Bella,Tad M. Schmaltz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190672720

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The Problem of Universals in Early Modern Philosophy by Stefano Di Bella,Tad M. Schmaltz Pdf

The ancient topic of universals was central to scholastic philosophy, which raised the question of whether universals exist as Platonic forms, as instantiated Aristotelian forms, as concepts abstracted from singular things, or as words that have universal signification. It might be thought that this question lost its importance after the decline of scholasticism in the modern period. However, the fourteen contributions contained in The Problem of Univerals in Early Modern Philosophy indicate that the issue of universals retained its vitality in modern philosophy. Modern philosophers in fact were interested in 3 sets of issues concerning universals: (i) issues concerning the ontological status of universals, (ii) issues concerning the psychology of the formation of universal concepts or terms, and (iii) issues concerning the value and use of universal concepts or terms in the acquisition of knowledge. Chapters in this volume consider the various forms of "Platonism," "conceptualism" and "nominalism" (and distinctive combinations thereof) that emerged from the consideration of such issues in the work of modern philosophers. Furthermore, this volume covers not only the canonical modern figures, namely, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant, but also more neglected figures such as Pierre Gassendi, Pierre-Sylvain Regis, Nicolas Malebranche, Henry More, Ralph Cudworth and John Norris.

Author : Davis Baird
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520928206

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Thing Knowledge by Davis Baird Pdf

Western philosophers have traditionally concentrated on theory as the means for expressing knowledge about a variety of phenomena. This absorbing book challenges this fundamental notion by showing how objects themselves, specifically scientific instruments, can express knowledge. As he considers numerous intriguing examples, Davis Baird gives us the tools to "read" the material products of science and technology and to understand their place in culture. Making a provocative and original challenge to our conception of knowledge itself, Thing Knowledge demands that we take a new look at theories of science and technology, knowledge, progress, and change. Baird considers a wide range of instruments, including Faraday's first electric motor, eighteenth-century mechanical models of the solar system, the cyclotron, various instruments developed by analytical chemists between 1930 and 1960, spectrometers, and more.

Author : Stephen Cade Hetherington,Markos Valaris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 1474258816

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The Philosophy of Knowledge: a History by Stephen Cade Hetherington,Markos Valaris Pdf

"The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History presents the history of one of Western philosophy's greatest challenges: understanding the nature of knowledge. Divided chronologically into four volumes, it follows conceptions of knowledge that have been proposed, defended, replaced, and proposed anew by ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary philosophers. This volume covers contemporary discussions about scientific, social and self-knowledge and attempts to understand knowledge naturalistically, contextually and normatively"--

Author : Benjamin Rand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Philosophy, Modern
ISBN : UOM:39015063035219

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Modern Classical Philosophers by Benjamin Rand Pdf