{"product_id":"late-modern-philosophy-isbn-9781405146890","title":"Late Modern Philosophy","description":"Part of the \u003ci\u003eBlackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e series, this survey of late modern philosophy focuses on the key texts and philosophers of the period whose beliefs changed the course of western thought. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGathers together the key texts from the most significant and influential philosophers of the late modern era to provide a thorough introduction to the period.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the writings of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Leibniz, Kant, Rousseau, Bentham and other leading thinkers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines such topics as empiricism, rationalism, and the existence of God.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReadings are accompanied by expert commentary from the editors, who are leading scholars in the field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Empiricism 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 John Locke 21\u003cbr\u003e Essay concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 George Berkeley 52\u003cbr\u003e Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 David Hume 75\u003cbr\u003e An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 David Hume 100\u003cbr\u003e A Treatise of Human Nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II Critics of Empiricism 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 117\u003cbr\u003e New Essays concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Samuel Clarke 123\u003cbr\u003e The Leibniz–Clarke Correspondence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thomas Reid 133\u003cbr\u003e An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III Kant’s Critique of Rationalism and Empiricism 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Immanuel Kant 145\u003cbr\u003e Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV Arguments for the Existence of God 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Samuel Clarke 189\u003cbr\u003e A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 William Paley 193\u003cbr\u003e Natural Theology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 David Hume 199\u003cbr\u003e Dialogues concerning Natural Religion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Immanuel Kant 208\u003cbr\u003e Critique of Pure Reason\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V Political Philosophy 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 John Locke 221\u003cbr\u003e Second Treatise on Government\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 David Hume 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Of the Original Contract”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 240\u003cbr\u003e On the Social Contract\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI Moral Philosophy 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Samuel Clarke 261\u003cbr\u003e Discourse concerning the Unchangeable Obligations of Natural Religion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 David Hume 266\u003cbr\u003e A Treatise of Human Nature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Richard Price 294\u003cbr\u003e A Review of the Principal Questions in Morals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Adam Smith 303\u003cbr\u003e The Theory of Moral Sentiments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Immanuel Kant 315\u003cbr\u003e Lectures on Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Immanuel Kant 324\u003cbr\u003e Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Thomas Reid 329\u003cbr\u003e Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Jeremy Bentham 339\u003cbr\u003e An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Mary Wollstonecraft 350\u003cbr\u003e A Vindication of the Rights of Woman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 363\u003c\/p\u003e  “This is an excellent anthology with selections that are shrewdly chosen and insightfully introduced, including several in ethics that are unusual but quite important, such as Adam Smith, Richard Price, and Mary Wollstonecraft.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Darwall, University of Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A rich and wisely chosen collection of key eighteenth-century texts, distinctive in covering not only epistemology and metaphysics, but moral and political philosophy.” \u003ci\u003eKenneth P. Winkler, Wellesley College\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eElizabeth S. Radcliffe\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Santa Clara University. Her areas of specialization include Hume, ethical theory, motivational psychology, and seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophy. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Hume\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Hume\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2007), and was co-editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eHume Studies\u003c\/i\u003e from 2000 to 2005. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard McCarty\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University. His research focuses on Kant and the history of modern philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFritz Allhoff\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. His main areas of research are ethical theory, applied ethics, and the philosophy of biology\/science. His work has been published in, among other places, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Applied Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnand Jayprakash Vaidya\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University. His research is in metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLate Modern Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the leading ideas of the late modern era, with selections from the writings of its most recognized thinkers, including John Locke, David Hume, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis period in history represents a turbulent time in Western thought. As revealed in the carefully selected readings of this collection, the principal figures of late modern philosophy clashed over methodological issues and adopted radically different perspectives in metaphysics and theory of knowledge. 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