This book is a wide-ranging examination of rationalist thought in philosophy from ancient times to the present day.
* Written by a superbly qualified cast of philosophers
* Critically analyses the concept of rationalism
* Focuses principally on the golden age of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries
* Also covers ancient rationalism, nineteenth-century rationalism, and rationalist themes in recent thought
* Organised chronologically
* Various philosophical methods and viewpoints are represented
Alan Nelson
17th & 18th Century Philosophy Geschichte der westlichen Philosophie Historical Western Philosophy Philosophie Philosophie des 17. u. 18. Jhd. Philosophy Rationalismus
"Addressing topics from epistemology and metaphysics toethics and psychology, it is the most compete treatment of thesubject known to me." "I can recommend this bookwithout hesitation."
(Philosophy In Review)
"This companion is large indeed, but the size fits the largenessof its subjects; and it does succeed in its 25 articles in coveringthat subject . . . A job well done. Recommended."
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