
The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century
James A. Harris(Herausgeber*in)
Oxford University Press
Erschienen am 3. Oktober 2013
Buch
Hardcover
688 Seiten
978-0-19-954902-3 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Philosophy in eighteenth-century Britain was diverse, vibrant, and sophisticated. This was the age of Hume and Berkeley and Reid, of Hutcheson and Kames and Smith, of Ferguson and Burke and Wollstonecraft. Important and influential works were published in every area of philosophy, from the theory of vision to theories of political resistance, from the philosophy of language to accounts of ways of governing the passions. The philosophers of eighteenth-century Britain were enormously influential, in France, in Italy, in Germany, and in America. Their ideas and arguments remain a powerful presence in philosophy three centuries later.
This Oxford Handbook is the first book ever to provide comprehensive coverage of the full range of philosophical writing in Britain in the eighteenth century. It provides accounts of the writings of all the major figures, but also puts those figures in the context provided by a host of writers less well known today. The book has five principal sections: 'Logic and Metaphysics', 'The Passions', 'Morals', 'Criticism', and 'Politics'. Each section comprises four chapters, providing detailed coverage of all of the important aspects of its subject matter. There is also an introductory section, with chapters on the general character of philosophizing in eighteenth-century Britain, and a concluding section on the important question of the relation at this time between philosophy and religion.
The authors of the chapters are experts in their fields. They include philosophers, historians, political theorists, and literary critics, and they teach in colleges and universities in Britain, in Europe, and in North America.
This Oxford Handbook is the first book ever to provide comprehensive coverage of the full range of philosophical writing in Britain in the eighteenth century. It provides accounts of the writings of all the major figures, but also puts those figures in the context provided by a host of writers less well known today. The book has five principal sections: 'Logic and Metaphysics', 'The Passions', 'Morals', 'Criticism', and 'Politics'. Each section comprises four chapters, providing detailed coverage of all of the important aspects of its subject matter. There is also an introductory section, with chapters on the general character of philosophizing in eighteenth-century Britain, and a concluding section on the important question of the relation at this time between philosophy and religion.
The authors of the chapters are experts in their fields. They include philosophers, historians, political theorists, and literary critics, and they teach in colleges and universities in Britain, in Europe, and in North America.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
[T]his work seems intended for people ... who want an introduction to the key philosophical problems in the age of the British Enlightenment. It is like a core drilling into the current status of work on some of the most important writers of that era, the fruit of years of research in its historical context. * Journal of Scottish Philosophy * An outstanding survey of the key figures and questions that dominated eighteenth-century British philosophy * Ryan Patrick Hanley, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Weitere Details
Reihe
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Oxford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Maße
Höhe: 260 mm
Breite: 183 mm
Dicke: 41 mm
Gewicht
1468 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-954902-3 (9780199549023)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Andere Ausgaben

Buch
01/2017
Oxford University Press
67,20 €
Versand in 15-20 Tagen

E-Book
10/2013
1. Auflage
OUP eBook
24,49 €
Als Download verfügbar

E-Book
10/2013
1. Auflage
OUP eBook
24,49 €
Als Download verfügbar
Person
James A. Harris is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of Of Liberty and Necessity: The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy (OUP, 2005), and of articles on Hume, Hutcheson, Reid, Beattie, Priestley, and a number of themes in eighteenth-century British thought. He has edited texts by Reid, Beattie, Kames, and Abraham Tucker. He is writing an intellectual biography of Hume for Cambridge University Press, and also the eighteenth-century British philosophy volume of the new Oxford History of Philosophy.
Inhalt
PART 1: THE LANGUAGES OF PHILOSOPHY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN; PART 2: LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS; PART 3: THE PASSIONS; PART 4: MORALS; PART 5: CRITICISM; PART 6: POLITICS; PART 7: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION