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A New History of Western Philosophy Elektronische Ressource

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: New History of Western PhilosophyPublication details: Oxford OUP Oxford 2010Description: Online-Ressource (1077 p)ISBN:
  • 9780199589883
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 190
LOC classification:
  • B72 .K4455 2010
Online resources: Other related works: Print version: A New History of Western Philosophy
Contents:
Contents; General Introduction; Part One: Ancient Philosophy; List of Contents of Part One; Introduction to Part One; 1. Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato; 2. Schools of Thought: From Aristotle to Augustine; 3. How to Argue: Logic; 4. Knowledge and its Limits: Epistemology; 5. How Things Happen: Physics; 6. What There Is: Metaphysics; 7. Soul and Mind; 8. How to Live: Ethics; 9. God; Part Two: Medieval Philosophy; List of Contents of Part Two; Introduction to Part Two; 1. Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides; 2. The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance.
3. Logic and Language4. Knowledge; 5. Physics; 6. Metaphysics; 7. Mind and Soul; 8. Ethics; 9. God; Part Three: The Rise of Modern Philosophy; List of Contents of Part Three; Introduction to Part Three; 1. Sixteenth-Century Philosophy; 2. Descartes to Berkeley; 3. Hume to Hegel; 4. Knowledge; 5. Physics; 6. Metaphysics; 7. Mind and Soul; 8. Ethics; 9. Political Philosophy; 10. God; Part Four: Philosophy in the Modern World; List of Contents of Part Four; Introduction to Part Four; 1. Bentham to Nietzsche; 2. Peirce to Strawson; 3. Freud to Derrida; 4. Logic; 5. Language; 6. Epistemology.
7. Metaphysics8. Philosophy of Mind; 9. Ethics; 10. Aesthetics; 11. Political Philosophy; 12. God; Chronology; Abbreviations and Conventions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z;.
Summary: This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand yearsof medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas
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Contents; General Introduction; Part One: Ancient Philosophy; List of Contents of Part One; Introduction to Part One; 1. Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato; 2. Schools of Thought: From Aristotle to Augustine; 3. How to Argue: Logic; 4. Knowledge and its Limits: Epistemology; 5. How Things Happen: Physics; 6. What There Is: Metaphysics; 7. Soul and Mind; 8. How to Live: Ethics; 9. God; Part Two: Medieval Philosophy; List of Contents of Part Two; Introduction to Part Two; 1. Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides; 2. The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance.

3. Logic and Language4. Knowledge; 5. Physics; 6. Metaphysics; 7. Mind and Soul; 8. Ethics; 9. God; Part Three: The Rise of Modern Philosophy; List of Contents of Part Three; Introduction to Part Three; 1. Sixteenth-Century Philosophy; 2. Descartes to Berkeley; 3. Hume to Hegel; 4. Knowledge; 5. Physics; 6. Metaphysics; 7. Mind and Soul; 8. Ethics; 9. Political Philosophy; 10. God; Part Four: Philosophy in the Modern World; List of Contents of Part Four; Introduction to Part Four; 1. Bentham to Nietzsche; 2. Peirce to Strawson; 3. Freud to Derrida; 4. Logic; 5. Language; 6. Epistemology.

7. Metaphysics8. Philosophy of Mind; 9. Ethics; 10. Aesthetics; 11. Political Philosophy; 12. God; Chronology; Abbreviations and Conventions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z;.

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand yearsof medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas

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