Ophiomaches

Ophiomaches
Author: Philip Skelton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 1749
Genre: Deism
ISBN:

The Dictionary of Eighteenth-century British Philosophers: K-Z

The Dictionary of Eighteenth-century British Philosophers: K-Z
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 574
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophers
ISBN:

This major new publication is the most comprehensive reference source ever on eighteenth-century authors writing in the English language about philosophical ideas and issues. Featuring authors taken from 1689 through to the middle of the nineteenth century, the period beginning with John Locke and ending with Dugald Stewart, the word 'philosophical' is used in a wide, eighteenth-century sense. Thus the Dictionary includes epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, education, politics, rhetoric, science, medicine, biology, geology, chemistry and theology, and many of the authors may more usually be called divines, scientists, doctors, mathematicians, or even poets. In addition to short biographies of the writers, there are detailed expositions and analyses of their doctrines and ideas, bibliographies of their writings and suggestions for further reading. There are also mini-entries on extremely obscure figures and appendices listing anonymous tracts. All the major eighteenth-century philosophers are featured, but the most valuable feature of the Dictionary is its representation of a huge range of less well-known writers. In many cases the Dictionary offers the first scholarly treatment of the life and work of certain writers. This book will be an indispensable reference work for scholars working on almost any aspect of eighteenth-century studies.

Berkeley and Irish Philosophy

Berkeley and Irish Philosophy
Author: David Berman
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2005-08-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1847144276

The first essay in David Berman's new collection examines the full range of Berkeley's achievement, looking not only at his classic works of 1709-1713, but also Alciphron (1732) and his final book, the enigmaic Siris (1744). Item two examines a key problem in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision (1709): why does the moon look larger on the horizon than in the meridian? The third item criticizes the view, still uncritically accepted by many, that Berkeley's attacks on materialism are levelled against Locke. Part 2 opens with Berman's two essays of 1982 - the first to show that Berkeley came from a rich and coherent Irish philosophical background. Next comes a discussion of the link between Berkeley and Francis Hutcheson, and particularly their answers to the Molyneux problem, which Berman takes to be the root problem of Irish philosophy. The fourth essay looks at the impact of the golden age Irish philosophy on eighteenth-century American philosophy, where, again, Berkeley has a central position. The last item examines Berkeley's influence on Samuel Beckett. Part 3 shows the many-sidedness of Berkeley's career, which is missed by those who concentrate exclusively on his work of 1709-1713. Each item here presents new material on Berkeley's life, or on his works and thought; most of these are new letters, not included in the Luce-Jessop edition of the Works of Berkeley. This section, therefore, can be seen a supplement to volumes 8 and 9 of the Works and also to Luce's Life of Berkeley.

Early Responses to Hume’s Writings on Religion: Part 1

Early Responses to Hume’s Writings on Religion: Part 1
Author: James Fieser
Publisher: James Fieser
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

This work is the fifth in the 10-volume series "Early Responses to Hume", which is an edited and annotated collection of eighteenth-and nineteenth-century critical reactions to Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776) . Both a philosopher and historian, he was infamous in his day for his skeptical views on human nature, knowledge, metaphysics, and religion.

Lumen

Lumen
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2009
Genre: Civilization, Modern
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Internationaal antiquariaat (Menno Hertzberger & co.) n.v., Amsterdam
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1719
Genre:
ISBN:

Dictionary of Irish Philosophers

Dictionary of Irish Philosophers
Author: Thomas Duddy
Publisher: Thoemmes Continuum
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Since 1999 Thoemmes Press (now Thoemmes Continuum) has been engaged in a large-scale programme of biographical dictionaries of philosophy and related subjects. This volume on Irish philosophers follows the standard format of arranging entires alphabetically by thinker. It includes two forms of entry: (1) entries reproduced from previous editions of Thoemmes encyclopedias of British philosophy and (2) wholly new entries on early (renaissance-period) and modern (20th century) philosophers, together with some new entries on the intervening centuries.