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Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kant: Passionate Thought

Hardback

Main Details

Title Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kant: Passionate Thought
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Michael Losonsky
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreHistory of Western philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521806121
ClassificationsDewey:128.09032
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 August 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Kant believed that true enlightenment is the use of reason freely in public. This is the first book to trace systematically the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity. Michael Losonsky focuses on seventeenth-century discussions of the problem of irresolution and the closely connected theme of the role of volition in human belief formation. This involves a discussion of the work of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Spinoza, and Leibniz. Challenging the traditional views of seventeenth-century philosophy and written in a lucid, nontechnical language, this book will be eagerly sought out by historians of philosophy and students of the history of ideas.

Reviews

'... a deep and carefully argued account of the relationships between volition, emotion and cognition in important seventeenth-century texts ... Losonsky has given us an empowering book ...' British Journal for the History of Philosophy