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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
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michael Losonsky
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:240 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | History of Western philosophy |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521806121
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Classifications | Dewey:128.09032 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
13 August 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
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