A Companion to Rationalism

528 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is a wide-ranging examination of rationalist thought in philosophy from ancient times to the present day. - Written by a superbly qualified cast of philosophers - Critically analyses the concept of rationalism - Focuses principally on the golden age of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries - Also covers ancient rationalism, nineteenth-century rationalism, and rationalist themes in recent thought - Organised chronologically - Various philosophical methods and viewpoints are represented