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Companion to Rationalism
Alan Nelson
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Description for Companion to Rationalism
Paperback. In this Companion, a cast of established and rising stars in philosophy lays out the historical roots, the celebrated expressions, the controversies, and the contemporary determinations of rationalist thought. Editor(s): Nelson, Alan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 524 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
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
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
524
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Condition
New
Weight
803g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118360620
SKU
V9781118360620
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99-50
About Alan Nelson
Alan Nelson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a leading scholar of the great philosophical systems of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and has published widely on rationalism in the history of philosophy and in the philosophy of science.
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