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Author: Markku Peltonen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-04-26
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780521435345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are also essays on Bacon's theory of rhetoric and history as well as on his moral and political philosophy and on his legacy. Throughout the contributors aim to place Bacon in his historical context.
Author: Markku Peltonen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-04-26
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1139825119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrancis Bacon (1561–1626) is one of the most important figures of the early modern era. His plan for scientific reform played a central role in the birth of the new science. The essays in this volume offer a comprehensive survey of his writings on science, including his classifications of sciences, his theory of knowledge and of forms, his speculative philosophy, his idea of cooperative scientific research and the providential aspects of Baconian science. There are also essays on Bacon's theory of rhetoric and history as well as on his moral and political philosophy and on his legacy. Throughout, the contributors aim to place Bacon in his historical context.
Author: Leslie Howsam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1107023734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.
Author: Donald Rutherford
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Published: 2006-10-12
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of one of the most innovative periods in the history of Western philosophy.
Author: Daniel W. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-09-27
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 1107002613
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a clear, comprehensive survey of Deleuze's philosophy, whilst also offering deep analysis of key aspects of his thought.
Author: David Rondel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-04-01
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 1108754767
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Companion provides a systematic introductory overview of Richard Rorty's philosophy. With chapters from an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars, the volume addresses virtually every aspect of Rorty's thought, from his philosophical views on truth and representation and his youthful obsession with wild orchids to his ruminations on the contemporary American Left and his prescient warning about the election of Donald Trump. Other topics covered include his various assessments of classical American pragmatism, feminism, liberalism, religion, literature, and philosophy itself. Sympathetic in some cases, in others sharply critical, the essays will provide readers with a deep and illuminating portrait of Rorty's exciting brand of neopragmatism.
Author: Ullrich Langer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-05-05
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 1139826905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichel de Montaigne (1533–1592), the great Renaissance skeptic and pioneer of the essay form, is known for his innovative method of philosophical inquiry which mixes the anecdotal and the personal with serious critiques of human knowledge, politics and the law. He is the first European writer to be intensely interested in the representations of his own intimate life, including not just his reflections and emotions but also the state of his body. His rejection of fanaticism and cruelty and his admiration for the civilizations of the New World mark him out as a predecessor of modern notions of tolerance and acceptance of otherness. In this volume an international team of contributors explores the range of his philosophy and also examines the social and intellectual contexts in which his thought was expressed.
Author: Steven Meyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-05-03
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1108548075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1959, C. P. Snow lamented the presence of what he called the 'two cultures': the apparently unbridgeable chasm of understanding and knowledge between modern literature and modern science. In recent decades, scholars have worked diligently and often with great ingenuity to interrogate claims like Snow's that represent twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and science as radically alienated from each other. The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science offers a roadmap to developments that have contributed to the demonstration and emergence of reciprocal connections between the two domains of inquiry. Weaving together theory and empiricism, individual chapters explore major figures - Shakespeare, Bacon, Emerson, Darwin, Henry James, William James, Whitehead, Einstein, Empson, and McClintock; major genres and modes of writing - fiction, science fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, and dramatic works; and major theories and movements - pragmatism, critical theory, science studies, cognitive science, ecocriticism, cultural studies, affect theory, digital humanities, and expanded empiricisms. This book will be a key resource for scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate students alike.
Author: James Hankins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-10-25
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 1139827480
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, published in 2007, provides an introduction to a complex period of change in the subject matter and practice of philosophy. The philosophy of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries is often seen as transitional between the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages and modern philosophy, but the essays collected here, by a distinguished international team of contributors, call these assumptions into question, emphasizing both the continuity with scholastic philosophy and the role of Renaissance philosophy in the emergence of modernity. They explore the ways in which the science, religion and politics of the period reflect and are reflected in its philosophical life, and they emphasize the dynamism and pluralism of a period which saw both new perspectives and enduring contributions to the history of philosophy. This will be an invaluable guide for students of philosophy, intellectual historians, and all who are interested in Renaissance thought.
Author: Amanda Power
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0521885221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revisionist study of Roger Bacon, examining his writings in the context of his commitment to the medieval Church.
