Hobbes

by Martinich; A. P.

• ISBN13: 9780415283281
• ISBN10: 0415283280
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-06-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English philosopher and one of the most important theorists of human nature and politics in the history of Western thought. This superlative introduction introduces Hobbes's main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes's philosophy.

Author Biography

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin

Table of Contents

Figures	x
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xii
Abbreviations	xiii
Chronology	xiv
One Life	1	(23)
The Return of the Native	1	(3)
Early Life	4	(3)
Science and International Relations	7	(8)
Political Views	15	(3)
Religious, Mathematical, and Scientific Disputes	18	(5)
Further Reading	23	(1)
Two Metaphysics and Mind	24	(30)
Materialism	24	(4)
Conatus	28	(2)
Mechanism	30	(1)
Determinism	31	(2)
Mind	33	(1)
Sensation	33	(2)
Imagination	35	(2)
Mental Discourse	37	(1)
Desire, Appetite, Aversion	38	(6)
The Importance of Desires	44	(3)
Free Will	47	(6)
Conclusion	53	(1)
Further Reading	53	(1)
Three Moral Philosophy	54	(53)
Moral and Political Philosophy	54	(3)
Good and Evil	57	(6)
The State of Nature	63	(2)
Equality	65	(12)
The Right of Nature	77	(2)
Liberty	79	(1)
The Definition of the Law of Nature	80	(6)
The Deduction of the Laws of Nature	86	(11)
Laws and Propositional Form	97	(1)
Other Laws of Nature	98	(2)
When Do the Laws Apply?	100	(1)
Eternal Natural Laws	100	(1)
The Fool	101	(4)
Conclusion	105	(1)
Further Reading	106	(1)
Four Political Philosophy	107	(30)
The Origin of a Commonwealth	107	(5)
Persons	112	(3)
Authorization and Alienation	115	(10)
Sovereignty by Acquisition	125	(3)
The Properties of a Sovereign	128	(3)
Political Liberty	131	(1)
The Dissolution of the Commonwealth	132	(3)
The Value of Hobbes's Philosophy	135	(1)
Conclusion	136	(1)
Further Reading	136	(1)
Five Language, Logic, and Science	137	(39)
The Basic Units of Language	137	(4)
Names	141	(3)
Signification and Denotation	144	(2)
Speech Acts	146	(1)
Definitions	147	(3)
Necessary and Contingent Propositions	150	(1)
The Value of Philosophy	151	(2)
The Scope and Definition of Philosophy	153	(19)
The Unity of Science	172	(2)
Conclusion	174	(1)
Further Reading	175	(1)
Six Religion	176	(32)
Cultural Context and Religious Beliefs	176	(3)
Revelation, Prophets, and Miracles	179	(6)
Faith	185	(2)
Religion, Superstition, and True Religion	187	(4)
The Causes of Religion	191	(7)
The Causes of the Decline of Religion	198	(2)
The Nature of God and Language about Him	200	(6)
Conclusion	206	(1)
Further Reading	207	(1)
Seven Hobbes Today	208	(30)
Scholarship before 1975	208	(6)
Scholarship after 1975	214	(21)
Conclusion	235	(2)
Further Reading	237	(1)
Glossary	238	(2)
Notes	240	(8)
Bibliography	248	(7)
Index	255