A New History of Western Philosophy

by Kenny, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780199589883
• ISBN10: 0199589887
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is no less than a guide to the ideas that have undergirded Western civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years.

Author Biography

Sir Anthony Kenny is one of Britain's most distinguished academic figures. He has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Master of Balliol College, Chairman of the Board of the British Library, and President of the British Academy. He has published more than forty books on philosophy and history.

Table of Contents

General Introduction	p. ix
Ancient Philosophy
List of Contents of Part 1	p. 3
Introduction to Part 1	p. 7
Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato	p. 8
Schools of Thought: From Aristotle to Augustine	p. 57
How to Argue: Logic	p. 95
Knowledge and its Limits: Epistemology	p. 118
How Things Happen: Physics	p. 143
What There Is: Metaphysics	p. 160
Soul and Mind	p. 183
How to Live: Ethics	p. 204
God	p. 228
Medieval Philosophy
List of Contents of Part 2	p. 253
Introduction to Part 2	p. 257
Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides	p. 261
The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance	p. 299
Logic and Language	p. 344
Knowledge	p. 375
Physics	p. 391
Metaphysics	p. 401
Mind and Soul	p. 420
Ethics	p. 449
God	p. 468
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
List of Contents of Part 3	p. 497
Introduction to Part 3	p. 501
Sixteenth-Century Philosophy	p. 503
Descartes to Berkeley	p. 526
Hume to Hegel	p. 562
Knowledge	p. 588
Physics	p. 624
Metaphysics	p. 636
Mind and Soul	p. 659
Ethics	p. 685
Political Philosophy	p. 705
God	p. 727
Philosophy in the Modern World
List of Contents of Part 4	p. 751
Introduction to Part 4	p. 755
Bentham to Nietzsche	p. 757
Peirce to Strawson	p. 781
Freud to Derrida	p. 810
Logic	p. 829
Language	p. 848
Epistemology	p. 865
Metaphysics	p. 884
Philosophy of Mind	p. 901
Ethics	p. 922
Aesthetics	p. 945
Political Philosophy	p. 961
God	p. 977
Chronology	p. 997
Abbreviations and Conventions	p. 1001
Bibliography	p. 1015
Index	p. 1045
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