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Framing the evolution of post-Enlightenment philosophy, this title features a discussion of the British Empiricists and Kant's analysis of the capacity of reason. It reveals how philosophers from each of these schools of thought sought to explain the secular and industrialized world of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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About the Author
Joan A. Price is professor emeritus in philosophy and religious studies at Mesa Community College. She taught philosophy at the undergraduate level for 35 years.
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Price, a professor who has taught undergraduate philosophy for 35 years, introduces the most prominent philosophers and schools of thought that emerged after the Enlightenment and into the twentieth century. Along with biographies of specific individuals, each chapter includes lucid, clearly presented explanations of an intellectual movement, accompanied by numerous excerpts from both primary and secondary sources. Portraits of philosophers in crisply reproduced engravings and photographs appear frequently in the pages, as do charts and diagrams to help students visualize concepts, such as the differences between William James’ notions of Tender-Minded Rationalists and Tough-Minded Empiricists. Students will welcome the occasional, vividly described personal details (e.g., Camus grew up in a cockroach-ridden apartment) as well as the clearly presented ideas. Recommend this, also, to teachers seeking supplementary classroom sources on the subject. Chapter notes, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading close this solid title in the Understanding Philosophy series. Grades 9-12. --Gillian Engberg
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- PublisherChelsea House Pub
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0791087921
- ISBN 13 9780791087923
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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