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. . 2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Companion to Rationalism
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1118360621
ISBN 13: 9781118360620
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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

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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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