Nelson, Alan
A Companion to Rationalism
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
Keywords: Rationalism, philosophy, rationalist, representation, idealism, Leibniz, empiricism, Historical Western Philosophy, Historical Western Philosophy
- Editor
- Nelson, Alan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2005
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
- Page amount
- 528 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118394205
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118360620