A companion to rationalism
By: edited by Alan Nelson.
Contributors: Nelson, Alan Jean.
Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9781405109093
Subjects: Rationalism
Description: "The volume opens with essays examining the nature of the rationalist impulse to philosophize, and the distinction between rationalism and empiricism. The focus of the remainder of the volume is on the "golden age" of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. However, this is set in the context of its historical development and the appearance of rationalist themes in recent thought. The material is organized chronologically, and various philosophical methods and viewpoints are represented throughout."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The core of rationalism; title: The historical background; title: The heyday of rationalism; title: Rationalist themes in contemporary philosophy.