Early modern German philosophy (1690-1750)

Quelle

Zusammenfassung: " This volumes makes some of the key texts of early German thought available in English, in most cases for the first time. The translations range from texts by the most important figures of the period, including Christian Thomasius, Christian Wolff, Christian August Crusius, and Georg Friedrich Meier, as well as texts by consequential but less familiar thinkers such as Dorothea Christiane Erxleben, Theodor Ludwig Lau, Friedrich Wilhelm Stosch, and Joachim Lange. The topics covered range across a number of areas of theoretical philosophy, including metaphysics (the immortality of the soul, materialism and its refutation, the pre-established harmony), epistemology (the principle of sufficient reason, the limits of reason with respect to matters of faith), and logic (the role of prejudices in cognition and the doctrine of truth). These texts are intended to showcase German philosophy in the early Modern period as a far richer tradition than it is typically given credit for, and indeed as much more than either a footnote to Leibniz or merely a step on the way to Kant. This collection is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in the early modern German tradition and the often neglected works that enlightened it."--Book cover.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780198803300 ; 0198803303 ; 9780198803317 ; 0198803311
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xiv, 261 Seiten
• Edition: First edition
• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Geschichte 1690-1750 ; Philosophie ; BMBF-Statusseminar ; Philosophie ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Oxford
• (who): Oxford University Press
• (when): 2019
• Contributor: Dyck, Corey W.

Further information

• Table of contents: Introduction: Earl modern philosophy in Germany -- Part 1. Truth and prejudice. Introduction to the doctrine of reason (1691) / Christian Thomasius -- Rigorous investigation of the causes that obstruct the female sex from study (1742) / Dorothea Christiane Erxleben -- Part II. Radical philosophy. The concord of reason and faith (1692) / Friedrich Wilhelm Stosch -- Philosophical meditatios concerning God, the world, and human being (1717) / Theodor Ludwig Lau -- Part III. The controversy between Wolff and the pietists. Rational thoughts concerning God, the world, and the human soul, and also all things in general (1720) / Christian Wolff -- A modest and detailed disclosure of the false and harmful philosophy in the Wolffian metaphysical system (1724) / Joachim Lange -- The refutation of Spinoza's ethics (1737) / Christian Wolff -- Part IV. The limits of reason. Philosophical dissertation on the use and limits of the principle of determining reason, commonly called the principle of sufficient reason (1743) / Christian August Crusius -- Thoughts on the state of the soul after death / Georg Friedrich Meier.
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