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The Oxford handbook of philosophy in early modern Europe/ edited by Desmond M. Clarke, Catherine Wilson. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. - xiv, 595 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Metaphysics and Natural Philosophy
1. Essences and Kinds, Peter R. Anstey
2. From Causes to Laws, Tad M. Schmaltz
3. Space and Time, Emily Grosholz
4. The Mechanical Philosophy, Helen Hattab
5. Machines, Souls, and Vital Principles, Justin E. H. Smith

Part II: The Mind, the Passions, and Aesthetics
6. The Soul, R. W. Serjeantson
7. Ideas, Pauline Phemister
8. Qualities and Sensory Perception, Philippe Hamou
9. The Passions, Gabor Boros
10. Aesthetics, Alexander Rueger

Part III: Epistemology, Logic, Mathematics and Language
11. Sceptisism, Jose R. Maia Neto
12. Hypotheses, Desmond M. Clarke
13. Language and Semiotics, Jaap Maat
14. Form, Reason, and Method, Mary Tiles
15. Instruments of Knowledge, Jean-Francois Gauvin
16. Picturability and Mathematical Ideals of Knowledge, Stephen Gaukroger

Part IV: Ethics and Political Philosophy
17. Virtue and Vice, P. J. E. Kail
18. Egoism and Morality, Stephen Darwall
19. Realism and Relativism in Ethics, Catherine Wilson
20. The Free Will Problem, Paul Russell
21. The Equality of Men and Women, Eileen O'Neill
22. Natural Law as Political Philosophy, Ian Hunter
23. Sovereignty and Obedience, Ursula Goldenbaum

Part V: Religion
24. Conceptions of God, Steven Nadler
25. The Epistemology of Religious Belief, Desmond M. Clarke
26. Religious Toleration, Philip Milton

ISBN: 9780199556137 019955613X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy, Modern
Philosophy, Renaissance.
Philosophy, Modern
Philosophy, European.

Dewey Class. No.: 190 / CLA/O