A new history of Western philosophy : in four parts

Kenny, Anthony, 1931-

Book 2010

Sir Anthony Kenny presents a fascinating and authoritative new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western thought.

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ISBN:

9780199656493
9780199589883
0199656495

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xvii, 1058 pages ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

PART I: ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY; 1. Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato; 2. Schoo of Thought: From Aristotle to Augustine; 3. Argument and Reason: Logic; 4. Knowledge and its Limits; 5. How Things Happen: Physics; 6. What There Is: Metaphysics; 7. Soul and Mind; 8. How to Live: Ethics; 9. God; PART II: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY; 10. Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides; 11. The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance; 12. Logic and Language; 13. Knowledge; 14. Physics; 15. Metaphysics; 16. Mind and Soul; 17. Ethics; 18. God; PART III: THE RISE OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY; 19. Sixteenth-Century Philosophy; 20. Descartes to Berkeley; 21. Hume to Hegel; 22. Knowledge; 23. Physics; 24. Metaphysics; 25. Mind and Soul; 26. Ethics; 27. Political Philosophy; 28. God; PART IV: PHILOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD; 29. From Bentham to Nietzsche; 30. From Peirce to Strawson; 31. From Freud to Derrida; 32. Logic; 33. Language; 34. Epistemology; 35. Metaphysics; 36. Philosophy of Mind; 37

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