The Great Philosophers: George Berkeley, Voltaire and David Hume
Feb 2015 · Arcturus Publishing
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What exists? How do we know? What are we going to do about it?
These three questions are at the heart of philosophical enquiry, an endeavour which has stretched more than two thousand years. It's multiple branches, including ethics, aesthetics, epistemology and theology, have been pondered over by many a philosopher, and this series from The Independent introduces some of these great minds.
The ideas of these wide-ranging philosophers will be examined, alongside their social and historical context. In this way their approaches to philosophy can be situated within broader historical debates and readers can better understand the motivations and inspirations behind philosophical endeavour.
This 6th volume includes the philosophers:
• George Berkeley
• Voltaire
• David Hume
These three questions are at the heart of philosophical enquiry, an endeavour which has stretched more than two thousand years. It's multiple branches, including ethics, aesthetics, epistemology and theology, have been pondered over by many a philosopher, and this series from The Independent introduces some of these great minds.
The ideas of these wide-ranging philosophers will be examined, alongside their social and historical context. In this way their approaches to philosophy can be situated within broader historical debates and readers can better understand the motivations and inspirations behind philosophical endeavour.
This 6th volume includes the philosophers:
• George Berkeley
• Voltaire
• David Hume
About the author
Dr Jeremy Stangroom is a founding editor of The Philosophers' Magazine, one of the world's most popular philosophy publications. He has written and/or edited numerous books, including: "New British Philosophy", "What Philosophers Think" and "Great Thinkers A-Z" (all with Julian Baggini); "The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense" and "Why Truth Matters" (with Ophelia Benson); and "What Scientists Think". He is a frequent contributor to "New Humanist" magazine, and he is also the editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy web site.
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