A Short History of Modern Philosophy explained

A Short History of Modern Philosophy
Author:Roger Scruton
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Subject:history of modern philosophy
Publisher:Routledge
Pub Date:1981, 2nd edition 1995
Media Type:Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Isbn:0-415-13327-0

A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein is a 1982 book by the English philosopher Roger Scruton, in which the author provides a history of modern philosophy. The second revised and enlarged edition was published in 1995.Scruton examines the thoughts of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Mill, Frege, Husserl, Heidegger and Wittgenstein among others.

Reception

The book has been reviewed in Philosophy in Review, Mind and Studia Leibnitiana.[1] George Henry Radcliffe Parkinson calls it a "lucid and intelligent guide to the history of modern philosophy."Anthony Manser points out that Scruton reveals his commitment to analytic tradition and is clearly out of sympathy with philosophers like Heidegger and Sartre. William Day (from Le Moyne College) criticizes the book's "parochialism" and believes that it has a bias towards British thinkers.[2] [3] [4] The book has also received positive reviews from L. Gordon Graham and Alan Ryan.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Miller . Leonard G. . Roger Scruton, "From Descartes to Wittgenstein: A Short History of Modern Philosophy." . Philosophy in Review . 1983 . 3 . 6 .
  2. Day . William . Roger Scruton, "A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein, second edition." . Philosophy in Review . 1 October 1997 . 17 . 5 . 371–372 . en . 1920-8936.
  3. Manser . Anthony . Review of From Descartes to Wittgenstein: A Short History of Modern Philosophy. . Mind . 1983 . 92 . 367 . 436–438 . 10.1093/mind/XCII.367.436 . 2253822 . 0026-4423.
  4. Parkinson . G. H. R. . Review of From Descartes to Wittgenstein. A Short History of Modern Philosophy . Studia Leibnitiana . 1983 . 15 . 2 . 228–229 . 40693980 . en . 0039-3185.
  5. Web site: A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein . Routledge & CRC Press . en.