Books in the A History of Western Philosophy series

Introduces English-language philosophy since 1945. A brief description of the first half of the 20th century is followed by discussions of the work of such people as Ryle and Wittgenstein, followed by an examination of the debates current at the beginning of the 21st century.

From the end of the Enlightenment to the middle of the twentieth century philosophy took fascinating and controversial paths. This volume traces the English-language side of the period, while also taking into account those continental thinkers who deeply influenced twentieth-century English-language philosophy.

This is a clear and lucid examination of the major philosophers and schools in the 1,100 years or so from Homer to Saint Augustine.

The Middle Ages span a period of well over a millennium. This text steers a path through this long period, and gives an insight into medieval views on aspects such as astronomy, materialism, perception and the nature of the soul.

This book sets the empiricist philosophers in context and examines their various approaches to philosophy. It concentrates primarily on the major figures - Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume - but also discusses the unjustly neglected French philosopher Pierre Gassendi and devotes a chapter to the Royal Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge, which was founded in the 1660s.

The Renaissance is seen as a brilliant moment in the development of Western civilization. However, relatively little attention has been devoted to the contributions of philosophy to Renaissance culture. This volume includes coverage of Marsilio Ficino, Justus Lipsius, Erasmus and Machiavelli.

Focusing on Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, the author examines their attitudes to major philosophical problems still relevant today and aims to show how their ideas relate, despite their different systems.

This is an accessible introduction to the often difficult authors of modern Continental European philosophy from the Enlightenment onward. A central theme is the development of theories of the Self - the transcendental self, human nature, the human acting through will, and God himself.