A short history of modern philosophy: from Descartes to Wittgenstein

Discover for yourself the pleasures of philosophy! Written both for the seasoned student of philosophy as well as the general reader, the renowned writer Roger Scruton provides a survey of modern philosophy. Always engaging, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Descartes to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. He identifies all the principal figures as well as outlines of the main intellectual preoccupations that have informed western philosophy. Painting a portrait of modern philosophy that is vivid and

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF IDEAS -- chapter 2 THE RISE OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY -- part Part One Rationalism -- chapter 3 DESCARTES -- chapter 4 THE CARTESIAN REVOLUTION -- chapter 5 SPINOZA -- chapter 6 LEIBNIZ -- part Part Two Empiricism -- chapter 7 LOCKE AND BERKELEY -- chapter 8 THE IDEA OF A MORAL SCIENCE -- chapter 9 HUME -- part Part Three Kant and idealism -- chapter 10 KANT I: THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON -- chapter 11 KANT II: ETHICS AND AESTHETICS -- chapter 12 HEGEL -- chapter 13 REACTIONS: SCHOPENHAUER, KIERKEGAARD AND NIETZSCHE -- part Part Four The political transformation -- chapter 14 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FROM HOBBES TO HEGEL -- chapter 15 MARX -- chapter 16 UTILITARIANISM AND AFTER -- part Part Five Recent philosophy -- chapter 17 FREGE -- chapter 18 PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIALISM -- chapter 19 WITTGENSTEIN.