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Intro -- Contents -- 1: The Medieval Philosophers -- 2: The Birth of Modern Philosophy: The Renaissance Period -- 3: The British Empiricists: Locke, Berkeley, and Hume -- 4: Critical Philosophy: Immanuel Kant -- 5: Idealism and Materialism: Hegel and Marx -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Picture Credits -- Index -- About the Author.

1. Hegel's Historical Phenomenology and Social Analysis Bernard Cullen 2. Hegel and Feminism Susan M. Easton 3. On Becoming Anthony Manser 4. Sense and Meaning in Hegel and Wittgenstein David Lamb 5. Hegel on Political Economy Christopher J. Arthur 6. Marx's Hegelianism: An Exposition Michael George 7. The Actual and the Rational Sean Sayers 8. Hegel, Marx and Dialectic Joseph McCarney 9. Hegel and Religion John Walker 10. The Difference Between Begrifflicher Spekulation and Mathematics in Hegel's Philosophy of Nature Wolfgang Neuser 11. Hegel's Habilitationsthesen: A Translation with Introduction and Annotated Bibliography Norbert Waszek

Cover; A DARK HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preliminary Matters; 1 Fissures in the History of Modern Philosophy; Prelude: On Anteriority; 2 Spinoza's Abysmal Rationalism; Intermezzo: On the Putative History of German Idealism; 3 Unruly Greek Schelling; Coda: Nietz sche as Crux; Bibliography; Index

Although this collection of articles is not formally a commentary on Elizabeth Anscombe's famous article of the same title, in which she criticised the moral philosophy prevalent in 1958, a number of the contributors do take Anscombe's work as a starting point. Taken together the collection could be seen as a demonstration of the extent to which moral philosophers have since attempted to answer Anscombe's challenge, and to develop an approach to their subject which, while psychologically plausible, is neither based on divine law nor permissive of the impermissible.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Notes -- References -- 1 Bacon -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pars destruens: anticipations of nature and the idols of the mind -- 3. Pars construens: Bacon's prescriptions for new natural histories and the inductive natural philosophy -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 2 Gassendi and Hobbes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gassendi's attacks on the Aristotelians and on Descartes -- 3. Gassendi's middle way -- 4. Gassendi's two criteria -- 5. Certainty and probability -- 6. Hobbes and scepticism -- 7. Hobbes, perception, and 'the modern philosophy' -- 8. Knowledge and scientific knowledge -- Notes -- References -- 3 Descartes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dreaming and the embodied self -- 3. Passivity of mind -- 4. Activation and self-discovery -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 Spinoza -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Predecessors -- 3. Adequacy, truth, and clarity and distinctness -- 4. Kinds of knowledge -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Malebranche -- 1. Introduction: was Malebranche a rationalist metaphysician? -- 2. Malebranche and Hume -- 3. The axioms of metaphysics -- 4. Malebranche's positive metaphysics 1: God and the soul -- 5. Malebranche's positive metaphysics 2: the world of bodies -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 Leibniz -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Leibniz's theory of knowledge: the basics -- 3. Leibniz on substance -- 4. Determinism -- 5. Leibniz's 'rationalist empiricism' -- 6. Representation and anti-materialism -- 7. Knowledge and truth -- 8. Logic and the question of foundationalism -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Locke -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Locke on principles -- 4. Locke on demonstration -- 5. Locke on the sciences -- Notes -- References -- 8 Hume.

As we approach the end of the century and reflect on the large number of wars and political incidents that continue to rage throughout the world, it is imperative to understand the background and implication of the political philosophies that instigate many of these conflicts. Hudelson's book is a brief introduction to the major topics and issues in political philosophy from the Enlightenment to Postmodernism. Within the scope of ten short chapters, Hudelson presents both the historical background of, and a systematic discussion of contemporary issues relating to the major traditions within political philosophy, making this the ideal introduction to the topic for students and interested readers.