Catharine Trotter Cockburn by Catharine Trotter Cockburn
An important thinker who contributed to eighteenth-century debates in epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, Catharine Trotter Cockburn pursued the life of a dramatist and essayist, despite the prevailing social, cultural, and moral prescriptions of her day.
Catharine Trotter Cockburn was one of the earliest defenders of John Locke's `Essay Concerning Human Understanding' In a time when Locke was seen as a dangerous innovator, Cockburn's `Defence' was remarkable not only for the fact that it was written by a young woman of 22, but also for its confidence, clarity, and precision. Patricia Sheridan's elegant edition of Cockburn's philosophical works will enable modern readers to appreciate Cockburn's arguments in the context of the natural law tradition in early modern philosophy. Sheridan also provides a clear and intelligent appraisal of Cockburn as an independent thinker and not simply the unquestioning disciple of the male philosophers she defended. - Jacqueline Broad, Monash University, Australia
Patricia Sheridan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph. She has written previously on Catharine Trotter Cockburn in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2003), and on Anne Conway for the Dictionary of Literary Biography (2002).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781551113029 |
| ISBN 10 | 1551113023 |
| Title | Catharine Trotter Cockburn |
| Author | Catharine Trotter Cockburn |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Broadview Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
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