Philosophers Speak for Themselves: Berkeley, Hume, and Kant by Thomas Vernor Smith

Philosophers Speak for Themselves: Berkeley, Hume, and Kant by Thomas Vernor Smith

The philosophic search for truth has been evident in all ages and among all peoples. The developments of each generation require new philosophies and the recasting of old ones. The eighteenth century was no exception, and the scientific advances of the times brought about many innovations in philosophic thought. At a time when scientists were reducing certain phenomena of the natural world to expressions of a few simple mathematical laws, men such as Berkeley, Hume, and Kant were trying to discover how far and on what basis human reason could be applied with similar success in other fields. The selections in this book, preceded by short biographical sketches, document this philosophic search. "The selections are liberal and well chosen, indeed only an examination of the table of contents will give an adequate idea of the value of this volume. . . . How better can one become a modern thinker than by reading and studying at first hand the writings that have made modern thought possible?"—Roger W. Holmes, The Philosophical Review

Grene, Marjorie: - Roger Ariew is associate professor of philosophy and humanities at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Marjorie Grene is a professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California-Davis and adjunct professor of philosophy and science studies at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

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ISBN 10	0226764826
Title	Philosophers Speak for Themselves: Berkeley, Hume, and Kant
Author	Thomas Vernor Smith
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	1957-05-15
Number of pages	384
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