Routledge History of Philosophy Volume V: British Empiricism and the Enlightenment Volume 5

European philosophy from the late seventeenth century through most of the eighteenth is broadly conceived as the "Enlightenment, " a period of empiricist reaction to the great seventeenth century Rationalists. This volume begins with Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists and with Newton and the early English Enlightenment. Locke is a key figure, as a result of his importance both in the development of British and Irish philosophy and because of his seminal influence in the Enlightenment as a whole. British Philosophy and the Age of the Enlightenment includes discussion of the Scott Enlightenment and its influence on the German Aufklaring, and consequently on Kant. The French Enlightenment, which in turn affected the late radical Enlightenment, especially Bentham, is also considered here. This survey brings together clear, authorative chapters from leading experts and provides a scholarly introduction to this period in the history of philosophy. It includes a glossary of technical terms and a chronological table of important political, philosophical, scientific and other cultural events.--Provided by publisher Cover Page......Page 1 Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume V......Page 2 Title Page......Page 5 ISBN 041505379X......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 General editors’ preface......Page 8 Notes on contributors......Page 10 Chronology......Page 12 Introduction......Page 42 CHAPTER 1 Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists......Page 57 CHAPTER 2 Science and British philosophy: Boyle and Newton......Page 76 CHAPTER 3 Locke: knowledge and its limits......Page 97 CHAPTER 4 Locke’s political theory......Page 119 CHAPTER 5 George Berkeley......Page 142 CHAPTER 6 David Hume on human understanding......Page 164 CHAPTER 7 Hume: moral and political philosophy......Page 188 CHAPTER 8 British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price......Page 207 CHAPTER 9 The French Enlightenment I: science, materialism and determinism......Page 227 CHAPTER 10 The French Enlightenment II: deism, morality and politics......Page 246 CHAPTER 11 The Scottish Enlightenment......Page 265 CHAPTER 12 The German Aufklärung and British philosophy......Page 294 CHAPTER 13 Giambattista Vico......Page 314 CHAPTER 14 Rousseau and Burke......Page 334 Glossary......Page 355 Index of subjects......Page 363 Index of names......Page 373

European philosophy from the late seventeenth century through most of the eighteenth is broadly conceived as 'the Enlightenment', the period of empirical reaction to the great seventeenth century Rationalists.
This volume begins with Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists and with Newton and the early English Enlightenment. Locke is a key figure in late chapters, as a result of his importance both in the development of British and Irish philosophy and because of his seminal influence in the Enlightenment as a whole. British Philosophy and the Age of Enlightenment includes discussion of Scottish Enlightenment and its influence on the German Aufklarung, and consequently on Kant. French thought, which in turn affected the late radical Enlightenment, especially Bentham, is also considered here.
This survey brings together clear, authoritative chapters from leading experts and provides a scholarly introduction to this period in the history of philosophy. It includes a glossary of technical terms and a chronological table of important political, philosophical, scientific and other cultural events.

European philosophy from the late seventeenth century through most of the eighteenth is broadly conceived as `the Enlightenment', the period of empirical reaction to the great seventeenth century Rationalists. This volume begins with Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists and with Newton and the early English Enlightenment. Locke is a key figure in late chapters, as a result of his importance both in the development of British and Irish philosophy and because of his seminal influence in the Enlightenment as a whole. British Philosophy and the Age of Enlightenment includes discussion of Scottish Enlightenment and its influence on the German Aufklarung , and consequently on Kant. French thought, which in turn affected the late radical Enlightenment, especially Bentham, is also considered here. This survey brings together clear, authoritative chapters from leading experts and provides a scholarly introduction to this period in the history of philosophy. It includes a glossary of technical terms and a chronological table of important political, philosophical, scientific and other cultural events. Humanities Cover Page 1 Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume V 2 Title Page 5 ISBN 041505379X 6 Contents 7 General editors’ preface 8 Notes on contributors 10 Chronology 12 Introduction 42 CHAPTER 1 Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists 57 CHAPTER 2 Science and British philosophy: Boyle and Newton 76 CHAPTER 3 Locke: knowledge and its limits 97 CHAPTER 4 Locke’s political theory 119 CHAPTER 5 George Berkeley 142 CHAPTER 6 David Hume on human understanding 164 CHAPTER 7 Hume: moral and political philosophy 188 CHAPTER 8 British moralists of the eighteenth century: Shaftesbury, Butler and Price 207 CHAPTER 9 The French Enlightenment I: science, materialism and determinism 227 CHAPTER 10 The French Enlightenment II: deism, morality and politics 246 CHAPTER 11 The Scottish Enlightenment 265 CHAPTER 12 The German Aufklärung and British philosophy 294 CHAPTER 13 Giambattista Vico 314 CHAPTER 14 Rousseau and Burke 334 Glossary 355 Index of subjects 363 Index of names 373 This volume focuses on British Philosophy in the late Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, the period broadly conceived as 'the Enlightenment'. It provides a scholarly introduction to the subject and covers all major figures and movements