The battle of the Gods and Giants redux : papers presented to Thomas M. Lennon / edited by Patricia Easton and Kurt Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lennon, Thomas M.

Easton, Patricia Ann, 1964-

Smith, Kurt, 1961-

Series:

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 248.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 248

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Battle of Gods and Giants Redux is a collection of 14 original essays by leading scholars in the field. Part One includes figures and topics associated with Descartes, the chief idealist in the story, including Leibniz, Spinoza, and Malebranche; Part Two includes figures and topics that fall on the Gassendist materialist side of the battle, including Hobbes, Bayle, and Locke. In organizing these varied discussions along these themes and lines, something more than the sum of the parts emerges. The reader will gain a breadth and depth of insight into the battle of ideas in early modern thought-historical, philosophical, and interpretive. Contributors are: Margaret Atherton, Martha Brandt Bolten, Patricia Easton, Lorne Falkenstein, Nicolas Jolley, José Maia Neto, Steven Nadler, Alan Nelson, Lawrence Nolan, Donald Rutherford, Tad Schmultz, Kurt Smith, Julie Walsh, and Richard Watson.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Explanatory Narratives in the History of Philosophy / Patricia Easton

Pascal, Piety, and Les Roannez / Richard Watson

What is Ancient in French Cartesianism? / Tad M. Schmaltz

Leibniz, Plato, and 'The Dignity of Our Mind' / Nicholas Jolley

Lennon on Descartes and Skepticism / José R. Maia Neto

A Defense of Cartesian Clarity and Distinctness / Kurt Smith

Descartes' Logic and the Paradox of Deduction / Brian Rogers and Alan Nelson

Cartesian Trialism on Trial: The Conceptualist Account of Descartes' Human Being / Lawrence Nolan

Spinoza, Maimonides, and Prophecy / Steven Nadler

Malebranche, Freedom, and the Divided Mind / Julie Walsh

Hobbes on Moral Virtue and the Laws of Nature / Donald Rutherford

Sincerity and Skepticism in Pierre Bayle: Navigating the Bayle Enigma / Patricia Easton

Berkeley and Locke on Real Knowledge / Margaret Atherton

Berkeley on the Language of Vision and the Rules of Visual Signification / Martha Brandt Bolton

Berkeley on Situation and Inversion / Lorne Falkenstein

Bibliography

Thomas M. Lennon Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-341) and index.

ISBN:

90-04-30592-0

OCLC:

914445848

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004305922 DOI