British Philosophy in the Long Eighteenth Century

Themes from Kenneth P. Winkler
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-91624-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

No one has done more to deepen our appreciation of eighteenth-century British philosophy than Kenneth P. Winkler. Winkler’s work has had a decisive influence on our understanding of virtually all the period’s major figures and has also helped to bring light to the enduring philosophical significance of less well-known figures.

The chapters in this volume extend our understanding of themes that have been illuminated by Winkler’s work, covering a wide range of topics and figures in eighteenth-century British philosophy. Some attempt to resolve longstanding interpretive debates about, for example, whether Berkeley’s idealism leads inevitably to occasionalism or the character of Hume’s skepticism. Others explore new lines of inquiry about, for example, Locke’s account of moral knowledge or the ways in which Hume was influenced by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury. Some engage with the canonical philosophical texts that Winkler has done so much to illuminate, such as Locke’s Essay, Berkeley’s Principles, or Hume’s Enquiry. Others follow Winkler’s lead by bringing to light the philosophical significance of less well-known texts, such as Elizabeth Montagu’s An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare or Mary Shepherd’s Essays on the Perception of an External Universe. Collectively, the essays not only honor Winkler’s extraordinary career but also shed new light on one of the most fertile periods in the history of philosophy.

British Philosophy in the Long Eighteenth Century will appeal to scholars and graduate students working in the history of philosophy, specifically eighteenth-century British philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ehli, Bridger

Leisinger, Matthew A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Locke on Modes, Substances, and Demonstration  2. Locke on Knowledge of our own Existence and the Subjective Constitution of the Self  3. The Complexity of Causation and Immaterialism 4. Teleological Hedonism in the Service of Anti-Egoism: A New Look at the Stone Passage in Bishop Butler’s Sermon XI 5. Francis Hutcheson on the Character of Virtue 6. Supposition and Realism in Hume 7. The Pleasures of Truth and Intrinsic Motivation in Hume’s Account of Epistemic Curiosity 8. The Forensic Notion of the Self and the Sensible Knave 9. Ornament, Beauty, and Superstition in David Hume and Elizabeth Montagu 10. David Hume and T. H. Huxley on Language, Thought, and Animal Minds 11. Reid’s Bodies  12. Mary Shepherd and the “Thin Gauze” of Sensation

Über Autor(innen)

Bridger Ehli is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. His published work has appeared in journals such as the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Mind, and Philosophical Quarterly.

Matthew A. Leisinger is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at York University, Canada. His published work has appeared in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Locke Studies, Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, and The Oxford Handbook of Locke.