Routledge Companion to Eighteenth Century Philosophy

Aaron Garrett is Associate Professor of philosophy at Boston University, USA. He has published books on Spinoza and Berkeley, articles on many topics in early modern philosophy, and is the co-editor (with James Harris) of the Oxford History of Scottish Enlightenment Philosophy. He is currently working on two books on moral philosophy in the early modern period: The View from the Devil’s Mountain: Seventeenth-Century Moral Philosophy and The Reasonableness of Morality.

• Introduction: The Eclecticism of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Aaron Garrett Part 1: Context and Movements 1. Enlightenment, National Enlightenments, and Translation Fania Oz-Salzberger 2. Newton and Newtonianism Eric Schliesser 3. Materialism Charles Wolfe 4. Immaterialism Jasper Reid Part 2: Metaphysics and Understanding 5. Reason, revelation, and arguments for the Deity Maria Rosa Antognazza 6. Reason and Understanding Manfred Kuehn 7. Causation Peter Kail 8. Space, evidence, and the authority of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century Matthew L. Jones 9. What is Time? Yitzhak Melamed 10. Consciousness and Personal Identity Donald Ainslie & Owen Ware 11. Ways to Certainty Dario Perinetti Part 3: Mind, Soul, and Perception 12. Soul and Mind Thomas Ahnert 13. Liberty, Necessity, and Moral Responsibility James Harris 14. Theories of Perception: Berkeley and his Recent Predecesors Lorne Falkenstein 15. Theories of Perception: After Berkeley Lorne Falkenstein 16. Sensibility Stephen Gaukroger 17. Pleasure, Pain, and Sense Perception Lisa Shapiro Part 4: Morals and Aesthetics 18. Moral Sense and Sentiment Jacqueline Taylor 19. Kant’s Moral Philosophy Eric Entrican Wilson 20. Utility and Religion James Crimmins 21. Moral Rationalism and Moral Realism Remy Debes 22. Aesthetics Rachel Zuckert Part 5: Politics and Society 23. The Law of Nature and Nations Ian Hunter 24. Nations, Nationalism, and National Character Silvia Sebastiani 25. Constitutions and Social Contracts Susanne Sreedhar 26. Civil Society Neil McArthur 27. Language Avi Lifschitz Part 6: Philosophy in relation to the Arts and Sciences 28. Philosophy and the Physical Sciences Stephen Gaukroger 29. Philosophy, Natural History, and the Speculative Science of Origins Justin E. Smith 30. Philosophy of the Human Sciences Margaret Schabas 31. Philosophy and History: The Paradoxes of History Alix Cohen 32. Philosophy and Literature C. Allen Speight Part 7: Major Figures 33. David Hume Erin Frykholm 34. Jean- Jacques Rousseau Ryan Hanley 35. Immanuel Kant Manfred Kuehn. Index

"A superb volume on eighteenth-century philosophy and a welcome addition to the Routledge Philosophy Companions series. The contributors are top-notch scholars in the field, and the choice and breakdown of topics is original and creative. It should be of great use to both students and seasoned experts." - Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA"A superb collection, imaginatively conceived and expertly realized. Impressively comprehensive in its handling of recent scholarship on the history of eighteenth-century thought, the Companion also asks new questions about the relationship between philosophy and the arts and sciences in the European Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment. The result is a gift to students and essential reading for scholars of modern and early modern philosophy." - Thomas Holden, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA"A marvelous volume. In Garrett's hands, "eclecticism" proves a fresh and useful way of viewing the period's rich philosophizing. It is high praise to say that this remarkable collection proves wonderfully eclectic as well." - Stephen Darwall, Yale University, USA"A unique collection that embraces the eclecticism and innovation of a period in which philosophy rapidly and repeatedly reconceived itself. By adapting and combining the methodologies of a variety of schools the moderns developed a nimble, creative, and expansive philosophy. This Companion captures that vitality, and in doing so it is the most comprehensive and historically sensitive survey of eighteenth-century philosophy available." - Rebecca Copenhaver, Lewis & Clark College, USA