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
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THE title-page of Berkeley's Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher (1732) describes the work as "Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Freethinkers." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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unperceiving substance, synthetical judgments, resembling perceptions, synthetical unity, synthetical propositions, accord with duty, unthinking substance, connexion betwixt, direct inclination, other sensible qualities, metaphysical judgments, correspondent impressions, customary transition, priori synthetic judgments, sensuous intuition, present impression, philosophical relation, priori cognitions, constant conjunction Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Critique of Pure Reason (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant) by Immanuel Kant on page 101, page 253, and page 254
- The Critique Of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant on page 253, and page 254
- Kant: Critique of Practical Reason (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on page 253, and page 254
- A Treatise of Human Nature (Oxford Philosophical Texts) by David Hume on page 96, and page 97
- Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous by George Berkeley on page 2, and page 5
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- The Mathematical Traveler: Exploring The Grand History Of Numbers by Calvin C. Clawson in Back Matter
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