This two-volume set presents a comprehensive and up-to-date history of eighteenth-century philosophy. The subject is treated systematically by topic, not by individual thinker, school, or movement, thus enabling a much more historically nuanced picture of the period to be painted.

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A new account of a vital period in the history of ethics, focusing on the content of morality.

This landmark achievement in philosophical scholarship brings together leading experts from the diverse traditions of Western philosophy in a common quest to illuminate and explain the most important philosophical developments since the Second World War. Focusing particularly (but not exclusively) on those insights and movements that most profoundly shaped the English-speaking philosophical world, this volume bridges the traditional divide between 'analytic' and 'Continental' philosophy while also reaching beyond it. The result is an authoritative guide to the most important advances and transformations that shaped philosophy during this tumultuous and fascinating period of history, developments that continue to shape the field today. It will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary philosophy of all levels and will prove indispensable for any serious philosophical collection.

A survey of influential thinkers and their ideas in eighteenth-century British philosophy, science, religion, history, law, and economics.

A collection of cutting-edge scholarship on the close interaction of philosophy with science at the birth of the modern age.

The contributors offer a comprehensive overview of early modern philosophy. As with other Cambridge histories, the subject is treated with great temporal flexibility, incorporating frequent reference to medieval and Renaissance ideas.