The Routledge Companion to Seventeenth Century Philosophy

The Seventeenth century is one of the most important periods in the history of Western philosophy, witnessing philosophical, scientific, religious and social change on a massive scale. In spite of this, there are remarkably few comprehensive, single volume surveys of the period as a whole.

The Routledge Companion to Seventeenth Century Philosophy is an outstanding and comprehensive survey of this momentous period, covering the major thinkers, topics and movements in Seventeenth century philosophy. It is divided into seven parts:

• Historical Context
• Metaphysics
• Epistemology
• Mind and Language
• Moral and Political Philosophy
• Natural Philosophy and Mathematics
• Philosophical Theology.

An outstanding team of international contributors provide students and scholars of philosophy and related disciplines with a superb guide to Seventeenth century philosophy. Additional features include annotated further reading at the end of each chapter and biographical entries on the most important philosophers.

Dan Kaufman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He has published extensively on issues in seventeenth-century philosophy, especially on modality, substance, individuation, and identity. He is the editor of Identity, a volume in the Oxford Philosophical Concepts series (forthcoming).