HobbesThomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was the first great English philosopher and one of the most important theorists of human nature and politics in the history of Western thought.This superlative introduction introduces Hobbes' main doctrines and arguments, covering all of Hobbes' philosophy. A.P. Martinich begins with a helpful overview of Hobbes' life and work, setting his ideas against the political and scientific background of seventeenth-century England. He then introduces and assesses, in clear chapters, Hobbes' contributions to fundamental areas of philosophy:* epistemology and metaphysics, in particular Hobbes' materialism and determinism and his relation to Descartes* ethics and political philosophy, concentrating on Hobbes' most famous work, Leviathan, and the theory of the social contract it advances* philosophy of science, logic and language, considering Hobbes' theory of nominalism and his writing on rhetoric and the uses of language;* religion, examining Hobbes' analyses of revelation, prophets and miracles.The final chapter considers the legacy of Hobbes' thought and his influence on contemporary philosophy.Additional features:* chapter summaries* annotated further reading. |
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Contents
Life | 3 |
Early Life | 6 |
Science and International Relations | 9 |
Political Views | 17 |
Religious Mathematical and Scientific Disputes | 20 |
Further Reading | 25 |
Metaphysics and Mind | 26 |
Conatus | 30 |
The Properties of a Sovereign | 130 |
Political Liberty | 133 |
The Dissolution of the Commonwealth | 134 |
The Value of Hobbess Philosophy | 137 |
Conclusion | 138 |
Language Logic and Science | 139 |
Names | 143 |
Signification and Denotation | 146 |
Mechanism | 32 |
Determinism | 33 |
Mind | 35 |
Imagination | 37 |
Mental Discource | 39 |
Desire Appetite Aversion | 40 |
The Importance of Desires | 46 |
Free Will | 49 |
Conclusion | 55 |
Moral Philosophy | 56 |
Good and Evil | 59 |
The State of Nature | 65 |
Equality | 67 |
The Right of Nature | 79 |
Liberty | 81 |
The Definition of the Law of Nature | 82 |
The Deduction of the Laws of Nature | 88 |
Laws and Propositional Form | 99 |
Other Laws of Nature | 100 |
When Do the Laws Apply? | 102 |
The Fool | 103 |
Conclusion | 107 |
Further Reading | 108 |
Political Philosophy | 109 |
Persons | 114 |
Authorization and Alienation | 117 |
Sovereignty by Acquisition | 127 |
Speech Acts | 148 |
Definitions | 149 |
Necessary and Contingent Propositions | 152 |
The Value of Philosophy | 153 |
The Scope and Definition of Philosophy | 155 |
The Unity of Science | 174 |
Conclusion | 176 |
Further Reading | 177 |
Religion | 178 |
Revelation Prophets and Miracles | 181 |
Faith | 187 |
Religion Superstition and True Religion | 189 |
The Causes of Religion | 193 |
The Causes of the Decline of Religion | 200 |
The Nature of God and Language about Him | 202 |
Conclusion | 208 |
Further Reading | 209 |
Hobbes Today | 210 |
Scholarship after 1975 | 216 |
Conclusion | 237 |
Further Reading | 239 |
Glossary | 240 |
Notes | 242 |
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