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1、RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyVolumeVIIThenineteenthcenturywasaperiodofintenseintellectualactivitywithadvancesbeingmadeinthesciences,inmathematicsandinpsychologywhichgraduallyestablisheditselfasadisciplineindependentofphilosophy.Philosophicaldisputesaroseaboutthenatureofscientificmethodandabo

2、utwhether,ortowhatextent,theunderstandingofhumanconductandhumansocietyrequiredtheadoptionofthemethodsofobservationandexperimentcommontothenaturalsciences.Differentphilosophicaltheoriesaboutthenatureofreality,thefoundationsofknowledgeandofmorality,andthelimitsofindividualfreedomweresystemati

3、callydeveloped,andmanysuchtheoriesarestillverymuchaliveincontemporaryphilosophicaldebates.Thephilosophersdiscussedinthisvolumeincludethosebelongingbothtothe‘analytic’andthe‘continental’traditions,aswellasthenowinfluentialAmericanpragmatists.Eachchapteriswrittenbyadifferentauthorwhopresentst

4、heissuesinthecontextoftheperiodinwhichtheyarose,whilealsokeepinganeyeontheirrelevancetocurrentphilosophicalinterests.Afewphilosophersarediscussedinmorethanonechapter,indifferentbutmutuallyilluminatingcontexts.EachchapterinTheNineteenthCenturyisself-containedandmakesadistinctivecontributiont

5、oasetofphilosophicalproblems.Thisvolumeprovidesabroad,scholarlyintroductiontonineteenth-centuryphilosophy.Italsocontainsaglossaryofphilosophicaltermsandachronologicaltableofphilosophicalandculturalevents.C.L.TenisVisitingProfessorofPhilosophyattheNationalUniversityofSingaporeandholdsaPerson

6、alChairinPhilosophyatMonashUniversity,Australia.Hehaspublishedwidelyonnineteenth-centuryphilosophyandisaFellowoftheAustralianAcademyoftheHumanities.RoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyGeneralEditors—G.H.R.ParkinsonandS.G.ShankerTheRoutledgeHistoryofPhilosophyprovidesachronologicalsurveyofthehistory

7、ofWesternphilosophy,fromitsbeginningsinthesixthcenturyBCtothepresenttime.Itdiscussesallmajorphilosophicaldevelopmentsindepth.Mostspaceisallocatedtothoseindividualswho,bycommonconsent,areregardedasgreatphilosophers.Butlesserfigureshavenotbeenneglected,and