John Grey is Teaching Professor in Philosophy at Michigan State University, USA.Jonathan Head is Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK.

Early Modern Philosophy offers a rich and impressive introduction to its period, putting a diverse array of philosophers and their primary texts into conversation. The accompanying explanations are straightforward and insightful - to scholars and students alike, this book will be a boon.

• ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Understanding Human Nature1 Early Modern Dualism: René Descartes, Henry More, and Anton Wilhelm Amo 2 The Mind-Body Problem: René Descartes and Elisabeth of Bohemia 3 Idealist Responses: Anne Conway and Gottfried Leibniz 4 Materialist Responses: Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish Part II Sociability and Education5 The Nature of Love: John Norris, Mary Astell, and Damaris Masham 6 The Nature of Morality: John Locke and Catharine Trotter Cockburn 7 The Nature of Education: Anna van Schurman and Mary Astell 8 Sympathy and Morality: Sophie de Grouchy and David Hume 9 The Debate about Slavery: Jacobus Capitein and Ottobah Cugoano Part III Mind and Reality10 God and World: Baruch Spinoza and George Berkeley 11 The Nature of Space: Samuel Clarke and Émilie du Châtelet 12 The Nature of Causation: David Hume and Thomas Reid 13 A Transcendental Approach: Mary Shepherd and Immanuel Kant ConclusionNotes Glossary Index

John Grey is Teaching Professor in Philosophy at Michigan State University, USA.Jonathan Head is Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK.

Early Modern Philosophy offers a rich and impressive introduction to its period, putting a diverse array of philosophers and their primary texts into conversation. The accompanying explanations are straightforward and insightful - to scholars and students alike, this book will be a boon.

• ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Understanding Human Nature1 Early Modern Dualism: René Descartes, Henry More, and Anton Wilhelm Amo 2 The Mind-Body Problem: René Descartes and Elisabeth of Bohemia 3 Idealist Responses: Anne Conway and Gottfried Leibniz 4 Materialist Responses: Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish Part II Sociability and Education5 The Nature of Love: John Norris, Mary Astell, and Damaris Masham 6 The Nature of Morality: John Locke and Catharine Trotter Cockburn 7 The Nature of Education: Anna van Schurman and Mary Astell 8 Sympathy and Morality: Sophie de Grouchy and David Hume 9 The Debate about Slavery: Jacobus Capitein and Ottobah Cugoano Part III Mind and Reality10 God and World: Baruch Spinoza and George Berkeley 11 The Nature of Space: Samuel Clarke and Émilie du Châtelet 12 The Nature of Causation: David Hume and Thomas Reid 13 A Transcendental Approach: Mary Shepherd and Immanuel Kant ConclusionNotes Glossary Index

John Grey is Teaching Professor in Philosophy at Michigan State University, USA.Jonathan Head is Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University, UK.

Early Modern Philosophy offers a rich and impressive introduction to its period, putting a diverse array of philosophers and their primary texts into conversation. The accompanying explanations are straightforward and insightful - to scholars and students alike, this book will be a boon.

• ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Understanding Human Nature1 Early Modern Dualism: René Descartes, Henry More, and Anton Wilhelm Amo 2 The Mind-Body Problem: René Descartes and Elisabeth of Bohemia 3 Idealist Responses: Anne Conway and Gottfried Leibniz 4 Materialist Responses: Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish Part II Sociability and Education5 The Nature of Love: John Norris, Mary Astell, and Damaris Masham 6 The Nature of Morality: John Locke and Catharine Trotter Cockburn 7 The Nature of Education: Anna van Schurman and Mary Astell 8 Sympathy and Morality: Sophie de Grouchy and David Hume 9 The Debate about Slavery: Jacobus Capitein and Ottobah Cugoano Part III Mind and Reality10 God and World: Baruch Spinoza and George Berkeley 11 The Nature of Space: Samuel Clarke and Émilie du Châtelet 12 The Nature of Causation: David Hume and Thomas Reid 13 A Transcendental Approach: Mary Shepherd and Immanuel Kant ConclusionNotes Glossary Index