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THE OXFORD HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century THE OXFORD HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY TheLostAgeofReason:PhilosophyinEarlyModernIndia1450–1700 JonardonGaneri ThinkingtheImpossible:FrenchPhilosophysince1960 GaryGutting BritishEthicalTheoristsfromSidgwicktoEwing ThomasHurka BritishPhilosophyintheSeventeenthCentury SarahHutton TheAmericanPragmatists CherylMisak British Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century Sarah Hutton 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,2/4/2015,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries #SarahHutton2015 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2015 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014956884 ISBN 978–0–19–958611–0 Printedandboundby CPIGroup(UK)Ltd,Croydon,CR04YY LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. Acknowledgements The research for this book was made possible by two periods of research leave from Aberystwyth University. I was fortunate in being granted membership of the InstituteforAdvancedStudy,Princeton,andavisitingfellowshipatWolfsonCollege Cambridge, which enabled me to benefit from the rich research resources of each. Mythankstoallofthem. Among the many people with whom I have profitably discussed my work, particular thanks are due to Leslie Armour, Stephen Clucas, Alan Gabbey, John Rogers,andAnnThomson,aswellastoMarkBurden,GuidoGiglioni,JohnHenry, Richard Serjeantson, and M. A. Stewart for sharing their expertise with me. I also thankDawnGoldstoneforeditorialassistance. Iamgratefulalsofortheconstructivecommentsoftherefereesonearlierdraftsof the book, and for the patience and helpfulness of the Oxford University Press philosophyeditor,PeterMomtchiloff. SarahHutton Contents Abbreviations ix Introduction 1 1. AnAgeofTransformation 7 2. PhilosophyintheUniversities 26 3. Cross-Currents,Conduits,andConversations 51 4. AristotelianismanditsEnemies 72 5. BaconandHerbertofCherbury 92 6. ThomasHobbes 114 7. ACambridgeEnlightenment:TheCambridgePlatonistsand RichardCumberland 136 8. FromPhilosophytoScience:NaturalPhilosophyofBoyle, Newton,andOthers 160 9. JohnLocke 185 10. Freethinkers,Idealists,andWomenPhilosophers:Philosophy from1690to1710—andafter 208 BiographicalAppendix 227 BibliographyofBooksandArticlesConsulted 243 NameIndex 271 SubjectIndex 280 Abbreviations CHPT TheCambridgeHistoryofPoliticalThought,1450–1700,ed.J.H.Burnsand MarkGoldie.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1991. CHRP TheCambridgeHistoryofRenaissancePhilosophy,ed.CharlesSchmitt, QuentinSkinner,andEckhardKessler.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversity Press,1988. CHSP TheCambridgeHistoryofSeventeenth-CenturyPhilosophy,ed.DanGarber andMichaelAyers.2vols.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2007. CSMK ThePhilosophicalWritingsofDescartes,trans.JohnCottingham,Robert Stoothoff,DugaldMurdochandAnthonyKenny.3vols.Cambridge: CambridgeUniversityPress,1984–91. HUO TheHistoryoftheUniversityofOxford,gen.editorT.H.Aston.5vols. Oxford:ClarendonPress,1984–97. JHI JournaloftheHistoryofIdeas. JHP JournaloftheHistoryofPhilosophy. ODNB OxfordDictionaryofNationalBiography.OxfordUniversityPress,2004; onlineedn,Sept2010.<http://www.oxforddnb.com/>

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Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in modern philosophy. It was in the seventeenth century that Britain's first philosophers of international stature and lasting influence emerged. Its most famous names, Hobbes and Locke, rank alongside the greatest name
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