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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