The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are arguably the most
important period in philosophy's history, given that they set a new
and broad foundation for subsequent philosophical thought. Over the
last decade, however, discontent among instructors has grown with
coursebooks' unwavering focus on the era's seven most well-known
philosophers-all of them white and male-and on their exclusively
metaphysical and epistemological concerns. While few dispute the
centrality of these figures and the questions they raised, the
modern era also included essential contributions from women-like
Margaret Cavendish, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Mary Wollstonecraft, and
Emilie Du Chatelet-as well as important non-white thinkers, such as
Anton Wilhelm Amo, Julien Raimond, and Ottobah Cugoano. At the same
time, there has been increasing recognition that moral and
political philosophy, philosophy of the natural world, and
philosophy of race-also vibrant areas of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries-need to be better integrated with the standard
coverage of metaphysics and epistemology. A New Modern Philosophy:
The Inclusive Anthology of Primary Sources addresses-in one
volume-these valid criticisms. Weaving together multiple voices and
all of the era's vibrant areas of debate, this volume sets a new
agenda for studying modern philosophy. It includes a wide range of
readings from 34 thinkers, integrating essential works from all of
the canonical writers along with the previously neglected
philosophers. Arranged chronologically, editors Eugene Marshall and
Susanne Sreedhar provide an introduction for each author that sets
the thinker in his or her time period as well as in the longer
debates to which the thinker contributed. Study questions and
suggestions for further reading conclude each chapter. At the end
of the volume, in addition to a comprehensive subject index, the
book includes 13 Syllabus Modules, which will help instructors use
the book to easily set up different topically structured courses,
such as "The Citizen and the State," "Mind and Matter,"
"Education," "Theories of Perception," or "Metaphysics of
Causation." And an eresource offers a wide range of supplemental
online resources, including essay assignments, exams, quizzes,
student handouts, reading questions, and scholarly articles on
teaching the history of philosophy.
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