Anthony Kenny Libros

The development of philosophy from the early 19th to the late 20th century is explored through the insights of influential thinkers like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Marx, Wittgenstein, and Russell. Sir Anthony Kenny provides an engaging narrative that highlights the evolution of philosophical thought during this transformative period. This work serves as the concluding volume of Kenny's comprehensive New History of Western Philosophy, offering a deep understanding of key ideas and their impact on the modern intellectual landscape.

“Kenny’s Descartes is a notably good and important book. He says it is ‘designed to help undergraduate and graduate students in understanding Descartes’ philosophy.’ The book concentrates on Descartes’ epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind; but the penultimate chapter, on Matter and Motion, contains a succinct account of Descartes’ mechanism and a critique of the a priori side of his natural philosophy.”

Action, Emotion and Will was first published in 1963, when it was one of the first books to provoke serious interest in the emotions and philosophy of human action. Almost forty years on, Anthony Kenny's account of action and emotion is still essential reading for anyone interested in these topics.The first part of the book takes an historical look at the emotions in the work of Descartes, Locke and particularly Hume. In the second part, Kenny moves on to discuss some of the experimental work on the emotions by 20th Century psychologists like William James. Separate chapters cover feelings, motives, desire and pleasure. This edition features a brand new preface by the author.

From Plato's "Republic" and St. Augustine's "Confessions" to Marx's "Capital" and Satre's "Being and Nothingness", this splendidly written volume takes readers on a chronological tour through the evolutions of thought that have forged the Western philosophical tradition from ancient times to the present. 150 illustrations. of color plates. 3 maps.

Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era.The Rise of Modern Philosophyis the fascinating story of the emergence of the great ideas and worldviews of modern thought. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Kenny's book introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers.

Philosophy and faith: Augustine to Maimonides -- The schoolmen: from the twelfth century to the Renaissance -- Logic and language -- Knowledge -- Physics -- Metaphysics -- Mind and soul -- Ethics -- God.

Sir Anthony Kenny presents a fascinating and authoritative new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of Western thought.

Widely praised for providing a lucid and historically informed account of Wittgenstein's core philosophical concerns. Demonstrates the continuity between Wittgenstein's early and later writings. Provides a persuasive argument for the unity of Wittgenstein's thought. Kenny also assesses Wittgenstein's influence in the latter part of the twentieth century. Inside: Preface Abbreviations in References to Works by Wittgenstein Biographical Sketch of Wittgenstein's Philosophy The Legacy of Frege & Russell The Criticism of Principia The Picture Theory of the Proposition The Metaphysics of Logical Atomism The Dismantling of Logical Atomism Anticipation, Intentionality & Verification Understanding, Thinking & Meaning Language-Games Private Languages On Scepticism & Certainty The Continuity of Wittgenstein's Philosophy Suggestions for Further Reading Index

Renaissance Thinkers contains studies of four of the most important philosophical writers of the European Renaissance.

From Empedocles to Wittgenstein is a collection of fifteen historical essays in philosophy, written by Sir Anthony Kenny in the early years of the 21st century. In the main they are concerned with four of the great philosophers whom he most esteems, namely Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Wittgenstein. The author is not only one of the most respected historians of philosophy, and possibly the widest-ranging, but also one of the most successful at writing on the subject for a broad readership. In this volume he presents scholarly explorations of some themes which caught his interest as he worked on his acclaimed four-volume New History of Western Philosophy .