Modern Philosophy:An Introduction and Survey

Based on lectures given in London and Boston, Massachusetts Roger Scruton examines the past form of proven philosophical truth, and where its value is in dispute, how it has been surpassed and modified. More than anything, he addresses modern philosophy's preoccupation with the position of the self, as foreseen by Descartes with all its doubts and concerns. To achieve this he compares the illusion of the self with the modern world-view. In doing so he outlines the main arguments about the self's social construction, self-reference, and the role of language in explaining its existence. In the end, it all comes down to 'knowing what is true only by what we understand.' This book can only add to that continuing debate. (Kirkus UK)

Softcover. English. Pimlico. 2004. 609 pp. In good condition. Book No: 10024284