The Oxford Handbook of Hobbes collects twenty-six newly commissioned, original chapters on the philosophy of the English thinker Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). Best known today for his important influence on political philosophy, Hobbes was in fact a wide and deep thinker on a diverse range of issues. The chapters included in this Oxford Handbook cover the full range of Hobbes's thought--his philosophy of logic and language; his view of physics and scientific method; his ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of law; and his views of religion, history, and literature. Several of the chapters overlap in fruitful ways, so that the reader can see the richness and depth of Hobbes's thought from a variety of perspectives. The contributors are experts on Hobbes from many countries, whose home disciplines include philosophy, political science, history, and literature. A substantial introduction places Hobbes's work, and contemporary scholarship on Hobbes, in a broad context.
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Martinich, A. P.
Aloysius Patrick Martinich é estadundense e nasceu em 1946. É filósofo da linha analítica. É o professor de filosofia no Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial e professor de história na Universidade do Texas, em Austin. Interessa-se por história da filosofia moderna, filosofia da linguagem e religião; também por hermenêutica, história do pensamento político, essencialmente, escritos de Thomas Hobbes. |