03143nam 22004935 450 991087218620332120250807135912.09789819740024(electronic bk.)978981974001710.1007/978-981-97-4002-4(MiAaPQ)EBC31520451(Au-PeEL)EBL31520451(CKB)32691733600041(DE-He213)978-981-97-4002-4(EXLCZ)993269173360004120240708d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Miscellany of Modern Musings Reflections from Modern Western Thinkers /by Peter Chong-Beng Gan1st ed. 2024.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (126 pages)Print version: Gan, Peter Chong-Beng A Miscellany of Modern Musings Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9789819740017 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: René Descartes -- Chapter 3: John Locke -- Chapter 4: Blaise Pascal -- Chapter 5: Mary Astell -- Chapter 6: Benedict Spinoza -- Chapter 7: David Hume -- Chapter 8: Immanuel Kant -- Chapter 9: Georg W.F. Hegel -- Chapter 10: Søren Kierkegaard -- Chapter 11: John Stuart Mill -- Chapter 12: Friedrich Nietzsche -- Chapter 13: Leo Tolstoy -- Chapter 14: Albert Einstein.The book starts off by giving a quick overview of the main phases within the history of philosophy in the Western tradition. It then homes in on the “modern” phase and proceeds to select key thinkers that represent that slice from the rich intellectual heritage of the West. The main chapters have these thinkers’ names as heading. The work is meant to be expository and discursive, suited to introduce the neophyte in philosophy to some of the big questions asked by philosophers and their methods of addressing these questions as well as their unique proposed answers. The coverage is selective rather than extensive; and hence, only a small portion of the philosopher’s corpus of writings will be hand-picked and considered. Peter Chong-Beng Gan’s interest in philosophy encompasses several fields, but his favourite is philosophy of religion. Apart from research and writing, teaching a philosophy class with enthusiastic students ever eager to engage their teacher and challenge him and their classmates with difficult and mind-blowing questions never fails to affirm him in why he’s doing what he’s doing.Philosophy, ModernPolitical sciencePhilosophyEarly Modern PhilosophyPolitical PhilosophyPhilosophy, Modern.Political sciencePhilosophy.Early Modern Philosophy.Political Philosophy.190Gan Peter Chong-Beng1230147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910872186203321A Miscellany of Modern Musings4174503UNINA