This book is a wide-ranging examination of rationalist thought in philosophy from ancient times to the present day. • Written by a superbly qualified cast of philosophers • Critically analyses the concept of rationalism • Focuses principally on the golden age of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries • Also covers ancient rationalism, nineteenth-century rationalism, and rationalist themes in recent thought • Organised chronologically • Various philosophical methods and viewpoints are represented
