The following few months on Then & Now will be an exploration of the thought that defined the emergence of modernity, specifically the philosophers of the Early Modern and Enlightenment Periods, hopefully in chronological order. I will produce one video that introduces the thinker or topic, and another as a more personal critique. The idea is always to think about how we relate to these philosophers today. I will continue to update this reading list:
GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS
Anthony Kenny, The Rise of Modern Philosophy
Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
John Henry, The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science
Margaret King, Enlightenment Thought
Jonathan Israel, Radical Enlightenment
FRANCIS BACON
Stanford, Francis Bacon, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/
Stephen Gaukroger, Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy
Francis Bacon, The New Organon
Edward Proffitt, Science and Romanticism, https://www.jstor.org/stable/41397905
DESCARTES
Georges Dicker, Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction
Rene Descartes, Meditations
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes and Cartesianism
The Oxford Companion to Descartes