extracts from Thoemmes Press Newsletter
Prof S.R.L. Clark
From: Reger, Mark [mailto:mre...@jcsu.edu]
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
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We are delighted to offer this FREE service to all our users. It is a
biographical data source containing entries on both minor and major
philosophical figures from the 16th century to the present day.
September's new entries:
Francis Bacon 1561-1626
Hugh Blair 1718-1800
Catharine Cockburn 1679-1749
Joseph Glanvill 1636-80
James Gregory 1753-1821
Frederick William Herschel 1738-1822
John Milton 1608-74
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo 1714-99
Dugald Stewart 1753-1828
Matthew Tindal (Tindall) 1657-1733
http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclo.htm
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NEWS AND EVENTS
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For those of you interested in the progress of the Dictionary of
Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers, the list of entries is nearing
completion and is now accessible on our website:
http://www.thoemmes.com/dictionaries/19entries.htm
September's main event for Thoemmes Press was the Michael Oakeshott
Association Inaugural Conference, which was held Monday 3 - Wednesday 5, at
the London School of Economics, and was attended by both Rudi and Alison.
The event was very well attended and Rudi hosted a prize draw to win a free
set of Thoemmes books, the lucky winner being Cynthia Ryan of New York, USA.
The Association has put together a new website to publicise their aims and
details of the event can also be found there.
http://www.michael-oakeshott-association.org/index.htm
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ONLINE INTRODUCTIONS
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Many of our collections also feature new introductions by contemporary
experts. These are extensive works in themselves; some are up to 30 pages
in length and many of them contain bibliographical information. We at
Thoemmes are pleased to be able to offer these introductions as a FREE
online service to all our users.
New this month:
Antient Metaphysics, or the Science of Universals (James Burnett, Lord
Monboddo)Introduction by Aaron Garrett, University of Boston
http://www.thoemmes.com/scottish/monboddo/htm
A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century (John Theodore
Merz)Introduction by Giuseppe Micheli, University of Padua, Italy
http://www.thoemmes.com/19cphil/merz.htm
Philosophical Works of Lady Mary Shepherd
Introduction by Jennifer McRobert, Acadia University, Nova Scotia
http://www.thoemmes.com/scottish/shepherd.htm
Philosophical Works of James Frederick Ferrier
Introduction by John Haldane, University of St Andrews
http://www.thoemmes.com/idealism/ferrier.htm
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NEW TITLES PUBLISHED THIS MONTH
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Reception of British Aesthetics in Germany: Seven Significant
Translations,1745-1776 - Edited by Heiner F Klemme and Manfred Kuehn
Seven key works in the dissemination of intellectual ideas across Europe
during the Enlightenment period.
http://www.thoemmes.com/aesthetics/reception.htm
Collected Essays of T H Huxley
Huxley, the inventor of the term 'agnostic' and one of Darwin's most fervent
supporters, was also a prolific writer on a wide range of subjects from
religion to biology and education.
http://www.thoemmes.com/science/huxley.htm
Essays on the Philosophy and History of Art (Johann Winckelmann) - Edited by
Curtis Bowman Winckelmann, a German classical archaeologist and art
historian, is considered to be the founder of neoclassicism and systematic
art history. Contains new English translations by Curtis Bowman.
http://www.thoemmes.com/aesthetics/winckelmann.htm
A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century (Samuel Miller) - Introduced by
Roger Fechner
Encompassing a wide range of topics and discussions of several major
philosophical figures, this was one of the first attempts to give a
comprehensive account of the intellectual history of American thought.
http://www.thoemmes.com/american/miller.htm
Philosophical Works of James Frederick Ferrier - Edited by A. Grant and E.
L. Lushington
With a new Introduction by John Haldane
Ferrier's work illustrates the transition within 19th-century Scottish
philosophy from Common Sense philosophy to versions of realism influenced by
Hegel. * New entry on our online introduction service
http://www.thoemmes.com/idealism/ferrier.htm
Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary. Read before a Society in
Edinburgh - new introduction by Paul Wood, University of Victoria, Canada
Contains seminal papers by numerous 18th-century figures and is the first
reprint of this important journal of the Scottish Enlightenment. The
Philosophical Society was initiated by David Hume and still exists today as
the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
http://www.thoemmes.com/scottish/essays_ob.htm
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NEW FORTHCOMING TITLES
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A History of Prices, and the State of Circulation, 1792 to 1856 - Thomas
Tooke and William Newmarch
This unique work is an admirable analysis of the financial and commercial
history of the period which it covers, and the value of its methods of
investigation is beyond dispute.
http://www.thoemmes.com/economics/tooke.htm
Thomas Young's Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts - With
a new introduction by Nicholas Wade
Young's advances in science are frequently cited in contemporary visual
science literature, but the scarcity of these Lectures means very few have
previously had the opportunity of reading his original work.
http://www.thoemmes.com/science/young/htm
Kant Biographien - Edited and introduced by Manfred Kuehn
Containing both well known and difficult to obtain biographical sketches,
this comprehensive collection will be a vital resource for Kant scholars.
http://www.thoemmes.com/18cphil/kant_bio.htm
Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects (David Hume) - With a new
introduction by James Fieser
David Hume
A reprint of Hume's 1777 edition incorporating his final changes to earlier
versions, this is considered his definitive work on philosophy.
http://www.thoemmes.com/scottish/hume_essays.htm
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SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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This month's spotlight is on an excellent article by Stephen Clark,
outlining a brief history of the Department of Philosophy at the University
of Liverpool.
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~srlclark/history.html
We are very interested to hear from anyone who knows of similar histories,
published or in progress. Please contact Rudi at rtho...@thoemmes.com
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