History of Western Philosophy [Hardcover]

Nigel Tubbs takes the history of Western philosophy to be the search for first principles. Arguing that neo-Platonic logic, fundamentally misunderstanding the negative, posited philosophical thought as error. Kant and Hegel later re-educated the modern mind about negation in logic, transforming the way modern philosophy contests first principles.Acknowledgments Preface Introduction PART I: THE ANCIENT MIND Naming the Beginning PART II: CULTURES OF ERROR Hellenic and Alexandrian Philosophy Mediaeval Christian Philosophy Mediaeval Islamic and Judaic Philosophy Rationalist Philosophy PART III: MODERN PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION The Modern Mind Present History of Western Philosophy Appendix: Hegel's Philosophy of History IndexNIGEL TUBBS?teaches at the University of Winchester, England, UK. He is currently setting up a programme of studies in Modern Liberal Arts. His publications include Philosophy's Higher Education (2004), Philosophy of the Teacher (2005), and Education in Hegel (2008).