Early modern philosophy

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Early modern philosophy is the period of Western thought from roughly the 17th to the 18th century marked by the rise of rationalism and empiricism, the scientific revolution, and foundational debates about knowledge, mind, and political authority.

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Early modern philosophy canonical 9
Early Modern philosophy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical era in philosophy ⓘ
philosophical period ⓘ
follows Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
hasEndTime 18th century ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Enlightenment thought ⓘ
continental philosophy ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
modern analytic philosophy ⓘ
modern political theory ⓘ
modern science ⓘ
secularization in Europe ⓘ
hasKeyDebate existence and attributes of God ⓘ
freedom and necessity ⓘ
legitimacy of political authority ⓘ
mind–body problem ⓘ
nature of personal identity ⓘ
nature of substance ⓘ
origin of ideas ⓘ
possibility of certain knowledge ⓘ
rationalism versus empiricism ⓘ
relation between faith and reason ⓘ
status of scientific knowledge ⓘ
toleration and religious freedom ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic debates about God and the existence of God ⓘ
debates about free will and determinism ⓘ
debates about innate ideas ⓘ
debates about political authority ⓘ
debates about primary and secondary qualities ⓘ
debates about the nature of mind ⓘ
debates about the relation between mind and body ⓘ
development of modern metaphysics ⓘ
development of modern philosophy of science ⓘ
development of social contract theory ⓘ
emergence of natural rights theory ⓘ
emphasis on individual reason ⓘ
focus on epistemology ⓘ
increasing use of mathematical methods in science ⓘ
influence of the scientific revolution ⓘ
new theories of political legitimacy ⓘ
rise of empiricism ⓘ
rise of mechanism in natural philosophy ⓘ
rise of rationalism ⓘ
search for foundations of knowledge ⓘ
separation of philosophy from theology ⓘ
skepticism about traditional authorities ⓘ
hasMajorFigure Antoine Arnauld ⓘ
Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Christian Wolff ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Francis Bacon ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
Giordano Bruno ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Hugo Grotius ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Margaret Cavendish ⓘ
Mary Astell ⓘ
Nicolas Malebranche ⓘ
Pierre Gassendi ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Samuel Pufendorf ⓘ
Thomas Hobbes ⓘ
Émilie Du Châtelet ⓘ
hasMajorMovement deism ⓘ
early materialism ⓘ
early political liberalism ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
social contract theory ⓘ
hasStartTime 17th century ⓘ
hasTopic epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Reformation ⓘ
Renaissance humanism ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
new astronomy ⓘ
religious conflicts in Europe ⓘ
rise of modern states ⓘ
partOf Western philosophy ⓘ
precedes 19th-century philosophy ⓘ
German Idealism ⓘ
linked to: German idealism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giambattista Vico → era → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Rule XI → historicalPeriod → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Rule XII → historicalPeriod → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Rule XIII → movement → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Spinoza, Ethics, Part IV → philosophicalTradition → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
The Best of All Possible Worlds → historicalPeriod → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Syntagma philosophicum → philosophicalEra → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Disputation X → philosophicalEra → Early modern philosophy ⓘ
Disputation VI → historicalPeriod → Early Modern philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Early modern philosophy
Willem van Blijenbergh → era → Early modern philosophy ⓘ