Nelson Alan Jean - A Companion to Rationalism

A Companion to Rationalism

Blackwell Companions to Philosophy

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This paperback edition first published 2013
2013 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
except for editorial material and organization 2013 by Alan Nelson

Edition history: Blackwell Publishing Ltd (hardback, 2005)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to rationalism / edited by Alan Nelson.
p. cm. (Blackwell companions to philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4051-0909-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-118-36062-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Rationalism. I. Nelson, Alan Jean. II. Series.
B833.C66 2006
149.7dc22
2005010996

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To Linda and Ian with love

Contributors

Henry E. Allison is Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Davis.

Hugh H. Benson is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma.

Timothy Crockett is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University.

David Cunning is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.

Gary Hatfield is the Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jonathan Michael Kaplan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University.