This volume investigates the complex intellectual developments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to advance contemporary understanding of early modern philosophical thought. Edited by Donald Rutherford, this collection brings together rigorous scholarly articles that examine the foundational shifts in logic, metaphysics, and epistemology occurring between the eras of Descartes and Kant. The work serves as a platform for both established experts and emerging researchers to present peer-reviewed analysis on the evolution of modern philosophical frameworks.

Experts recognize this series as a primary venue for high-level scholarship in the field of early modern philosophy. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for specialists and advanced students of intellectual history.