Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series is dedicated to monographs and essay collections that examine, from diverse theoretical perspectives, any aspects of America’s rich web of philosophical traditions, from the 17th Century onwards. Frequently associated with pragmatism, particularly in the United States, American philosophy also encompasses many other schools of thought, and has had a significant impact on the development of contemporary epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and political philosophy. By publishing outstanding treatments of its many diverse threads, this series aims to become the default resource for scholars and students interested in a full picture of American philosophy.
Pragmatic Perspectives: Constructivism beyond Truth and Realism
1st Edition
By Robert Schwartz
September 30, 2021
For a good part of the 20th century, the classic Pragmatists—Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey—and pragmatism in general were largely ignored by analytic philosophers. They were said to hold such untenable views as whatever best satisfies our needs is true and that the end ...
Wilfrid Sellars and Twentieth-Century Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Stefan Brandt, Anke Breunig
September 30, 2021
This collection features eleven original essays, divided into three thematic sections, which explore the work of Wilfrid Sellars in relation to other twentieth-century thinkers. Section I analyzes Sellars’s thought in light of some of his influential predecessors, specifically Ludwig Wittgenstein, ...
Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy
1st Edition
By Joshua Forstenzer
June 30, 2021
This book proposes a pragmatist methodological framework for generating practically relevant political philosophy. It draws on John Dewey’s social and political philosophy to develop an "experimentalist" method, thus charting a middle course between idealism and realism in political philosophy. ...
Richard Rorty, Liberalism and Cosmopolitanism
1st Edition
By David E McClean
June 30, 2021
Richard Rorty was one of the most controversial and influential philosophers of the late twentieth century. McClean re-evaluates Rorty’s work in the light of his liberal cosmopolitan outlook, showing how it can be applied to a range of social and political issues....
The Ethics of Wilfrid Sellars
1st Edition
By Jeremy Randel Koons
June 30, 2021
Wilfrid Sellars’s ethical theory was rich and deeply innovative. On Sellars’s view, moral judgments express a special kind of shared intention. Thus, we should see Sellars as an early advocate of an expressivism of plans and intentions, and an early theorist of collective intentionality. He ...
The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity
1st Edition
By Kathleen Wallace
June 30, 2021
The concept of a relational self has been prominent in feminism, communitarianism, narrative self theories, and social network theories, and has been important to theorizing about practical dimensions of selfhood. However, it has been largely ignored in traditional philosophical theories of ...
Wilfrid Sellars and Buddhist Philosophy: Freedom from Foundations
1st Edition
Edited
By Jay L. Garfield
June 30, 2021
The aim of this book is to address the relevance of Wilfrid Sellars’ philosophy to understanding topics in Buddhist philosophy. While contemporary scholars of Buddhism often take Sellars as a touchstone for philosophical analysis, and while many take Sellars’ corpus as their entrée into current ...
Community and Loyalty in American Philosophy: Royce, Sellars, and Rorty
1st Edition
By Steven A. Miller
September 30, 2020
American pragmatism has always had at its heart a focus on questions of communities and ethics. This book explores the interrelated work of three thinkers influenced by the pragmatist tradition: Josiah Royce, Wilfrid Sellars, and Richard Rorty. These thinkers’ work spanned the range of ...
Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Luca Corti, Antonio M. Nunziante
September 30, 2020
This edited volume systematically addresses the connection between Wilfrid Sellars and the history of modern philosophy, exploring both the content and method of this relationship. It intends both to analyze Sellars’ position in relation to singular thinkers of the modern tradition, and to inquire ...
Gewirthian Perspectives on Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Per Bauhn
August 14, 2020
Gewirth’s theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy. In this edited collection, contributors from a broad range of disciplines discuss the theoretical and practical application of Gewirthian theory to current world issues. Case studies highlight mental health, the LGBT ...
Pragmatism and the European Traditions: Encounters with Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology before the Great Divide
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Baghramian, Sarin Marchetti
August 14, 2020
The turn of the twentieth century witnessed the birth of two distinct philosophical schools in Europe: analytic philosophy and phenomenology. The history of 20th-century philosophy is often written as an account of the development of one or both of these schools, as well as their overt or covert ...
Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Nature of Philosophy
1st Edition
By Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse
August 14, 2020
For the past fifteen years, Aikin and Talisse have been working collaboratively on a new vision of American pragmatism, one which sees pragmatism as a living and developing philosophical idiom that originates in the work of the "classical" pragmatisms of Charles Peirce, William James, and John ...