Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Causation and Laws of Nature
1st Edition
By Max Kistler
October 01, 2010
This is the first English translation of Causalite´ et Lois de La Nature, and is an important contribution to the theory of causation. Max Kistler reconstructs a unified concept of causation that is general enough to adequately deal with both elementary physical processes, and the macroscopic level...
Internalism and Epistemology: The Architecture of Reason
1st Edition
By Timothy McGrew, Lydia McGrew
April 01, 2010
This book is a sustained defence of traditional internalist epistemology. The aim is threefold: to address some key criticisms of internalism and show that they do not hit their mark, to articulate a detailed version of a central objection to externalism, and to illustrate how a consistent ...
Narrative Identity and Moral Identity: A Practical Perspective
1st Edition
By Kim Atkins
November 04, 2010
This book is part of the growing field of practical approaches to philosophical questions relating to identity, agency and ethics--approaches which work across continental and analytical traditions and which Atkins justifies through an explication of how the structures of human embodiment ...
Aesthetic Experience
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Shusterman, Adele Tomlin
November 12, 2010
In this volume, a team of internationally respected contributors theorize the concept of aesthetic experience and its value. Exposing and expanding our restricted cultural and intellectual presuppositions of what constitutes aesthetic experience, the book aims to re-explore and ...
Practical Identity and Narrative Agency
1st Edition
Edited
By Kim Atkins, Catriona Mackenzie
June 07, 2010
The essays collected in this volume address a range of issues that arise when the focus of philosophical reflection on identity is shifted from metaphysical to practical and evaluative concerns. They also explore the usefulness of the notion of narrative for articulating and responding to these ...
A Sense of the World: Essays on Fiction, Narrative, and Knowledge
1st Edition
Edited
By John Gibson, Wolfgang Huemer, Luca Pocci
September 18, 2009
A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge. Together, they analyze the important trends in this current popular debate. The ...
Aesthetics and Material Beauty: Aesthetics Naturalized
1st Edition
By Jennifer McMahon
July 15, 2009
In Aesthetics and Material Beauty, Jennifer A. McMahon develops a new aesthetic theory she terms Critical Aesthetic Realism - taking Kantian aesthetics as a starting point and drawing upon contemporary theories of mind from philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. The creative process does ...
Real Essentialism
1st Edition
By David S. Oderberg
June 11, 2009
Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spite of the changes they undergo? Can we know what things are really like – can we define and classify reality? Many, if not most, ...
A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy
1st Edition
By Robert B. Talisse
September 15, 2008
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in American pragmatism. In political philosophy, the revival of pragmatism has led to a new appreciation for the democratic theory of John Dewey. In this book, Robert B. Talisse advances a series of pragmatic arguments against Deweyan democracy. ...