Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series publishes significant contributions to the study of this key period in philosophy. It covers studies of single authors as well as principal philosophical areas.
Condillac and His Reception: On the Origin and Nature of Human Abilities
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By Delphine Antoine-Mahut, Anik Waldow
January 30, 2025
This volume explores the philosophy of Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. It presents, for the first time, English-language essays on Condillac’s philosophy, making the complexity and sophistication of his arguments and their influence on early modern philosophy accessible to a wider readership. ...
Kant on Freedom and Human Nature
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By Luigi Filieri, Sofie Møller
December 18, 2024
The essays in this volume provide new readings of Kant’s account of human nature. Despite the relevance of human nature to Kant’s philosophy, little attention has been paid to the fact that the question about human nature originally pertains to pure reason. The chapters in this volume show that ...
Metaphysics as a Science in Classical German Philosophy
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By Robb Dunphy, Toby Lovat
December 18, 2024
This volume is dedicated to questions about the nature and method of metaphysics in Classical German Philosophy. Its chapters offer original investigations into the metaphysical projects of many of the major figures in German philosophy between Wolff and Hegel. The period of Classical German ...
Adam Smith and Modernity: 1723–2023
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By Alberto Burgio
October 04, 2024
This volume features 19 original chapters on Adam Smith’s conception of modernity. The contributions demonstrate the relevance of Smith as the great interpreter of modernity 250 years after the publication of The Wealth of Nations. The chapters in Part 1 focus on structural aspects of Smith’s work....
Hume on Testimony
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By Dan O'Brien
August 26, 2024
This book is the first devoted to Hume’s conception of testimony. Hume is usually taken to be a reductionist with respect to testimony, with trust in others dependent on the evidence possessed by individuals concerning the reliability of texts or speakers. This account is taken from Hume’s essay on...
Perspectives on Kant’s Opus postumum
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By Giovanni Pietro Basile, Ansgar Lyssy
August 26, 2024
This book offers new perspectives on the theoretical elements of the Opus postumum (OP), Kant’s project of a final work which remained unknown until eighty years after his death. The contributors read the OP as a central work in establishing the relation between Kant’s transcendental philosophy, ...
System and Freedom in Kant and Fichte
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By Giovanni Pietro Basile, Ansgar Lyssy
May 27, 2024
This book investigates various aspects of freedom as developed in the philosophical systems of Kant and Fichte. Freedom, both Kant and Fichte insist, does not mean that we can choose or think independently from all rules or necessity, but rather that we willingly accept a certain kind of submission...
Human Dignity and the Kingdom of Ends: Kantian Perspectives and Practical Applications
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By Jan-Willem van der Rijt, Adam Cureton
January 29, 2024
This book advances our understanding of the nature, grounds and limits of human dignity by connecting it with Kant’s notion of an ideal moral community, or "Kingdom of Ends". It features original essays by leading Kant scholars and moral and political philosophers from around the world. Although ...
Beyond Autonomy in Eighteenth-Century British and German Aesthetics
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By Karl Axelsson, Camilla Flodin, Mattias Pirholt
August 01, 2022
This volume re-examines traditional interpretations of the rise of modern aesthetics in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. It provides a new account that connects aesthetic experience with morality, science, and political society. In doing so, it challenges long-standing teleological ...
Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature, and Religion
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By Sorin Baiasu, Alberto Vanzo
June 13, 2022
Immanuel Kant’s work continues to be a main focus of attention in almost all areas of philosophy. The significance of Kant’s work for the so-called continental philosophy cannot be exaggerated, although work in this area is relatively scant. The book includes eight chapters, a substantial ...
Kant’s Critical Epistemology: Why Epistemology Must Consider Judgment First
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By Kenneth R. Westphal
April 29, 2022
This book assesses and defends Kant’s Critical epistemology, and the rich yet neglected resources it provides for understanding and resolving fundamental issues regarding human experience, perceptual judgment, empirical knowledge and cognitive sciences.Kenneth Westphal first examines Kant’s methods...
The Experiential Turn in Eighteenth-Century German Philosophy
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By Karin de Boer, Tinca Prunea-Bretonnet
May 18, 2021
This collection of essays challenges the prevailing assumption that eighteenth-century German philosophy prior to Kant was largely defined by post-Leibnizian rationalism and, accordingly, a low esteem of the cognitive function of the senses. It does so by highlighting the various ways in which ...