Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts
1st Edition
Edited
By Alessandro Bertinetto, Marcello Ruta
January 09, 2023
Over the last few decades, the notion of improvisation has enriched and dynamized research on traditional philosophies of music, theatre, dance, poetry, and even visual art. This Handbook offers readers an authoritative collection of accessible articles on the philosophy of improvisation, ...
The Routledge Handbook of Social and Political Philosophy of Language
1st Edition
Edited
By Justin Khoo, Rachel Katharine Sterken
January 09, 2023
This Handbook brings together philosophical work on how language shapes, and is shaped by, social and political factors. Its 24 chapters were written exclusively for this volume by an international team of leading researchers, and together they provide a broad expert introduction to the major ...
The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought
1st Edition
Edited
By Gary Chartier, Chad Van Schoelandt
August 01, 2022
This Handbook offers an authoritative, up-to-date introduction to the rich scholarly conversation about anarchy—about the possibility, dynamics, and appeal of social order without the state. Drawing on resources from philosophy, economics, law, history, politics, and religious studies, it is ...
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Sharon Crasnow, Kristen Intemann
August 01, 2022
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science is a comprehensive resource for feminist thinking about and in the sciences. Its 33 chapters were written exclusively for this Handbook by a group of leading international philosophers as well as scholars in gender studies, women’s studies, ...
The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference
1st Edition
Edited
By Stephen Biggs, Heimir Geirsson
August 01, 2022
This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference; the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about. The volume’s forty-one original chapters, written by many of today’s leading ...
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering
1st Edition
Edited
By Diane P. Michelfelder, Neelke Doorn
August 01, 2022
Engineering has always been a part of human life but has only recently become the subject matter of systematic philosophical inquiry. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering presents the state-of-the-art of this field and lays a foundation for shaping future conversations ...
The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment
1st Edition
Edited
By Farah Focquaert, Elizabeth Shaw, Bruce N. Waller
April 29, 2022
Philosophers, legal scholars, criminologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists have long asked important questions about punishment: What is its purpose? What theories help us better understand its nature? Is punishment just? Are there effective alternatives to punishment? How can empirical data ...
The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Kelly Arenson
February 01, 2022
Hellenistic philosophy concerns the thought of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics, the most influential philosophical groups in the era between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BCE) and the defeat of the last Greek stronghold in the ancient world (31 BCE). The Routledge Handbook of ...
The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy
1st Edition
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By Daniele De Santis, Burt Hopkins, Claudio Majolino
February 01, 2022
Phenomenology was one of the twentieth century’s major philosophical movements, and it continues to be a vibrant and widely studied subject today with relevance beyond philosophy in areas such as medicine and cognitive sciences. The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Phenomenological ...
The Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Judith Simon
February 01, 2022
Trust is pervasive in our lives. Both our simplest actions – like buying a coffee, or crossing the street – as well as the functions of large collective institutions – like those of corporations and nation states – would not be possible without it. Yet only in the last several decades has trust ...
The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility
1st Edition
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By Saba Bazargan-Forward, Deborah Tollefsen
December 13, 2021
The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility comprehensively addresses questions about who is responsible and how blame or praise should be attributed when human agents act together. Such questions include: Do individuals share responsibility for the outcome or are individuals responsible ...
The Routledge Handbook of Metaphysical Grounding
1st Edition
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By Michael Raven
December 13, 2021
Some of philosophy’s biggest questions, both historically and today, are in-virtue-of questions: In virtue of what is an action right or wrong? In virtue of what am I the same person my mother bore? In virtue of what is an artwork beautiful? Philosophers attempt to answer many of these types of ...