Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
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 Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniele De Santis, Burt C. 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 Philosophy and Science of Addiction
1st Edition
Edited
By Hanna Pickard, Serge Ahmed
June 30, 2020
The problem of addiction is one of the major challenges and controversies confronting medicine and society. It also poses important and complex philosophical and scientific problems. What is addiction? Why does it occur? And how should we respond to it, as individuals and as a society?The Routledge...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds
1st Edition
Edited
By Kristin Andrews, Jacob Beck
December 12, 2019
While philosophers have been interested in animals since ancient times, in the last few decades the subject of animal minds has emerged as a major topic in philosophy. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in...
The Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Injustice
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian James Kidd, José Medina, Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr.
September 11, 2019
In the era of information and communication, issues of misinformation and miscommunication are more pressing than ever. Epistemic injustice - one of the most important and ground-breaking subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years - refers to those forms of unfair treatment that relate ...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Temporal Experience
1st Edition
Edited
By Ian Phillips
September 11, 2019
Experience is inescapably temporal. But how do we experience time? Temporal experience is a fundamental subject in philosophy – according to Husserl, the most important and difficult of all. Its puzzles and paradoxes were of critical interest from the Early Moderns through to the Post-Kantians...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy
1st Edition
Edited
By Heidi Maibom
March 05, 2019
Empathy plays a central role in the history and contemporary study of ethics, interpersonal understanding, and the emotions, yet until now has been relatively underexplored. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Empathy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in...
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
1st Edition
Edited
By Graham Oppy
October 13, 2017
Philosophy of religion has experienced a renaissance in recent times, paralleling the resurgence in public debate about the place and value of religion in contemporary Western societies. The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion is an outstanding reference source to the key ...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination
1st Edition
Edited
By Amy Kind
October 13, 2017
Imagination occupies a central place in philosophy, going back to Aristotle. However, following a period of relative neglect there has been an explosion of interest in imagination in the past two decades as philosophers examine the role of imagination in debates about the mind and cognition, ...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Well-Being
1st Edition
Edited
By Guy Fletcher
October 13, 2017
The concept of well-being is one of the oldest and most important topics in philosophy and ethics, going back to ancient Greek philosophy. Following the boom in happiness studies in the last few years it has moved to centre stage, grabbing media headlines and the attention of scientists, ...
The Routledge Handbook of the Stoic Tradition
1st Edition
Edited
By John Sellars
October 13, 2017
The ancient philosophy of stoicism has been a crucial and formative influence on the development of Western thought since its inception through to the present day. It is not only an important area of study in philosophy and classics, but also in theology and literature. The Routledge Handbook of ...