Routledge Philosophical Minds
About the Book Series
In philosophy past and present there are some philosophers who tower over the intellectual landscape and have shaped it in indelible ways. So significant is their impact that it is difficult to capture it in one place. The Routledge Philosophical Minds series presents a comprehensive survey of all aspects of a major philosopher's work, from analysis and criticism of their major texts and arguments to the way their ideas are taken up in contemporary philosophy and beyond. Edited by leading figures in their fields and with an outstanding international roster of contributors the series offers a magisterial and unrivalled picture of a great philosophical mind.
The Cartesian Mind
1st Edition
Edited
By Jorge Secada, Travis Tanner, Cecilia Wee
September 03, 2025
Descartes is widely acknowledged as a central figure in the origins of modernity. The nature of his thought and of the role it played is, however, a matter of considerable dispute among experts. The Cartesian Mind is a significant contribution to this debate. It covers the full extent of his work, ...
The Schopenhauerian Mind
1st Edition
Edited
By David Bather Woods, Timothy Stoll
June 27, 2025
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is now recognised as a figure of canonical importance to the history of philosophy. Schopenhauer founded his system on a highly original interpretation of Kant’s philosophy, developing an entirely novel and controversial worldview guided centrally by his striking ...
The Deleuzian Mind
1st Edition
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By Henry Somers-Hall, Jeffrey A. Bell
May 29, 2025
Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. As with other French philosophers of his generation, such as Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, Deleuze’s work and his collaboration with Félix Guattari has also had huge influence in other ...
The Kantian Mind
1st Edition
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By Sorin Baiasu, Mark Timmons
January 30, 2025
The thought of Immanuel Kant is fundamental to understanding Western philosophy. Spanning epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and religion, the sheer scope and originality of Kant’s ideas have decisively shaped the history of modern philosophy. The Kantian Mind is an outstanding guide and reference...
The Platonic Mind
1st Edition
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By Peter D. Larsen, Vasilis Politis
November 26, 2024
Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time. A pivotal figure in the history of philosophy, his work is foundational to the Western philosophical tradition. The Platonic Mind provides an extensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context ...
The Marcusean Mind
1st Edition
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By Eduardo Altheman C. Santos, Jina Fast, Nicole K. Mayberry, Sid Simpson
October 29, 2024
Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979) was a member of the Frankfurt School, a leading figure of 1960s counterculture, and a fundamental character for the New Left. His ideas and theories, inspired by a rich fusion of Marxian and Freudian thought, exert a strong influence on contemporary thinking about ...
The Proustian Mind
1st Edition
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By Anna Elsner, Thomas Stern
October 04, 2024
When Marcel Proust started to work on In Search of Lost Time in 1908, he wrote this question in his notebook: ‘Should I make it a novel, a philosophical study, am I a novelist?’ Throughout his famous multi-volume work, Proust directly engages several philosophers, and few novels are as thoroughly ...
The Murdochian Mind
1st Edition
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By Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Mark Hopwood
January 29, 2024
Iris Murdoch was a philosopher and novelist of extraordinary breadth and originality whose work defies simple categorisation. Her philosophical writing engages with an astonishingly wide range of figures, from Plato and Kant to Sartre and Heidegger, and her work increasingly inspires debate in ...
The Bergsonian Mind
1st Edition
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By Mark Sinclair, Yaron Wolf
September 25, 2023
Henri Bergson (1859–1941) is widely regarded as one of the most original and important philosophers of the twentieth century. His work explored a rich panoply of subjects, including time, memory, free will and humour and we owe the popular term élan vital to a fundamental insight of Bergson’s. His ...
The Jamesian Mind
1st Edition
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By Sarin Marchetti
September 25, 2023
William James (1842–1910) is widely regarded as the founding figure of modern psychology and one of the most important philosophers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Renowned for his philosophical theory of pragmatism and memorable turns of phrase, such as ‘stream of consciousness’ and the...
The Anscombean Mind
1st Edition
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By Adrian Haddock, Rachael Wiseman
May 31, 2023
G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001) is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Known primarily for influencing research in action theory and moral philosophy, her work also has relevance in the study of metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of ...
The Gadamerian Mind
1st Edition
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By Theodore George, Gert-Jan van der Heiden
May 31, 2023
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002) is one of the most important philosophers of the post-1945 era. His name has become all but synonymous with the philosophical study of hermeneutics, the field concerned with theories of understanding and interpretation and laid out in his landmark book Truth and ...