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Routledge Philosophy Companions

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Routledge Philosophy Companions offer thorough, high quality surveys and assessments of the major topics and periods in philosophy. Covering key problems, themes and thinkers, all entries are specially commissioned for each volume and written by leading scholars in the field. Clear, accessible and carefully edited and organised, Routledge Philosophy Companions are indispensable for anyone coming to a major topic or period in philosophy, as well as for the more advanced reader.

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The Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Brook Ziporyn, Stephen C. Walker
October 08, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Chinese Philosophy features more than 40 chapter-length introductions to the concepts, claims, and arguments that animate the Chinese philosophical tradition. Taking a topic-by-topic rather than text-by-text approach, this Companion aims at helping contemporary Anglophone...

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Nina Emery
September 30, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to a growing subfield of philosophical research, which spans traditional and contemporary debates about the nature of time, as well as a diverse set of historical, geographical, and cultural contexts. This book...

The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy

1st Edition

Edited By Daniel Rynhold, Tyron Goldschmidt
May 01, 2025

The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy is a deep and broad reference that brings diverse perspectives to bear on the key topics, problems, and debates in Jewish philosophy and philosophical theology. The 37 chapters were written by an international team of experts from different traditions in...

The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture

The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture

1st Edition

By Noël Carroll, Jonathan Gilmore
December 19, 2024

Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections: Artforms History ...

The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy

2nd Edition

Edited By Gerald Gaus, Fred D'Agostino, Ryan Muldoon
November 15, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Second Edition, is a comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as contemporary research. Features ...

The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics

The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics

1st Edition

Edited By Benjamin Hale, Andrew Light, Lydia Lawhon
May 27, 2024

Written for a wide range of readers in environmental science, philosophy, and policy-oriented programs The Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics is a landmark, comprehensive reference work in this interdisciplinary field. Not merely a review of theoretical approaches to the ethics of the ...

The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism

The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism

1st Edition

Edited By Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse
May 27, 2024

The Routledge Companion to Pragmatism offers 44 cutting-edge chapters—written specifically for this volume by an international team of distinguished researchers—that assess the past, present, and future of pragmatism. Going beyond the exposition of canonical texts and figures, the collection ...

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics

1st Edition

Edited By Eleanor Knox, Alastair Wilson
May 31, 2023

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the state of the art in the philosophy of physics. It comprisess 54 self-contained chapters written by leading philosophers of physics at both senior and junior levels, making it the most thorough and ...

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Cross, JT Paasch
January 09, 2023

Like any other group of philosophers, scholastic thinkers from the Middle Ages disagreed about even the most fundamental of concepts. With their characteristic style of rigorous semantic and logical analysis, they produced a wide variety of diverse theories about a huge number of topics.The ...

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine

1st Edition

Edited By Miriam Solomon, Jeremy R. Simon, Harold Kincaid
February 25, 2020

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine is a comprehensive guide to topics in the fields of epistemology and metaphysics of medicine. It examines traditional topics such as the concept of disease, causality in medicine, the epistemology of the randomized controlled trial, the ...

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

2nd Edition

Edited By Sarah Robins, John Symons, Paco Calvo
October 16, 2019

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology, Second Edition is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the key topics, problems, concepts, and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide ...

The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy

The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy

1st Edition

Edited By Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader, Alison Stone
October 10, 2019

The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers, and debates in feminist philosophy. Fifty-six chapters, written by an international team of contributors specifically for the Companion, are organized into five ...

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