Routledge Philosophy Companions
About the Book Series
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.
The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard C. Taylor, Luis Xavier López-Farjeat
January 12, 2018
This valuable reference work synthesizes and elucidates traditional themes and issues in Islamic philosophy as well as prominent topics emerging from the last twenty years of scholarship. Written for a wide readership of students and scholars, The Routledge Companion to Islamic Philosophy is unique...
The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics
1st Edition
Edited
By Lorraine Besser, Michael Slote
January 12, 2018
Virtue ethics is on the move both in Anglo-American philosophy and in the rest of the world. This volume uniquely emphasizes non-Western varieties of virtue ethics at the same time that it includes work in the many different fields or areas of philosophy where virtue ethics has recently spread its ...
The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth Century Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Aaron Garrett
October 12, 2017
The Eighteenth century is one of the most important periods in the history of Western philosophy, witnessing philosophical, scientific, and social and political change on a vast scale. In spite of this, there are few single volume overviews of the philosophy of the period as a whole. The Routledge ...
The Routledge Companion to Hermeneutics
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeff Malpas, Hans-Helmuth Gander
October 12, 2017
Hermeneutics is a major theoretical and practical form of intellectual enquiry, central not only to philosophy but many other disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. With phenomenology and existentialism, it is also one of the twentieth century’s most important philosophical movements ...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrei Marmor
November 07, 2014
The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Law provides a comprehensive, non-technical philosophical treatment of the fundamental questions about the nature of law. Its coverage includes law’s relation to morality and the moral obligations to obey the law, the main philosophical debates about ...
Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language
1st Edition
Edited
By Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara
June 25, 2014
Philosophy of language is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of meaning, the relationship of language to reality, and the ways in which we use, learn, and understand language. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language provides a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the ...
The Routledge Companion to Epistemology
1st Edition
Edited
By Sven Bernecker, Duncan Pritchard
September 26, 2013
Epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge, is at the core of many of the central debates and issues in philosophy, interrogating the notions of truth, objectivity, trust, belief and perception. The Routledge Companion to Epistemology provides a comprehensive and the up-to-date survey of ...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science
2nd Edition
Edited
By Stathis Psillos, Martin Curd
September 19, 2013
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts...
The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology
1st Edition
Edited
By Sebastian Luft, Soren Overgaard
June 21, 2013
Phenomenology was one of the twentieth century’s major philosophical movements and continues to be a vibrant and widely studied subject today. The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key philosophers, topics and themes in this exciting subject, ...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music
1st Edition
Edited
By Theodore Gracyk, Andrew Kania
June 11, 2013
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in philosophy and music. Over fifty entries by an international team of contributors are organised into six clear sections: general issues emotion ...
The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics
3rd Edition
Edited
By Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes
May 22, 2013
The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, ...
Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion
2nd Edition
Edited
By Chad Meister, Paul Copan
November 02, 2012
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Second edition is an indispensable guide and reference source to the major themes, movements, debates and topics in philosophy of religion. Considerably expanded for the second edition, over seventy entries from a team of renowned international ...