Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
About the Book Series
Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks painlessly introduce students to the classic works of philosophy. Each GuideBook considers a major philosopher and a key area of their philosophy by focusing upon an important text – situating the philosopher and the work in a historical context, considering the text in question and assessing the philosopher’s contribution to contemporary thought.
Edited by Tim Crane, University of Cambridge and Jonathan Wolff, University College London
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Anscombe's Intention
1st Edition
By Rachael Wiseman
March 17, 2016
G. E. M. Anscombe’s Intention is a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. The work has been enormously influential despite being a dense and largely misunderstood text. It is a standard reference point for anyone engaging with philosophy of action and philosophy of psychology. In this Routledge ...
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Poetics
1st Edition
By Angela Curran
October 16, 2015
Aristotle’s Poetics is the first philosophical account of an art form and the foundational text in aesthetics. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Poetics is an accessible guide to this often dense and cryptic work. Angela Curran introduces and assesses: Aristotle’s life and ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Spinoza on Politics
1st Edition
By Daniel Frank, Jason Waller
July 23, 2015
Baruch Spinoza is one of the most influential and controversial political philosophers of the early modern period. Though best-known for his contributions to metaphysics, Spinoza’s Theological-Political Treatise (1670) and his unfinished Political Treatise (1677) were widely debated and helped to ...
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Kant on Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
1st Edition
By Lawrence Pasternack
December 03, 2013
Throughout his career, Kant engaged with many of the fundamental questions in philosophy of religion: arguments for the existence of God, the soul, the problem of evil, and the relationship between moral belief and practice. Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is his major work on the ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity
1st Edition
By Harold Noonan
February 05, 2013
Saul Kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His most celebrated work, Naming and Necessity, makes arguably the most important contribution to the philosophy of language and metaphysics in recent years. Asking fundamental questions – how do names refer to things ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Merleau-Ponty and Phenomenology of Perception
1st Edition
By Komarine Romdenh-Romluc
September 20, 2010
Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908 – 1961) is hailed as one of the key philosophers of the twentieth century. Phenomenology of Perception is his most famous and influential work, and an essential text for anyone seeking to understand phenomenology. In this GuideBook Komarine Romdenh-Romluc introduces and ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Frege on Sense and Reference
1st Edition
By Mark Textor
September 17, 2010
Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was first and foremost a mathematician, but his major works also made important contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege’s writings are difficult and deal with ...
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Politics
1st Edition
By Jean Roberts
May 08, 2009
Aristotle's Politics is widely acknowledged as a classic and one of the founding texts of political theory and philosophy. Written by a leading expert in ancient philosophical thought, Aristotle and the Politics is a coherent guide that makes sense of an often difficult and disorganized work, ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus
1st Edition
By Michael Morris
December 02, 2008
Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Michael Morris makes sense of Wittgenstein’s brief but often cryptic text, highlighting its key themes. He introduces and analyzes: ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty
1st Edition
By Andy Hamilton
November 28, 2008
Ludwig Wittgenstein is arguably the most important philosopher of the twentieth century. In On Certainty he discusses central issues in epistemology, including the nature of knowledge and scepticism. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Wittgenstein and On Certainty introduces and assesses: ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rorty and the Mirror of Nature
1st Edition
By James Tartaglia
September 25, 2007
Richard Rorty is one of the most influential, controversial and widely-read philosophers of the twentieth century. In this GuideBook to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Tartaglia analyzes this challenging text and introduces and assesses: Rorty's life and the background to his philosophy ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant on Judgment
1st Edition
By Robert Wicks
April 10, 2007
Kant’s Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by section, and introduces and assesses: Kant's life and the background of the Critique of Judgment the ideas and text of the Critique of Judgment...