Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series is dedicated to monographs and essay collections that examine, from diverse theoretical perspectives, any aspects of America’s rich web of philosophical traditions, from the 17th Century onwards. Frequently associated with pragmatism, particularly in the United States, American philosophy also encompasses many other schools of thought, and has had a significant impact on the development of contemporary epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, and political philosophy. By publishing outstanding treatments of its many diverse threads, this series aims to become the default resource for scholars and students interested in a full picture of American philosophy.
The Ethics of Wilfrid Sellars
1st Edition
By Jeremy Randel Koons
June 30, 2021
Wilfrid Sellars’s ethical theory was rich and deeply innovative. On Sellars’s view, moral judgments express a special kind of shared intention. Thus, we should see Sellars as an early advocate of an expressivism of plans and intentions, and an early theorist of collective intentionality. He ...
The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity
1st Edition
By Kathleen Wallace
June 30, 2021
The concept of a relational self has been prominent in feminism, communitarianism, narrative self theories, and social network theories, and has been important to theorizing about practical dimensions of selfhood. However, it has been largely ignored in traditional philosophical theories of ...
Wilfrid Sellars and Buddhist Philosophy: Freedom from Foundations
1st Edition
Edited
By Jay L. Garfield
June 30, 2021
The aim of this book is to address the relevance of Wilfrid Sellars’ philosophy to understanding topics in Buddhist philosophy. While contemporary scholars of Buddhism often take Sellars as a touchstone for philosophical analysis, and while many take Sellars’ corpus as their entrée into current ...
Community and Loyalty in American Philosophy: Royce, Sellars, and Rorty
1st Edition
By Steven A. Miller
September 30, 2020
American pragmatism has always had at its heart a focus on questions of communities and ethics. This book explores the interrelated work of three thinkers influenced by the pragmatist tradition: Josiah Royce, Wilfrid Sellars, and Richard Rorty. These thinkers’ work spanned the range of ...
Sellars and the History of Modern Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Luca Corti, Antonio M. Nunziante
September 30, 2020
This edited volume systematically addresses the connection between Wilfrid Sellars and the history of modern philosophy, exploring both the content and method of this relationship. It intends both to analyze Sellars’ position in relation to singular thinkers of the modern tradition, and to inquire ...
Gewirthian Perspectives on Human Rights
1st Edition
Edited
By Per Bauhn
August 14, 2020
Gewirth’s theory of human rights has made a major contribution to philosophy. In this edited collection, contributors from a broad range of disciplines discuss the theoretical and practical application of Gewirthian theory to current world issues. Case studies highlight mental health, the LGBT ...
Pragmatism and the European Traditions: Encounters with Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology before the Great Divide
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Baghramian, Sarin Marchetti
August 14, 2020
The turn of the twentieth century witnessed the birth of two distinct philosophical schools in Europe: analytic philosophy and phenomenology. The history of 20th-century philosophy is often written as an account of the development of one or both of these schools, as well as their overt or covert ...
Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Nature of Philosophy
1st Edition
By Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse
August 14, 2020
For the past fifteen years, Aikin and Talisse have been working collaboratively on a new vision of American pragmatism, one which sees pragmatism as a living and developing philosophical idiom that originates in the work of the "classical" pragmatisms of Charles Peirce, William James, and John ...
Pragmatism and Objectivity: Essays Sparked by the Work of Nicholas Rescher
1st Edition
Edited
By Sami Pihlström
June 30, 2020
Pragmatism and Objectivity illuminates the nature of contemporary pragmatism against the background of Rescher’s work, resulting in a stronger grasp of the prospects and promises of this philosophical movement. The central insight of pragmatism is that we must start from where we find ourselves and...
Sellars and Contemporary Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By David Pereplyotchik, Deborah R. Barnbaum
June 30, 2020
Wilfrid Sellars made profound and lasting contributions to nearly every area of philosophy. The aim of this collection is to highlight the continuing importance of Sellars’ work to contemporary debates. The contributors include several luminaries in Sellars scholarship, as well as members of the ...
Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics
1st Edition
By Diana Heney
December 12, 2019
In our current social landscape, moral questions—about economic disparity, disadvantaging biases, and scarcity—are rightly receiving attention with a sense of urgency. This book argues that classical pragmatism offers a compelling and useful account of our engagement with moral life. The key ...
Peirce's Speculative Grammar: Logic as Semiotics
1st Edition
By Francesco Bellucci
December 10, 2019
Peirce’s Speculative Grammar: Logic as Semiotics offers a comprehensive, philologically accurate, and exegetically ambitious developmental account of Peirce’s theory of speculative grammar. The book traces the evolution of Peirce’s grammatical writings from his early research on the classification ...