Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy: A Constructive-Engagement Account
1st Edition
By Bo Mou
June 13, 2022
This book presents a systematic unifying-pluralist account—a "constructive-engagement" account—of how cross-tradition engagement in philosophy is possible. The goal of this "constructive-engagement" account is, by way of reflective criticism, argumentation, and methodological guiding principles, to...
Inference and Consciousness
1st Edition
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By Timothy Chan, Anders Nes
June 13, 2022
Inference has long been a central concern in epistemology, as an essential means by which we extend our knowledge and test our beliefs. Inference is also a key notion in influential psychological accounts of mental capacities, ranging from problem-solving to perception. Consciousness, on the other ...
Microaggressions and Philosophy
1st Edition
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By Lauren Freeman, Jeanine Weekes Schroer
June 13, 2022
This is the first book to offer a philosophical engagement with microaggressions. It aims to provide an intersectional analysis of microaggressions that cuts across multiple dimensions of oppression and marginalization, and to engage a variety of perspectives that have been sidelined within the ...
Perception and Reality in Kant, Husserl, and McDowell
1st Edition
By Corijn van Mazijk
June 13, 2022
How does perception give us access to external reality? This book critically engages with John McDowell’s conceptualist answer to this question, by offering a new exploration of his views on perception and reality in relation to those of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl.In six chapters, the book ...
Social Functions in Philosophy: Metaphysical, Normative, and Methodological Perspectives
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By Rebekka Hufendiek, Daniel James, Raphael van Riel
June 13, 2022
Social functions and functional explanations play a prominent role not only in our everyday reasoning but also in classical as well as contemporary social theory and empirical social research. This volume explores metaphysical, normative, and methodological perspectives on social functions and ...
The Complex Reality of Pain
1st Edition
By Jennifer Corns
June 13, 2022
This book employs contemporary philosophy, scientific research, and clinical reports to argue that pain, though real, is not an appropriate object of scientific generalisations or an appropriate target for medical intervention. Each pain experience is instead complex and idiosyncratic in a way ...
Logics of Genocide: The Structures of Violence and the Contemporary World
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By Anne O'Byrne, Martin Shuster
April 29, 2022
This book is concerned with the connection between the formal structure of agency and the formal structure of genocide. The contributors employ philosophical approaches to explore the idea of genocidal violence as a structural element in the world. Do mechanisms or structures in nation-states ...
Explanation in Action Theory and Historiography: Causal and Teleological Approaches
1st Edition
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By Gunnar Schumann
September 30, 2021
Is the appropriate form of human action explanation causal or rather teleological? While this is a central question in analytic philosophy of action, it also has implications for questions about the differences between methods of explanation in the sciences on the one hand and in the humanities and...
Moved by Machines: Performance Metaphors and Philosophy of Technology
1st Edition
By Mark Coeckelbergh
September 30, 2021
Given the rapid development of new technologies such as smart devices, robots, and artificial intelligence and their impact on the lives of people and on society, it is important and urgent to construct conceptual frameworks that help us to understand and evaluate them. Benefiting from tendencies ...
Naturalism, Human Flourishing, and Asian Philosophy: Owen Flanagan and Beyond
1st Edition
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By Bongrae Seok
September 30, 2021
Naturalism, Human Flourishing, and Asian Philosophy: Owen Flanagan and Beyond is an edited volume of philosophical essays focusing on Owen Flanagan’s naturalized comparative philosophy and moral psychology of human flourishing. Flanagan is a philosopher well-known for his naturalized approach ...
Perception, Cognition and Aesthetics
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By Dena Shottenkirk, Manuel Curado, Steven S. Gouveia
September 30, 2021
This volume addresses key questions related to how content in thought is derived from perceptual experience. It includes chapters that focus on single issues on perception and cognition, as well as others that relate these issues to an important social construct that involves both perceptual ...
Philosophical Perspectives on Moral and Civic Education: Shaping Citizens and Their Schools
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By Colin Macleod, Christine Tappolet
September 30, 2021
Many people place great stock in the importance of civic virtue to the success of democratic communities. Is this hope well-grounded? The fundamental question is whether it is even possible to cultivate ethical and civic virtues in the first place. Taking for granted that it is possible, at least ...