Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Epiphenomenal Mind: An Integrated Outlook on Sensations, Beliefs, and Pleasure
1st Edition
By William S. Robinson
December 18, 2020
According to epiphenomenalism, our behavior is caused by events in our brains that also cause our mentality. This resulting mentality reflects our brains’ organization, but does not in turn cause anything. This book defends an epiphenomenalist account of philosophy of mind. It builds on the author’...
The Epistemological Skyhook: Determinism, Naturalism, and Self-Defeat
1st Edition
By Jim Slagle
December 18, 2020
Throughout philosophical history, there has been a recurring argument to the effect that determinism, naturalism, or both are self-referentially incoherent. By accepting determinism or naturalism, one allegedly acquires a reason to reject determinism or naturalism. The Epistemological Skyhook ...
The Meanings of Violence: From Critical Theory to Biopolitics
1st Edition
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By Gavin Rae, Emma Ingala
December 18, 2020
Violence has long been noted to be a fundamental aspect of the human condition. Traditionally, however, philosophical discussions have tended to approach it through the lens of warfare and/or limit it to physical forms. This changed in the twentieth century as the nature and meaning of ‘violence’ ...
A Pragmatic Approach to Libertarian Free Will
1st Edition
By John Lemos
September 30, 2020
A Pragmatic Approach to Libertarian Free Will argues that the kind of free will required for moral responsibility and just desert is libertarian free will. It is a source of great controversy whether such a libertarian view is coherent and whether we should believe that we have such free will. This...
Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program
1st Edition
By Andreas Elpidorou, Guy Dove
September 30, 2020
Consciousness and Physicalism: A Defense of a Research Program explores the nature of consciousness and its place in the world, offering a revisionist account of what it means to say that consciousness is nothing over and above the physical. By synthesizing work in the philosophy of mind, ...
From Rules to Meanings: New Essays on Inferentialism
1st Edition
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By Ondřej Beran, Vojtěch Kolman, Ladislav Koreň
September 30, 2020
Inferentialism is a philosophical approach premised on the claim that an item of language (or thought) acquires meaning (or content) in virtue of being embedded in an intricate set of social practices normatively governed by inferential rules. Inferentialism found its paradigmatic formulation in ...
Subjectivity and the Political: Contemporary Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Gavin Rae, Emma Ingala
September 30, 2020
Despite, or quite possibly because of, the structuralist, post-structuralist, and deconstructionist critiques of subjectivity, master signifiers, and political foundations, contemporary philosophy has been marked by a resurgence in interest in questions of subjectivity and the political. Guided by ...
The Significance of Indeterminacy: Perspectives from Asian and Continental Philosophy
1st Edition
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By Robert H. Scott, Gregory S. Moss
September 30, 2020
While indeterminacy is a recurrent theme in philosophy, less progress has been made in clarifying its significance for various philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts. This collection brings together early-career and well-known philosophers—including Graham Priest, Trish Glazebrook, Steven ...
Trust in the World: A Philosophy of Film
1st Edition
By Josef Früchtl
September 30, 2020
This book examines the theory, originally raised in Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of film, that cinema has the power to restore our trust in the world. Früchtl demonstrates that cinema does this in three main ways: by restoring our belief in the absurd, in the body and in a sceptical abstention from ...
Epistemic Rationality and Epistemic Normativity
1st Edition
By Patrick Bondy
August 14, 2020
The aim of this book is to answer two important questions about the issue of normativity in epistemology: Why are epistemic reasons evidential and what makes epistemic reasons and rationality normative? Bondy's argument proceeds on the assumption that epistemic rationality goes hand in hand with ...
Formal Epistemology and Cartesian Skepticism: In Defense of Belief in the Natural World
1st Edition
By Tomoji Shogenji
August 14, 2020
This book develops new techniques in formal epistemology and applies them to the challenge of Cartesian skepticism. It introduces two formats of epistemic evaluation that should be of interest to epistemologists and philosophers of science: the dual-component format, which evaluates a statement on ...
Isn’t that Clever: A Philosophical Account of Humor and Comedy
1st Edition
By Steven Gimbel
August 14, 2020
Isn’t That Clever provides a new account of the nature of humor – the cleverness account – according to which humor is intentional conspicuous acts of playful cleverness. By defining humor in this way, answers can be found to longstanding questions about humor ethics (Are there jokes that are wrong...