Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series publishes significant contributions to the study of this key period in philosophy. It covers studies of single authors as well as principal philosophical areas.
Kant’s Legacy for the 21st Century: Knowledge, Culture, Beauty
1st Edition
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By Andrija Šoć, Jessica Leech
July 06, 2026
This volume explores whether and how Kant’s philosophy can help us to advance debates in several different areas of contemporary philosophy. Kant’s philosophy has enjoyed continued and enthusiastic interest of scholars ever since its inception. However, the question of just how exactly and to what ...
British Philosophy in the Long Eighteenth Century: Themes from Kenneth P. Winkler
1st Edition
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By Bridger Ehli, Matthew A. Leisinger
March 12, 2026
No one has done more to deepen our appreciation of eighteenth-century British philosophy than Kenneth P. Winkler. Winkler’s work has had a decisive influence on our understanding of virtually all the period’s major figures and has also helped to bring light to the enduring philosophical ...
Kant’s Highest Good: From Practical Reason to Rational Faith
1st Edition
By Lawrence Pasternack
October 09, 2025
Kant’s doctrine of the Highest Good is among the most perplexing and controversial aspects of his practical philosophy. There is widespread disagreement about exactly what the Highest Good is, how Kant argues for it, and what function it is supposed to fulfill. The Highest Good is also situated at ...
Consciousness, Time, and Scepticism in Hume’s Thought
1st Edition
By Lorne Falkenstein
September 28, 2025
David Hume’s philosophical work presents the reader with a perplexing mix of constructive accounts of empirically guided belief and destructive sceptical arguments against all belief. This book reconciles this conflict by showing that Hume intended his scepticism to be remedial. It immunizes us ...
Kant’s Early Followers in Political Philosophy
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By Reidar Maliks, Elisabeth Theresia Widmer
June 26, 2025
Immanuel Kant influenced a large and productive group of political philosophers in the 1790s. This volume argues that they brought out more fully the egalitarian principles of Kantian republicanism. “The Kantian school” featured young philosophers including Saul Ascher, Johann Adam Bergk, Johann ...
The Proud Self: A Humean Ethics of Virtue
1st Edition
By Lorenzo Greco
May 29, 2025
This book presents a novel interpretation of Hume as a proponent of sentimental virtue ethics. This interpretation sheds light on the nature of Hume’s ethics, as well as its relevance for contemporary debates in moral philosophy. The book starts by developing an understanding of the self in Hume ...
Kant and the Systematicity of the Sciences
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By Gabriele Gava, Thomas Sturm, Achim Vesper
April 28, 2025
This book provides the first comprehensive discussion regarding the role that Kant ascribes to systematicity in the sciences. It considers not only what Kant has to say on systematicity in general, but also how the systematicity requirement for science is specified in different fields of knowledge....
Kantian Citizenship: Grounds, Standards and Global Implications
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By Mark Timmons, Sorin Baiasu
March 30, 2025
This book is a collection of 12 new essays on the topic of Kant’s account of citizenship, the first book-length text on this topic. It features an international cast of leading scholars who specialize in Kant’s ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy. The contributors connect Kant’s...
Condillac and His Reception: On the Origin and Nature of Human Abilities
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By Delphine Antoine-Mahut, Anik Waldow
January 30, 2025
This volume explores the philosophy of Étienne Bonnot de Condillac. It presents, for the first time, English-language essays on Condillac’s philosophy, making the complexity and sophistication of his arguments and their influence on early modern philosophy accessible to a wider readership. ...
Kant on Freedom and Human Nature
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By Luigi Filieri, Sofie Møller
December 18, 2024
The essays in this volume provide new readings of Kant’s account of human nature. Despite the relevance of human nature to Kant’s philosophy, little attention has been paid to the fact that the question about human nature originally pertains to pure reason. The chapters in this volume show that ...
Metaphysics as a Science in Classical German Philosophy
1st Edition
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By Robb Dunphy, Toby Lovat
December 18, 2024
This volume is dedicated to questions about the nature and method of metaphysics in Classical German Philosophy. Its chapters offer original investigations into the metaphysical projects of many of the major figures in German philosophy between Wolff and Hegel. The period of Classical German ...
Baumgarten’s Legacy in Kant’s Ethics
1st Edition
By Toshiro Osawa
October 28, 2024
This book offers the first substantial account of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten’s significant influence on Kant’s ethics. Arguing that Baumgarten’s impact is more extensive and profound than previously thought, the book provides a novel interpretation of the formation of Kant’s ethical framework. ...