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 Highest Good: From Practical Reason to Rational Faith
1st Edition
By Lawrence Robin Pasternack
October 16, 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 ...
Kant’s Early Followers in Political Philosophy
1st Edition
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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
1st Edition
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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
1st Edition
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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
1st Edition
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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
1st Edition
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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. ...
Adam Smith and Modernity: 1723–2023
1st Edition
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By Alberto Burgio
October 04, 2024
This volume features 19 original chapters on Adam Smith’s conception of modernity. The contributions demonstrate the relevance of Smith as the great interpreter of modernity 250 years after the publication of The Wealth of Nations. The chapters in Part 1 focus on structural aspects of Smith’s work....
Hume on Testimony
1st Edition
By Dan O'Brien
August 26, 2024
This book is the first devoted to Hume’s conception of testimony. Hume is usually taken to be a reductionist with respect to testimony, with trust in others dependent on the evidence possessed by individuals concerning the reliability of texts or speakers. This account is taken from Hume’s essay on...
Perspectives on Kant’s Opus postumum
1st Edition
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By Giovanni Pietro Basile, Ansgar Lyssy
August 26, 2024
This book offers new perspectives on the theoretical elements of the Opus postumum (OP), Kant’s project of a final work which remained unknown until eighty years after his death. The contributors read the OP as a central work in establishing the relation between Kant’s transcendental philosophy, ...