Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
About the Book Series
This series considers influential figures and movements in this key period in philosophy. It covers studies of individual authors, as well as the principal philosophical developments and debates of the era.
Peirce's Account of Purposefulness: A Kantian Perspective
1st Edition
By Gabriele Gava
February 12, 2018
This book presents a systematic interpretation of Charles S. Peirce’s work based on a Kantian understanding of his teleological account of thought and inquiry. Departing from readings that contrast Peirce’s treatment of purpose, end, and teleology with his early studies of Kant, Gabriele Gava ...
Mill’s A System of Logic: Critical Appraisals
1st Edition
Edited
By Antis Loizides
November 28, 2017
John Stuart Mill considered his A System of Logic, first published in 1843, the methodological foundation and intellectual groundwork of his later works in ethical, social, and political theory. Yet no book has attempted in the past to engage with the most important aspects of Mill's Logic. This ...
Pragmatism, Kant, and Transcendental Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Gabriele Gava, Robert Stern
November 28, 2017
Philosophers working within the pragmatist tradition have pictured their relation to Kant and Kantianism in very diverse terms: some have presented their work as an appropriation and development of Kantian ideas, some have argued that pragmatism is an approach in complete opposition to Kant. This ...
Hegel on Beauty
1st Edition
By Julia Peters
June 16, 2017
While the current philosophical debate surrounding Hegel’s aesthetics focuses heavily on the philosopher’s controversial ‘end of art’ thesis, its participants rarely give attention to Hegel’s ideas on the nature of beauty and its relation to art. This study seeks to remedy this oversight by placing...
Hegel and Psychoanalysis: A New Interpretation of "Phenomenology of Spirit"
1st Edition
By Molly Macdonald
July 27, 2016
Both Hegel's philosophy and psychoanalytic theory have profoundly influenced contemporary thought, but they are traditionally seen to work in separate rather than intersecting universes. This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and brings it into conversation the ...
The Scotch Metaphysics: A Century of Enlightenment in Scotland
1st Edition
By George E. Davie
July 20, 2015
Focusing on the works of Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, Thomas Brown and James Frederick Ferrier, this book offers a definitive account of an important philosophical movement, and represents a ground-breaking contribution to scholarship in the area. Essential reading for ...
Dialectics, Politics, and the Contemporary Value of Hegel's Practical Philosophy
1st Edition
By Andrew Buchwalter
May 21, 2015
This book explores and details the actuality (Aktualität) of Hegel’s social and political philosophy--its relevance, topicality, and contemporary validity. It asserts--against the assumptions of those in a wide range of traditions--that Hegel’s thought not only remains relevant to debates in ...
Kierkegaard's Upbuilding Discourses: Philosophy, Literature, and Theology
1st Edition
By George Pattison
September 03, 2013
George Pattison provides a bold and innovative reassessment of Kierkegaard's neglected Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses and reading of his work as a whole. The first full length assessment of the discourses in English, this volume will be essential reading for philosophers and theologians, and anyone...