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.
Logic from Kant to Russell: Laying the Foundations for Analytic Philosophy
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By Sandra Lapointe
September 30, 2020
The scope and method of logic as we know it today eminently reflect the ground-breaking developments of set theory and the logical foundations of mathematics at the turn of the 20th century. Unfortunately, little effort has been made to understand the idiosyncrasies of the philosophical context ...
Hegel’s Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Politics
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By Michael J. Thompson
August 14, 2020
The renaissance in Hegel scholarship over the past two decades has largely ignored or marginalized the metaphysical dimension of his thought, perhaps most vigorously when considering his social and political philosophy. Many scholars have consistently maintained that Hegel’s political philosophy ...
Nietzsche's Constructivism: A Metaphysics of Material Objects
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By Justin Remhof
August 14, 2020
Like Kant, the German Idealists, and many neo-Kantian philosophers before him, Nietzsche was persistently concerned with metaphysical questions about the nature of objects. His texts often address questions concerning the existence and non-existence of objects, the relation of objects to human ...
Reassessing Marx’s Social and Political Philosophy: Freedom, Recognition, and Human Flourishing
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By Jan Kandiyali
August 14, 2020
Interest in the study of Marx’s thought has shown a revival in recent years, with a number of newly established academic societies, conferences, and journals dedicated to discussing his thought. This book brings together distinguished and up-and-coming scholars to provide a major re-evaluation of ...
Nietzsche and the Philosophers
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By Mark T. Conard
December 10, 2019
Nietzsche is undoubtedly one of the most original and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. With ideas such as the overman, will to power, the eternal recurrence, and perspectivism, Nietzsche challenges us to reconceive how it is that we know and understand the world, and what it means...
Schopenhauer's Fourfold Root
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By Jonathan Head, Dennis Vanden Auweele
December 10, 2019
This volume collects 12 essays by various contributors on the subject of the importance and influence of Schopenhauer’s doctoral dissertation (On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason) for both Schopenhauer’s more well-known philosophy and the ongoing discussion of the subject of ...
The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer's Pessimism
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By Dennis Vanden Auweele
December 10, 2019
This book connects Schopenhauer’s philosophy with transcendental idealism by exploring the distinctly Kantian roots of his pessimism. By clearly discerning four types of coming to knowledge, it demonstrates how Schopenhauer’s epistemology can enlighten this connection with other areas of his ...
Nietzsche's Psychology of Ressentiment: Revenge and Justice in "On the Genealogy of Morals"
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By Guy Elgat
July 17, 2019
Ressentiment—the hateful desire for revenge—plays a pivotal role in Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals. Ressentiment explains the formation of bad conscience, guilt, asceticism, and, most importantly, it motivates the "slave revolt" that gives rise to Western morality’s values. Ressentiment, ...
Hegel's Philosophical Psychology
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By Susanne Herrmann-Sinai, Lucia Ziglioli
January 23, 2019
Hegel’s Philosophical Psychology draws attention to a largely overlooked piece of Hegel’s philosophy: his substantial and philosophically rich treatment of psychology at the end of the Philosophy of Subjective Spirit, which itself belongs to his main work, the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical ...
An Interpretation of Nietzsche's On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life
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By Anthony K. Jensen
June 08, 2018
With his An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s "On the Uses and Disadvantage of History for Life", Anthony K. Jensen shows how 'timely' Nietzsche’s second "Untimely Meditation" really is. This comprehensive and insightful study contextualizes and analyzes a wide range of Nietzsche’s earlier thoughts ...
Peirce's Account of Purposefulness: A Kantian Perspective
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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
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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 ...