Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
About the Book Series
Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy considers influential figures and movements in recent philosophy. It publishes studies that consider philosophers and philosophical ideas within a specific context. Such contexts may include a historical development or reflections upon the impact of a philosopher or philosophical idea.
The Philosophy of Time: Time before Times
1st Edition
By Roger McLure
November 25, 2011
The question of the existence and the properties of time has been subject to debate for thousands of years. This considered and complete study offers a contrastive analysis of phenomenologies of time from the perspective of the problematics of the visibility of time. Is time perceptible only ...
Analytic Philosophy Without Naturalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Antonella Corradini, Sergio Galvan, E. J. Lowe
December 13, 2010
In recent years numerous attempts have been made by analytic philosophers to naturalize various different domains of philosophical inquiry. All of these attempts have had the common goal of rendering these areas of philosophy amenable to empirical methods, with the intention of securing for them ...
Ineffability and Philosophy
1st Edition
By André Kukla
December 13, 2010
Presenting a fascinating analysis of the idea of what can't be said, this book ascertains whether the notion of there being a truth, or a state of affairs, or knowledge that can't be expressed linguistically is a coherent notion. The author distinguishes different senses in which it might...
The Russellian Origins of Analytical Philosophy: Bertrand Russell and the Unity of the Proposition
1st Edition
By Graham Stevens
December 13, 2010
This monograph reappraises the role of Bertrand Russell's philosophical works in establishing the analytical tradition in philosophy. It's main aims are to: * improve our understanding of the history of analytical philosophy * engage in the important disputes surrounding the interpretation of ...
Philosophy and the Vision of Language
1st Edition
By Paul Livingston
June 07, 2010
Philosophy and the Vision of Language explores the history and enduring significance of the twentieth-century turn to language as a specific object of investigation and resource for philosophical reflection. It traces the implications of the access to language in some of the most prominent projects...
The Analytic Turn: Analysis in Early Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Beaney
October 13, 2009
This collection, with contributions from leading philosophers, places analytic philosophy in a broader context comparing it with the methodology of its most important rival tradition in twentieth-century philosophy--phenomenology, whose development parallels the development of analytic ...
The Metaphysics of Perception: Wilfrid Sellars, Perceptual Consciousness and Critical Realism
1st Edition
By Paul Coates
June 22, 2009
This book is an important study in the philosophy of the mind; drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop a novel argument for understanding perception and metaphysics....
Wittgenstein and Other Minds: Rethinking Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity with Wittgenstein, Levinas, and Husserl
1st Edition
By Soren Overgaard
June 16, 2009
A compelling new approach to the problem that has haunted twentieth century philosophy in both its analytical and continental shapes. No other book addresses as thoroughly the parallels between Wittgenstein and leading Continental philosophers such as Levinas, Husserl, and Heidegger....
Metaphor and Continental Philosophy: From Kant to Derrida
1st Edition
By Clive Cazeaux
April 29, 2009
Over the last few decades there has been a phenomenal growth of interest in metaphor as a device which extends or revises our perception of the world. Clive Cazeaux examines the relationship between metaphor, art and science, against the backdrop of modern European philosophy and, in particular, ...
Phenomenology and Imagination in Husserl and Heidegger
1st Edition
By Brian Elliott
February 28, 2008
Phenomenology is one of the most pervasive and influential schools of thought in twentieth-century European philosophy. This book provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the idea of the imagination in Husserl and Heidegger. The author also locates phenomenology within the broader ...
Wittgenstein and Levinas: Ethical and Religious Thought
1st Edition
By Bob Plant
December 31, 2006
Wittgenstein and Levinas examines the oft-neglected relationship between the philosophies of two of the most important and notoriously difficult thinkers of the twentieth century. By bringing the work of each philosopher to bear upon the other, Plant navigates between the antagonistic intellectual ...
Laws in Nature
1st Edition
By Stephen Mumford
September 01, 2004
Mumford outlines a major new theory of natural laws. His book begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature. The discussion addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and ...