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Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy

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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.

60 Series Titles


Wittgenstein and Other Minds Rethinking Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity with Wittgenstein, Levinas, and Husserl

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

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

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 ...

Laws in Nature

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 ...

Philosophy and Ordinary Language The Bent and Genius of our Tongue

Philosophy and Ordinary Language: The Bent and Genius of our Tongue

2nd Edition

By Oswald Hanfling
December 19, 2003

What is philosophy about and what are its methods? Philosophy and Ordinary Language is a defence of the view that philosophy is largely about questions of language, which to a large extent means ordinary language. Some people argue that if philosophy is about ordinary language, then it is ...

The Logic of Liberal Rights A Study in the Formal Analysis of Legal Discourse

The Logic of Liberal Rights: A Study in the Formal Analysis of Legal Discourse

1st Edition

By Eric Heinze
August 05, 2003

The Logic of Liberal Rights uses basic logic to develop a model of argument presupposed in all disputes about civil rights and liberties. No prior training in logic is required, as each step is explained. This analysis does not merely apply general logic to legal arguments but is also specifically ...

Real Metaphysics

Real Metaphysics

1st Edition

Edited By Hallvard Lillehammer, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
January 16, 2003

Real Metaphysics brings together new articles by leading metaphysicians to honour Hugh Mellor's outstanding contribution to metaphysics. Some of the most outstanding minds of current times shed new light on all the main topics in metaphysics: truth, causation, dispositions and properties, ...

Karl Jaspers Politics and Metaphysics

Karl Jaspers: Politics and Metaphysics

1st Edition

By Dr Chris Thornhill
March 22, 2002

This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent of irrationalist cultural philosophy or as an early, peripheral disciple of Martin Heidegger, it re-establishes him as a central figure in modern ...

Hilary Putnam Pragmatism and Realism

Hilary Putnam: Pragmatism and Realism

1st Edition

Edited By James Conant, Ursula M. Zeglen
December 28, 2001

One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary ...

Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy

Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Gaskin
July 25, 2001

This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. In the first half of the twentieth century, and in particular in the writings of Frege, Husserl, Russell, Carnap and Wittgenstein, there was sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar...

Philosophy and Ordinary Language The Bent and Genius of our Tongue

Philosophy and Ordinary Language: The Bent and Genius of our Tongue

1st Edition

By Oswald Hanfling
February 08, 2000

What is philosophy about and what are its methods? Philosophy and Ordinary Language is a defence of the view that philosophy is largely about questions of language, which to a large extent means ordinary language. Some people argue that if philosophy is about ordinary language, then it is ...

Donald Davidson Truth, Meaning and Knowledge

Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge

1st Edition

Edited By Ursula M. Zeglen
April 16, 1999

Donald Davidson has made enormous contributions to the philosophy of action, epistemology, semantics and philosophy of mind and today is recognized as one of the most important analytical philosophers of the late twentieth century.Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge addresses* Davidson's ...

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