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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Social Science is an outstanding guide to the major themes, movements, debates, and topics in the philosophy of social science. It includes thirty-seven newly written chapters, by many of the leading scholars in the field, as well as a comprehensive introduction by the editors. Insofar as possible, the ma

The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth Century Philosophy is an authoritative 35 chapter survey and assessment of this momentous period, covering the major thinkers, topics and movements in Eighteenth century philosophy.

The Routledge Companion to Metaphysics contains over fifty chapters written by international scholars covering all aspects of metaphysics. It is essential reading for any student of metaphysics and an invaluable reference resource.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is the first comprehensive volume to explore the main themes, topics, thinkers and issues in philosophy and film. The Companion features sixty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars and is divided into four clear parts: issues and concepts authors and trends genres film as philosophy. Part one is a comprehensive section examining key concepts, including chapters on acting, censorship, character, depiction, ethics, genre, interpretation, narrative, reception and spectatorship and style. Part two covers authors and scholars of film and significant theories Part three examines genres such as documentary, experimental cinema, horror, comedy and tragedy. Part four includes chapters on key directors such as Tarkovsky, Bergman and Terrence Malick and on particular films, including Memento . Each chapter includes a section of annotated further reading and is cross-referenced to related entries. The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy of film, aesthetics and film and cinema studies.

The Routledge Companion to Phenomenology is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key philosophers, topics and themes in this exciting subject and essential reading for any student and scholar of phenomenology.

Featuring twenty-two chapters written by leading international scholars, this major publication covers all the key figures and movements from Frege to Derrida and philosophy of language to feminist philosophy.

The nineteenth century is a period of stunning philosophical originality, characterised by radical engagement with the emerging human sciences. Often overshadowed by twentieth century philosophy which sought to reject some of its central tenets, the philosophers of the nineteenth century have re-emerged as profoundly important figures. The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy is an outstanding survey and assessment of the century as a whole. Divided into seven parts and including thirty chapters written by leading international scholars, the Companion examines and assesses the central topics, themes, and philosophers of the nineteenth century, presenting the first comprehensive picture of the period in a single volume: German Idealism Philosophy as political action, including young Hegelians, Marx and Tocqueville Philosophy and subjectivity, including Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche Scientific naturalism, including Darwinism, philosophy of race, experimental psychology and Neo-Kantianism Utilitarianism and British Idealism American Idealism and Pragmatism New Directions in Mind and Logic, including Brentano, Frege and Husserl. The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy is essential reading for students of philosophy, and for anyone interested in this period in related disciplines such as politics, history, literature and religion.

A survey of the field of ethics. It offers a historical overview of ethics, including chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant, and ethical thinking in China, India and the Arabic tradition. It covers the domain of meta-ethics, as well as important challenges to ethics from the fields of anthropology, psychology, sociobiology and economics.

Explores the main themes, topics, thinkers and issues in philosophy and film. This title features sixty chapters from international scholars and is divided into four parts: issues and concepts; authors and trends; genres; and, film as philosophy. It is suitable for those interested in philosophy of film, aesthetics and film and cinema studies.

A comprehensive guide to the major themes, thinkers, and issues in metaphysics. It features over fifty chapters which are organized into three parts: History of Metaphysics; Ontology; and, Metaphysics and Science. It is suitable for students of philosophy and those interested in surveying the central topics and problems in metaphysics.

The twentieth century was one of the most significant and exciting periods ever witnessed in philosophy, characterized by intellectual change and development on a massive scale. Offering a survey of the century, this collection deals with the major themes and movements philosophy of mind, psychology and science phenomenology, and hermeneutics.

The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics.

Thought experiments lie at the very heart of the study of philosophy, from the pre-Socratics to the modern era. They play an important role in many other subjects including physics, economics, psychology and cognitive science. The Routledge Companion to Thought Experiments is an outstanding reference source to this multi-faceted subject.

The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Law provides a comprehensive, non-technical philosophical treatment of the fundamental questions about the nature of law.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition contains nine new entries, and is an indispensable guide and reference source to the major themes, movements and topics in philosophy of religion.

Virtue ethics is on the move both in Anglo-American philosophy and in the rest of the world. This volume uniquely emphasizes non-Western varieties of virtue ethics at the same time that it includes work in the many different fields or areas of philosophy where virtue ethics has recently spread its wings. Just as significantly, several chapters make comparisons between virtue ethics and other ways of approaching ethics or political philosophy or show how virtue ethics can be applied to "real world" problems.

The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy, with 56 entries written by an international team of contributors, is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics, subjects, thinkers and debates in feminist philosophy.

This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains over sixty specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors.

The Routledge Companion to Bioethics is a comprehensive guide to contemporary concerns in bioethics.

A major reference source to the key topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology. The 2nd edition adds six new chapters. Essential reading for students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, and for anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

The companion contains 35 original chapters from leading scholars. The book is divided into seven parts: I. Language and Logic; II. Metaphysic; III. Cosmology and Physics; IV. Psychology; V. Cognition; VI. Ethics and Moral Philosophy; VII. Political Philosophy. Both comprehensive and accessible, it is useful for undergraduates up.

The nineteenth century is one of the most important periods in the history of philosophy, and crucial in shaping the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century. The Routledge Companion to Nineteenth Century Philosophy is an outstanding survey and assessment of the century as a whole.