Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

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11. The Analytic Turn

    Analysis in Early Analytic Philosophy and Phenomenology

    Edited by Michael Beaney

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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...

    Published October 12th 2009 by Routledge
12. The Metaphysics of Perception

    Wilfrid Sellars, Perceptual Consciousness and Critical Realism

    By Paul Coates

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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....

    Published June 21st 2009 by Routledge
13. Wittgenstein and Other Minds

    Rethinking Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity with Wittgenstein, Levinas, and Husserl

    By Soren Overgaard

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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....

    Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
14. Metaphor and Continental Philosophy

    From Kant to Derrida

    By Clive Cazeaux

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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,...

    Published April 28th 2009 by Routledge
15. Phenomenology and Imagination in Husserl and Heidegger

    By Brian Elliott

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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...

    Published November 30th 2007 by Routledge
16. Wittgenstein, Austrian Economics, and the Logic of Action

    Praxeological Investigations

    By Roderick Long

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    Fascinating and thought-provoking, this book shows how the methodology of Austrian economics can be justified and strengthened by grounding it in the philosophy of Wittgenstein. Frege and Wittgenstein argued that whatever counts as thought must embody logical principles. Their arguments also...

    Published October 29th 2006 by Routledge
17. Laws in Nature

    By Stephen Mumford

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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...

    Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge
18. Real Metaphysics

    Edited by Hallvard Lillehammer, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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,...

    Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge
19. Karl Jaspers

    Politics and Metaphysics

    By Dr Chris Thornhill

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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...

    Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge
20. Hilary Putnam

    Pragmatism and Realism

    Edited by James Conant, Ursula M. Zeglen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

    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...

    Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge