20th Century Books

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1. Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology (Routledge Revivals)

   By Malcolm Budd

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book tackles a relatively little-explored area of Wittgenstein’s work, his philosophy of psychology, which played an important part in his late philosophy. Writing with clarity and insight, Budd traces the complexities of Wittgenstein’s thought, and provides a detailed...

   Published June 2nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Wittgenstein and Heidegger

   Edited by David Egan, Stephen Reynolds, Aaron Wendland

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger are arguably the two most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Their work not only reshaped the philosophical landscape, but also left its mark on other disciplines, including political science, theology, anthropology, ecology, mathematics,...

   Published May 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. The Study of Man (Routledge Revivals)

   The Lindsay Memorial Lectures 1958

   By Michael Polanyi

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was an eminent theorist across the fields of philosophy, physical chemistry and economics. Elected to the Royal Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, his contributions to research in the social sciences, and his theories on positivism and knowledge, are...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Fifty Key Postmodern Thinkers

   By Stuart Sim

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Postmodernism is an important part of the cultural landscape which continues to evolve, yet the ideas and theories surrounding the subject can be diverse and difficult to understand. Fifty Postmodern Thinkers critically examines the work of fifty of the most important theorists within the...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
5. Philosophy of Personal Identity and Multiple Personality

   By Logi Gunnarsson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   As witnessed by recent films such as Fight Club and Identity, our culture is obsessed with multiple personality—a phenomenon raising intriguing questions about personal identity. This study offers both a full-fledged philosophical theory of personal identity and a systematic account of multiple...

   Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge
6. A History of Atheism in Britain

   From Hobbes to Russell

   By David Berman

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion

   Probably no doctrine has excited as much horror and abuse as atheism. This first history of British atheism, first published in 1987, tries to explain this reaction while exhibiting the development of atheism from Hobbes to Russell. Although avowed atheism appeared surprisingly late – 1782 in...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. Reason, Truth and God

   By J. Renford Bambrough

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion

   Dealing with theological affirmations and philosophical reactions to them, this concise book presents insightful applications of modern general philosophy to religion. Originally published in 1969, the book investigates epistemological thinking first before turning to notions of assertion, belief,...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Science, Reason and Religion

   By Derek Stanesby

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Philosophy of Religion

   Philosophy matters. This is the message of this highly original inquiry into the relationship between science and religion. It is only when we examine the intellectual presuppositions on which science and religion are based, with regard to such fundamentals as truth, objectivity, and realism, that...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
9. Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy

   Outline of a Philosophical Revolution

   By Eugen Fischer

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Philosophical Delusion and its Therapy provides new foundations and methods for the revolutionary project of philosophical therapy pioneered by Ludwig Wittgenstein. The book vindicates this currently much-discussed project by reconstructing the genesis of important philosophical problems: With the...

   Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
10. Deconstructing Habermas

    By Lasse Thomassen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

    This book is the first book-length deconstructive study of the political philosophy of Jürgen Habermas. Inspired by the work of Jacques Derrida, the book applies deconstruction to key issues in Habermas’s work: rational discourse and rational consensus, constitutional democracy, tolerance and civil...

    Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge