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31. Reference and Structure in the Philosophy of Language

    A Defense of the Russellian Orthodoxy

    By Arthur Sullivan

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    This volume investigates the precise contours of the connections between two foundational concepts: reference (the means of semantically expressing singular or object-dependent information) and structure (the having or lacking of meaningful sub-parts). Sullivan shows that the notion of...

    Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge
32. Science and Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

    And Other Essays

    By Bernard Bosanquet

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1927, Science and Philosophy: And Other Essays is a collection of individual papers written by Bernard Bosanquet during his highly industrious philosophical life. The collection was put together by Bosanquet’s wife after the death of the writer and remains mostly unaltered with...

    Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
33. John Henry Muirhead (Routledge Revivals)

    Reflections

    By John Harvey

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1942, Reflections documents the life of John Henry Muirhead and the philosophical age that he observed. The first part of the volume derives from Muirhead’s own autobiographical narrative, left unfinished when he died in May 1940. The second part features two final chapters...

    Published July 15th 2012 by Routledge
34. The Imagination

    By Jean-Paul Sartre

    ‘No matter how long I may look at an image, I shall never find anything in it but what I put there. It is in this fact that we find the distinction between an image and a perception.' - Jean-Paul Sartre L’Imagination was published in 1936 when Jean-Paul Sartre was thirty years old. Long out of...

    Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
35. The Pittsburgh School of Philosophy

    Sellars, McDowell, Brandom

    By Chauncey Maher

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    In this volume, Maher contextualizes the work of a group of contemporary analytic philosophers—The Pittsburgh School—whose work is characterized by an interest in the history of philosophy and a commitment to normative functionalism, or the insight that to identify something as a manifestation of...

    Published June 17th 2012 by Routledge
36. Freewill and Responsibility

    By Anthony Kenny

    This reissue was first published in 1978. Anthony Kenny, one of the most distinguished philosophers in England, explores the notion of responsibility and the precise place of the mental element in criminal actions. Bringing the insights of recent philosophy of mind to bear on contemporary...

    Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
37. The Fundamental Questions of Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

    By Alfred Ewing

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First Published in 1951, this outline work on the theory of knowledge and metaphysics is intended both for university students who have recently started on the subject and for any who, without having the advantage of studying it at university, wish by private reading to acquire a general idea...

    Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
38. Second Thoughts in Moral Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)

    By Alfred Ewing

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1959, this volume follows on from Dr. A. C. Ewing’s earlier work, The Definition of Good. The book does not apologize or undermine Ewing’s previous publication but after further consideration on the topic, it explores the issues that were arguably overlooked in the original book....

    Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
39. Kant's Treatment of Causality (Routledge Revivals)

    By Alfred Ewing

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1924, this book examines one of the main philosophical debates of the period. Focusing on Kant’s proof of causality, A.C. Ewing promotes its validity not only for the physical but also for the "psychological" sphere. The subject is of importance, for the problem of causality for...

    Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
40. The Morality of Punishment (Routledge Revivals)

    With Some Suggestions for a General Theory of Ethics

    By Alfred Ewing

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1929, this book explores the crucial, ethical question of the objects and the justification of punishment. Dr. A. C. Ewing considers both the retributive theory and the deterrent theory on the subject whilst remaining commendably unprejudiced. The book examines the views which...

    Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge