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Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
In Aesthetics and Material Beauty, Jennifer A. McMahon develops a new aesthetic theory she terms Critical Aesthetic Realism - taking Kantian aesthetics as a starting point and drawing upon contemporary theories of mind from philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. The creative process does...
Published June 21st 2009 by Routledge
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
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Studies in Medieval History and Culture
This book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work, correcting the received opinion that the patriarchal...
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
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
Series: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
The book has two aims. First, to examine the extent and significance of the connection between Hume's aesthetics and his moral philosophy; and, second, to consider how, in light of the connection, his moral philosophy answers central questions in ethics. The first aim is realized in chapters 1-4....
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Deprivation and Freedom investigates the key issue of social deprivation. It looks at how serious that issue is, what we should do about it and how we might motivate people to respond to it. It covers core areas in moral and political philosophy in new and interesting ways, presents the topical...
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
As a comparative study of the virtue ethics of Aristotle and Confucius, this book explores how they each reflect upon human good and virtue out of their respective cultural assumptions, conceptual frameworks, and philosophical perspectives. It does not simply take one side as a...
Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge
Series: The Ancient World from A to Z
In this fascinating and revealing A-to-Z, John G. Younger examines the sexual practices, expressions and attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, from Catullus and Caligula, to orgies and obscenity, and from abstinence and incest, to pederasty and prostitution.The book opens with an overview of current...
Published June 10th 2009 by Routledge
