Articles in the Research & Reference category
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This volume brings together recent work by leading and up-and-coming philosophers on the topic of virtue epistemology. The contributions here ask how epistemic virtues matter apart from any narrow concern with defining knowledge; they show how epistemic virtues figure in accounts of various aspects of our lives, with a special emphasis on our practical lives.
Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1901 and 1991, this set offers a selection of outstanding scholarship covering many aspects of philosophical enquiry into belief and faith. From classic works by Edward Westermarck, John Laird and G.D. Hicks to more recent investigations, this set contains important works by the likes of D.Z. Phillips, Frederick Ferré and A.C. Ewing making it an essential collection of these previously out-of-print works.
The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of esthetics. With ten new entries, and revisions and updated suggestions for further reading throughout, this companion is essential for anyone interested in esthetics, art, literature, and visual studies. Request your complimentary exam copy today!
This book examines the notion of honor with an eye to dissecting its intellectual demise and with the aim of making a case for honor’s rehabilitation. For Western democratic societies to embrace honor, it must be compatible with social ideals like liberty, equality, and fraternity. Cunningham details a conception of honor that can do justice to these ideals. This vision revolves around three elements—character (being), relationships (relating), and activities and accomplishment (doing). We can turn the tables on traditional ills of honor by forging a vision of honor that rejects lives predicated on power and oppression.
A Philosophy of Material Culture: Action, Function, and Mind focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them, most notably an account of improvised action and a non-intentionalist account of function in material culture. Listen to Beth Preston discuss her new book here.
The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is an up-to-date survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as contemporary research. Comprised of 69 newly commissioned essays by leading scholars from throughout the world, The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is the most comprehensive and authoritative resource in social and political philosophy for students and scholars.
It's that time of year. The lovely people at CHOICE have been handing out their plaudits for those print and online reference resources that they consider to be of high value to librarians, relevant faculty members and ultimately the students! And our Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online is up there with the best of them. Read all about it here.
Routledge Revivals reissue a fascinating array of books on a monthly basis. Our choice for 'book of the month' studies the life of one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century Jean-Paul Sartre.
Can you hear the drum roll? The 2012 Reference Catalog has arrived and can be downloaded today. Simple. You can learn about all our 2011 and 2012 Library Reference titles, both in print and eBooks, across the humanities and social sciences. And we have packed the Catalog full of new interactive features. Read on for the full low down.
Routledge is delighted to present a sample article from the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online. Follow this link to access the free article on David Hume.
