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1. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity

   By Harold Noonan

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Saul Kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His most celebrated work, Naming and Necessity, makes arguably the most important contribution to the philosophy of language and metaphysics in recent years. Asking fundamental questions – how do names refer to things...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Frege on Sense and Reference

   By Mark Textor

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was first and foremost a mathematician, but his major works also made important contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege’s writings are difficult and deal with...

   Published August 12th 2010 by Routledge
3. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Merleau-Ponty and Phenomenology of Perception

   By Komarine Romdenh-Romluc

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908 – 1961) is hailed as one of the key philosophers of the twentieth century. Phenomenology of Perception is his most famous and influential work, and an essential text for anyone seeking to understand phenomenology. In this GuideBook Komarine Romdenh-Romluc introduces and...

   Published July 29th 2010 by Routledge
4. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Politics

   By Jean Roberts

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Aristotle's Politics is widely acknowledged as a classic and one of the founding texts of political theory and philosophy. Written by a leading expert in ancient philosophical thought, Aristotle and the Politics is a coherent guide that makes sense of an often difficult and disorganized work,...

   Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge
5. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Wittgenstein and the Tractatus

   By Michael Morris

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Written by a leading expert, this is the ideal guide to the only book Wittgenstein published during his lifetime, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Michael Morris makes sense of Wittgenstein’s brief but often cryptic text, highlighting its key themes. He introduces and analyzes:...

   Published October 16th 2008 by Routledge
6. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hobbes and Leviathan

   By Glen Newey

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Hobbes is one of the most important figures in the history of ideas and political thought and his book Leviathan is widely recognized as one of the greatest works of political philosophy. In this GuideBook Glen Newey offers a balanced guide to this key text that explores both its...

   Published December 10th 2007 by Routledge
7. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rorty and the Mirror of Nature

   By James Tartaglia

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Richard Rorty is one of the most influential, controversial and widely-read philosophers of the twentieth century. In this GuideBook to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Tartaglia analyzes this challenging text and introduces and assesses: Rorty's life and the background to his philosophy...

   Published August 12th 2007 by Routledge
8. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant on Judgment

   By Robert Wicks

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Kant’s Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by section, and introduces and assesses: Kant's life and the background of the Critique of Judgment the ideas and text of the Critique of Judgment...

   Published February 20th 2007 by Routledge
9. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Nietzsche on Art

   By Aaron Ridley

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Nietzsche is one of the most important modern philosophers and his writings on the nature of art are amongst the most influential of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This GuideBook introduces and assesses: Nietzsche's life and the background to his writings on art the ideas and...

   Published January 30th 2007 by Routledge
10. Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Derrida on Deconstruction

    By Barry Stocker

    Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

    Jacques Derrida is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the last fifty years. Derrida on Deconstruction introduces and assesses: Derrida's life and the background to his philosophy the key themes of the critique of metaphysics, language and ethics that characterize...

    Published March 19th 2006 by Routledge