Critical Concepts in Philosophy

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1. Existentialism

   Edited by Tanja Staehler

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   Existentialism entered the public consciousness after the Second World War, especially through the work of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Indeed, these charismatic and engaged thinkers gave philosophy a level of glamour it had not before enjoyed, while existentialism’s...

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Philosophy of Psychology

   Edited by Jose Luis Bermudez, Brandon Towl

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   The study of human behaviour, and the minds that produce that behaviour, has been an occupation of scholars, artists, and philosophers for millennia. But it was not until the turn of the twentieth century that psychology came into its own as a distinct field of study—and, more importantly, as a...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Epistemology

   Edited by Ram Neta

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   For those working in Epistemology dizzying questions such as the following arise: • When are beliefs rational, or justified? • How should we update our beliefs in the light of new evidence? • Is it possible to gain knowledge, or justification? • How do we know what we know, and why do we care...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Philosophy of Race

   Edited by Paul Taylor

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   Since at least the early 1990s, philosophical race theory has emerged as a dynamic and fertile area of serious scholarly inquiry, and this new four-volume Major Work from Routledge meets the need for a comprehensive collection to facilitate ready access to the most influential and important...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
5. Philosophy and Gender

   Edited by Cressida Heyes

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   How are ‘philosophy’ and ‘gender’ implicated? Throughout history, philosophers—mostly men, though with more women among their number than is sometimes supposed—have often sought to specify and justify the proper roles of women and men, and to explore the political consequences of sexual difference....

   Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
6. Philosophy of Mind

   Edited by Sean Crawford

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   Philosophy of Mind is concerned with fundamental issues about the relation between mind and body and mind and world, and with the nature of the diverse variety of mental phenomena, such as thought, self-knowledge, consciousness, perception, sensation, and emotion. Philosophers of mind explore some...

   Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
7. Philosophy of Religion

   Edited by William J. Wainwright

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   The past forty years or so have witnessed a renaissance in the philosophy of religion. New tools (modal logic, probability theory, and so on) and new historical research have prompted many thinkers to take a fresh look at old topics (God’s existence, the problem of evil, faith and reason, and the...

   Published August 4th 2009 by Routledge
8. Philosophy of Language

   Edited by A. P. Martinich

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   What do ‘meaning’ and ‘truth’ mean? And how are they situated in the concrete practices of linguistic communication? What is the relationship between words and the world? How—with words—can people do such varied things as marry, inaugurate a president, and declare a country’s independence? How is...

   Published November 13th 2008 by Routledge
9. The Philosophy of Time

   Edited by L Nathan Oaklander

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   What is the nature of temporal passage—the movement of events or moments of time from the future through the present into the past? Is the future and the past as real as the present, or is the present—or perhaps the present and the past—all that exists? What role, if any, does language play in...

   Published June 25th 2008 by Routledge
10. Metaethics

    Edited by Russ Shafer-Landau

    Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

    Metaethics is the branch of knowledge that considers the foundational issues of morality, and deals especially with the nature of ethical statements. Philosophers doing metaethics ask vital and fundamental questions such as these: • is morality merely conventional, or are there objective standards...

    Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge