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1. Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy

   By Heather Dyke

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This book is an investigation into metaphysics: its aims, scope, methodology and practice. Dyke argues that metaphysics should take itself to be concerned with investigating the fundamental nature of reality, and suggests that the ontological significance of language has been grossly exaggerated in...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Race, Philosophy, and Film

   Edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Dan Flory

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection’s contributors anchor their discussions of race...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Habermas and Literary Rationality

   By David L. Colclasure

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Literary scholarship has paid little serious attention to Habermas' philosophy, and, on the other hand, the reception of Habermas has given little attention to the role that literary practice can play in a broader theory of communicative action. David Colclasure's argument sets out to demonstrate...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
4. Pluralism and Liberal Politics

   By Robert Talisse

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this book, Robert Talisse critically examines the moral and political implications of pluralism, the view that our best moral thinking is indeterminate and that moral conflict is an inescapable feature of the human condition. Through a careful engagement with the work of William James, Isaiah...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Philosophy in Schools

   An Introduction for Philosophers and Teachers

   Edited by Sara Goering, Nicholas J. Shudak, Thomas E. Wartenberg

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   All of us ponder the big and enduring human questions—Who am I? Am I free? What should I do? What is good? Is there justice? Is life meaningful?—but this kind of philosophical interrogation is rarely carefully explored or even taken seriously in most primary and secondary school settings. However,...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Habermas and Rawls

   Disputing the Political

   Edited by James Gordon Finlayson, Fabian Freyenhagen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Habermas and Rawls are two heavyweights of social and political philosophy, and they are undoubtedly the two most written about (and widely read) authors in this field. However, there has not been much informed and interesting work on the points of intersection between their projects, partly...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
7. Intergenerational Justice

   Rights and Responsibilities in an Intergenerational Polity

   By Janna Thompson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this timely study, Thompson presents a theory of intergenerational justice that gives citizens duties to past and future generations, showing why people can make legitimate demands of their successors and explaining what relationships between contemporary generations count as fair. What connects...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
8. Contrastivism in Philosophy

   Edited by Martijn Blaauw

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Contrastivism can be applied to a variety of problems within philosophy, and as such, it can be coherently seen as a unified movement. This volume brings together state-of-the-art research on the contrastive treatment of philosophical concepts and questions, including knowledge, belief, free will,...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
9. A Philosophy of the Screenplay

   By Ted Nannicelli

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Recently, scholars in a variety of disciplines—including philosophy, film and media studies, and literary studies—have become interested in the aesthetics, definition, and ontology of the screenplay. To this end, this volume addresses the fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of the...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
10. A Philosophy of Material Culture

    Action, Function, and Mind

    By Beth Preston

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    This book 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...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge