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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Philosophy of Language and Webs of Information

   By Heimir Geirsson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   The nature of propositions and the cognitive value of names have been the focal point of philosophy of language for the last few decades. The advocates of the causal reference theory have favored the view that the semantic contents of proper names are their referents. However, Frege’s puzzle about...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
5. Disagreement and Skepticism

   Edited by Diego E. Machuca

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   The thirteen essays in this volume explore for the first time the possible skeptical implications of disagreement in different areas and from different perspectives, with an emphasis in the current debate about the epistemic significance of disagreement. They represent a new contribution to the...

   Published December 2nd 2012 by Routledge
6. Civic Virtue and the Sovereignty of Evil

   By Derek Edyvane

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   The last decade has witnessed a growing perception of ethical crisis in public life. Circumstances of political uncertainty, fueled by the rise of international terror and global financial crisis, have placed the practice of civic virtue under severe strain. Our turbulent times have prompted many...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Reference and Structure in the Philosophy of Language

   A Defense of the Russellian Orthodoxy

   By Arthur Sullivan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This volume investigates the precise contours of the connections between two foundational concepts: reference (the means of semantically expressing singular or object-dependent information) and structure (the having or lacking of meaningful sub-parts). Sullivan shows that the notion of...

   Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality

   From Frankfurt and MacIntyre to Kierkegaard

   By John J. Davenport

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have recently argued that narrative models of selves and...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Aesthetics After Metaphysics

   From Mimesis to Metaphor

   By Miguel Beistegui

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This book focuses on a dimension of art which the philosophical tradition (from Plato to Hegel and even Adorno) has consistently overlooked, such was its commitment – explicit or implicit – to mimesis and the metaphysics of truth it presupposes. De Beistegui refers to this dimension, which unfolds...

   Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Foundations of Freedom

    Welfare-Based Arguments Against Paternalism

    By Simon R. Clarke

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    What makes individual freedom valuable? People have always believed in freedom, have sought it, and have sometimes fought and died for it. The belief that it is something to be valued is widespread. But does this belief have a rational foundation? This book examines answers to these questions that...

    Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge