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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 May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Morality, Self Knowledge and Human Suffering

   An Essay on The Loss of Confidence in the World

   By Josep Corbí

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause one another. Relying upon real life examples of human suffering--including torture, genocide, and warfare--as opposed to thought experiments,...

   Published April 24th 2012 by Routledge
3. Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism

   Edited by Maurice Hamington, Celia Bardwell-Jones

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   The notion of "feminist pragmatism" or "pragmatist feminism" has been around since Charlene Haddock Seigfried introduced it two decades ago. However, the bulk of the work in this field has been directed toward recovering the feminist strain of classical American philosophy, largely through renewed...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Truth and Speech Acts

   Studies in the Philosophy of Language

   Edited by Dirk Greimann, Geo Siegwart

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses such...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Epistemology Modalized

   By Kelly Becker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   This book sets out first to explain how two fairly recent developments in philosophy, externalism and modalism, provide the basis for a promising account of knowledge, and then works through the different modalized epistemologies extant in the literature, assessing their strengths and weaknesses....

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Self-Realization and Justice

   A Liberal-Perfectionist Defense of the Right to Freedom from Employment

   By Julia Maskivker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this book, Maskivker argues that there ought to be a right not to participate in the paid economy in a new way; not by appealing to notions of fairness to competing conceptions of the good, but rather to a contentious (but defensible) normative ideal, namely, self-realization. In so doing, she...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
7. Philosophical Inquiries into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering

   Maternal Subjects

   Edited by Sheila Lintott, Maureen Sander-Staudt

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Philosophical inquiry into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering is a growing area of interest to academic philosophers. This volume brings together a diverse group of philosophers to speak about topics in this reemerging area of philosophical inquiry, taking up new themes, such as maternal...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
8. Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal

   By Somogy Varga

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
9. The Philosophy of Curiosity

   By Ilhan Inan

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this book, Ilhan Inan questions the classical definition of curiosity as a desire to know. Working in an area where epistemology and philosophy of language overlap, Inan forges a link between our ability to become aware of our ignorance and our linguistic aptitude to construct terms referring to...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
10. Civility in Politics and Education

    Edited by Deborah Mower, Wade L. Robison

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    This book examines the concept of civility and the conditions of civil disagreement in politics and education. Although many assume that civility is merely polite behavior, it functions to aid rational discourse. Building on this basic assumption, the book offers multiple accounts of civility and...

    Published October 23rd 2011 by Routledge