Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics third edition

   3rd Edition

   Edited by Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes

   Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions

   The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics. This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche,...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Philosophy of Economics

   A Contemporary Introduction

   By Julian Reiss

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

   Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered. Throughout,...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West

   Between Mind and Body

   Edited by Geoffrey Samuel, Jay Johnston

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

   Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises associated with them. This book explores subtle-body practices from a...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. Rhetorical Investigations

   G. B. Vico and C. G. Jung

   By Leslie Gardner

   Rhetorical analysis of texts exposes plausible ‘truths’ and presumptions implied by the writer’s presentation. In this volume, Leslie Gardner analyses the master psychologist Jung, who claimed to be expert at uncovering personal, psychological truths. In his theoretical writings, his rhetoric...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
5. Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil

   A Comprehensive Introduction

   By Bryan Frances

   Suffering that is not coupled with any redeeming good is one of our world’s more troubling, apparent glitches. It is particularly vexing for any theist who believes that the world was created by a supremely morally good, knowledgeable, and powerful god. Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
6. Classical Vaisesika in Indian Philosophy

   On Knowing and What is to Be Known

   By ShashiPrabha Kumar

   Series: Routledge Hindu Studies Series

   Vaisesika is one of the six systems of Hindu philosophy. It represents a pluralistic realism and is usually held to be an atomistic, metaphysical theory. This book explores the basic tenets of the Vaisesika classical school of Indian philosophy from a new perspective. It argues that it reveals an...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Science and the Media

   Alternative Routes to Scientific Communications

   By Massimiano Bucchi

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   In the days of global warming and BSE, science is increasingly a public issue. This book provides a theoretical framework which allows us to understand why and how scientists address the general public. The author develops the argument that turning to the public is not simply a response to...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Dewey-Arg Philosophers

   By J.E. Tiles

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
9. Emptiness Appraised

   A Critical Study of Nagarjuna's Philosophy

   By David F. Burton

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

   Emptiness means that all entities are empty of, or lack, inherent existence - entities have a merely conceptual, constructed existence. Though Nagarjuna advocates the Middle Way, his philosophy of emptiness nevertheless entails nihilism, and his critiques of the Nyaya theory of knowledge are shown...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
10. The World of Perception

    By Maurice Merleau-Ponty

    'Painting does not imitate the world, but is a world of its own.'In 1948, Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote and delivered on French radio a series of seven lectures on the theme of perception. Translated here into English for the first time, they offer a lucid and concise insight into one of the great...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge