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  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. 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

  3. The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Edited by Edward Craig

    The Shorter REP presents the very best of the acclaimed ten volume Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy in a single volume. It makes a selection of the most important entries available for the first time and covers all you need to know about philosophy, from Aristotle to Wittgenstein and animals...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  4. 101 Philosophy Problems

    4th Edition

    By Martin Cohen

    Does Farmer Field really know his prize cow, Daisy, is in the field? When is an unexpected exam not wholly unexpected? Are all bachelors (really) unmarried? Martin Cohen's 101 Philosophy Problems, Fourth Edition introduces philosophy in an entertaining but informative and stimulating way. Using...

    Published February 18th 2013 by Routledge

  5. The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger's Being and Time

    By Stephen Mulhall

    Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

    The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger’s Being and Time examines the work of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Heidegger’s writings are notoriously difficult, requiring careful reading. This book analyses his first major publication, Being and Time, which to this day...

    Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge

  6. The Routledge Guidebook to Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding

    By E. J. Lowe

    Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

    John Locke is widely acknowledged as the most important figure in the history of English philosophy and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is his greatest intellectual work, emphasising the importance of experience for the formation of knowledge. The Routledge Guidebook to Locke’s Essay...

    Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge

  7. The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

    By Gerard J Hughes

    Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

    Written by one of the most important founding figures of Western philosophy, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics represents a critical point in the study of ethics which has influenced the direction of modern philosophy. The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics introduces the major...

    Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge

  8. The Routledge Guidebook to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

    By Robert Stern

    Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

    The Phenomenology of Spirit is arguably Hegel’s most influential and important work, and is considered to be essential in understanding Hegel’s philosophical system and his contribution to western philosophy. The Routledge Guidebook to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit introduces the major themes in...

    Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge

  9. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato's Republic

    By Nickolas Pappas

    Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

    Plato, often cited as a founding father of Western philosophy, set out ideas in the Republic regarding the nature of justice, order, and the character of the just individual, that endure into the modern day. The Routledge Guidebook to Plato’s Republic introduces the major themes in Plato’s great...

    Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Free Will: The Basics

    By Meghan Griffith

    Series: The Basics

    The question of whether humans are free to make their own decisions has long been debated and it continues to be a controversial topic today. In Free Will: The Basics readers are provided with a clear and accessible introduction to this central but challenging philosophical problem. The questions...

    Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge