History of Philosophy Books

New and Published Books

1. Dewey-Arg Philosophers

   By J.E. Tiles

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Story of Analytic Philosophy

   Plot and Heroes

   Edited by Anat Biletzki, Anat Matar

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   This unique collection looks at analytic philosophy in its historical context. Prominent philosophers discuss key figures, including Russell and Wittgenstein, methods and results in analytic philosophy to present its story. This volume assesses the challenge posed by changing cultural and...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy

   By Nathan Ross

   Series: Studies in Philosophy

   On Mechanism in Hegel's Social and Political Philosophy examines the role of the concept of mechanism in Hegel’s thinking about political and social institutions. It counters as overly simplistic the notion that Hegel has an ‘organic concept of society’. It examines the thought of Hegel’s peers and...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
4. Mind, Reason, and Being-in-the-World

   The McDowell-Dreyfus Debate

   Edited by Joseph K. Schear

   John McDowell and Hubert L. Dreyfus are philosophers of world renown, whose work has decisively shaped the fields of analytic philosophy and phenomenology respectively. Mind, Reason, and Being-in-the-World: The McDowell-Dreyfus Debate opens with their debate over one of the most important and...

   Published February 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Insiders and Outsiders in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

   Edited by G.A.J. Rogers, Tom Sorell, Jill Kraye

   Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy

   Seventeenth-century philosophy scholars come together in this volume to address the Insiders--Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, and Hobbes--and Outsiders--Pierre Gassendi, Kenelm Digby, Theophilus Gale, Ralph Cudworth and Nicholas Malebranche--of the philosocial canon, and the ways in which...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
6. Bertrand Russell's Dialogue with His Contemporaries (Routledge Revivals)

   By Elizabeth Eames

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book considers Bertrand Russell’s philosophy through his correspondence with others. Indeed, his exchanges with his elders in philosophy, with his contemporaries, and with one of his most outstanding pupils are brought to life in this judicious exposition: meticulously...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Guidebook to Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations

   By Marie McGinn

   Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books

   Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential twentieth-century philosophers in the western tradition. In his Philosophical Investigations he undertakes a radical critique of analytical philosophy's approach to both the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. The Routledge...

   Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. 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
9. British Empirical Philosophers (Routledge Revivals)

   Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Reid and J. S. Mill. [An anthology]

   Edited by A. J. Ayer, Raymond Winch

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1952, British Empirical Philosophers is a comprehensive picture of one of the most important movements in the history of philosophic thought. In his introduction, Professor A. J. Ayer distinguishes the main problems of empiricism and gives a critical account of the ways in...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
10. Four Pragmatists

    A Critical Introduction to Peirce, James, Mead and Dewey

    By Israel Scheffler

    First published in 1974, this book is a critical introduction to the work of four quintessential pragmatist philosophers: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, George Herbert Mead and John Dewey. Alongside providing a general historical and biographical account of the pragmatist movement, the...

    Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge