Metaphysics Books

New and Published Books

1. The Metaphysics of Powers

   Their Grounding and their Manifestations

   Edited by Anna Marmodoro

   Series: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. 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
3. Powers and Capacities in Philosophy

   The New Aristotelianism

   Edited by John Greco, Ruth Groff

   Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is designed to stake out an emerging, discipline-spanning neo-Aristotelian framework grounded in realism about causal powers. The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics,...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kripke and Naming and Necessity

   By Harold Noonan

   Series: Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

   Saul Kripke is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His most celebrated work, Naming and Necessity, makes arguably the most important contribution to the philosophy of language and metaphysics in recent years. Asking fundamental questions – how do names refer to things...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Thomistic Principles and Bioethics

   By Jason T. Eberl

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Alongside a revival of interest in Thomism in philosophy, scholars have realised its relevance when addressing certain contemporary issues in bioethics. This book offers a rigorous interpretation of Aquinas's metaphysics and ethical thought, and highlights its significance to questions in bioethics...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Self, Reason, and Freedom

   A New Light on Descartes' Metaphysics

   By Andrea Christofidou

   Freedom and its internal relation to reason is fundamental to Descartes’ philosophy in general, and to his Meditations on First Philosophy in particular. Without freedom his entire enquiry would not get off the ground, and without understanding the rôle of freedom in his work, we could not...

   Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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
8. Philosophy of Mind

   A Contemporary Introduction, 3rd Edition

   By John Heil

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

   When first published, John Heil's introduction quickly became a widely used guide for students with little or no background in philosophy to central issues of philosophy of mind. Heil provided an introduction free of formalisms, technical trappings, and specialized terminology. He offered clear...

   Published December 7th 2012 by Routledge
9. Human Dignity in Bioethics

   From Worldviews to the Public Square

   Edited by Stephen Dilley, Nathan J. Palpant

   Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

   Human Dignity in Bioethics brings together a collection of essays that rigorously examine the concept of human dignity from its metaphysical foundations to its polemical deployment in bioethical controversies. The volume falls into three parts, beginning with meta-level perspectives and moving to...

   Published December 2nd 2012 by Routledge
10. The Theory of Knowledge (Routledge Revivals)

    A Contribution to Some Problems of Logic and Metaphysics

    By L. T. Hobhouse

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    L. T. Hobhouse (1864-1929) was fundamental to the New Liberal movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He authored many important works in the fields of philosophy, economics and social liberalism. First published in 1896, The Theory of Knowledge considers the content and...

    Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge