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Routledge Focus on Philosophy


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Routledge Focus on Philosophy is an exciting and innovative new series, capturing and disseminating some of the best and most exciting new research in philosophy in short book form. Peer reviewed and at a maximum of fifty thousand words shorter than the typical research monograph, Routledge Focus on Philosophy titles are available in both ebook and print on demand format. Tackling big topics in a digestible format the series opens up important philosophical research for a wider audience, and as such is invaluable reading for the scholar, researcher and student seeking to keep their finger on the pulse of the discipline. The series also reflects the growing interdisciplinarity within philosophy and will be of interest to those in related disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.

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The Virtue of Playfulness Why Happy People Are Playful

The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People Are Playful

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By boomer trujillo
April 22, 2024

This book argues that in order for people to live well, they must develop a virtue of playfulness. Inspired by Aristotle, the book draws on work from philosophy, classics, history, biology, psychology, and media studies to understand the place of play and playfulness in a good life. Many ...

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

Are Mental Disorders Brain Disorders?

1st Edition

By Anneli Jefferson
January 29, 2024

The question of whether mental disorders are disorders of the brain has led to a long-running and controversial dispute within psychiatry, psychology and philosophy of mind and psychology. While recent work in neuroscience frequently tries to identify underlying brain dysfunction in mental ...

State Secrecy and Democracy A Philosophical Inquiry

State Secrecy and Democracy: A Philosophical Inquiry

1st Edition

By Dorota Mokrosinska
September 01, 2023

In the wake of controversial disclosures of classified government information by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden, questions about the democratic status of secret uses of political power are rarely far from the headlines. Despite an increase in initiatives aimed at enhancing government transparency – ...

The Ethics of Undercover Policing

The Ethics of Undercover Policing

1st Edition

By Christopher Nathan
September 25, 2023

Despite the media controversies surrounding high-profile cases of undercover policing, it is not always clear what ethical issues are at stake. Can undercover policing be justified? What are the ethical issues surrounding concealment and infiltration? What larger questions does undercover policing ...

Honouring and Admiring the Immoral An Ethical Guide

Honouring and Admiring the Immoral: An Ethical Guide

1st Edition

By Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson
May 31, 2023

Is it appropriate to honour and admire people who have created great works of art, made important intellectual contributions, performed great sporting feats, or shaped the history of a nation if those people have also acted immorally? This book provides a philosophical investigation of this ...

Newton's Third Rule and the Experimental Argument for Universal Gravity

Newton's Third Rule and the Experimental Argument for Universal Gravity

1st Edition

By Mary Domski
May 31, 2023

This book provides a reading of Newton’s argument for universal gravity that is focused on the evidence-based, "experimental" reasoning that Newton associates with his program of experimental philosophy. It highlights the richness and complexity of the Principia and also draws important lessons ...

The Epistemology and Morality of Human Kinds

The Epistemology and Morality of Human Kinds

1st Edition

By Marion Godman
May 31, 2023

Natural kinds is a widely used and pivotal concept in philosophy – the idea being that the classifications and taxonomies employed by science correspond to the real kinds in nature. Natural kinds are often opposed to the idea of kinds in the human and social sciences, which are typically seen as ...

The Ethics of Whistleblowing

The Ethics of Whistleblowing

1st Edition

By Eric R. Boot
May 31, 2023

Following the enormous political, legal, and media interest that has surrounded high profile cases of whistleblowing, such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the fundamental ethical questions surrounding whistleblowing have often been obscured. In this fascinating book Eric Boot examines the ...

The Philosophy and Psychology of Commitment

The Philosophy and Psychology of Commitment

1st Edition

By John Michael
May 31, 2023

The phenomenon of commitment is a cornerstone of human social life. Commitments make individuals’ behavior predictable, thereby facilitating the planning and coordination of joint actions involving multiple agents. Moreover, commitments make people willing to rely upon each other, and thereby ...

Idealism after Existentialism Encounters in Philosophy of Religion

Idealism after Existentialism: Encounters in Philosophy of Religion

1st Edition

By N. N. Trakakis
March 01, 2023

A century ago the dominant philosophical outlook was not some form of materialism or naturalism, but idealism. However, this way of thinking about reality fell out of favour in the Anglo-American analytic tradition as well as the Continental schools of the twentieth century. The aim of this book is...

Moralistics and Psychomoralistics A Unified Cognitive Science of Moral Intuition

Moralistics and Psychomoralistics: A Unified Cognitive Science of Moral Intuition

1st Edition

By Graham Wood
October 24, 2022

This book brings together three distinct research programmes in moral psychology – Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange, and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology – and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition. The ...

A Defence of Nihilism

A Defence of Nihilism

1st Edition

By James Tartaglia, Tracy Llanera
August 01, 2022

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to...

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