Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Desire
1st Edition
Edited
By Alex Gregory
November 17, 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Desire is the first, multi-authored major reference source on the key topics, problems, and puzzles surrounding desire in philosophy. It offers coverage of desire and its importance in metaethics, ethics and the study of wellbeing, philosophy of mind, and ...
The Routledge Handbook of Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers: Part 1
1st Edition
Edited
By Ali Hossein Khani, Gary Kemp
September 25, 2026
Ludwig Wittgenstein left an indelible footprint on contemporary philosophy and his influence is incredibly rich and wide-ranging. However, the interpretation or understanding of Wittgenstein’s views - both his early views and his late views - is exceedingly fraught and contentious. How was ...
The Routledge Handbook of Wittgenstein and Other Philosophers: Part 2
1st Edition
Edited
By Ali Hossein Khani, Gary Kemp
September 25, 2026
Ludwig Wittgenstein left an indelible footprint on contemporary philosophy and his influence is incredibly rich and wide-ranging. However, the interpretation or understanding of Wittgenstein’s views - both his early views and his late views - is exceedingly fraught and contentious. How has ...
The Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods
1st Edition
Edited
By Phyllis Illari, Federica Russo
July 20, 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods adopts a pluralistic, interdisciplinary approach to causality. It formulates distinct questions and problems of causality as they arise across scientific and policy fields. Exploring, in a comparative way, how these questions and problems are ...
The Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Hilkje C. Hänel, Johanna M. Müller
July 20, 2026
Made popular by John Rawls, ideal theory in political philosophy is concerned with putting preferences and interests to one side to achieve an impartial consensus and to arrive at a just society for all. In recent years, ideal theory has drawn increasing criticism for its idealised picture of ...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion
1st Edition
Edited
By Ema Sullivan-Bissett
July 20, 2026
Delusions play an important and fascinating role in philosophy and are a particularly fertile area of study in recent years, spanning philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, ethics, psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion explores the...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Disagreement
1st Edition
Edited
By Maria Baghramian, J. Adam Carter, Rach Cosker-Rowland
July 20, 2026
Disagreement is one of the deepest and most pervasive topics in philosophy; arguably its very bedrock, and is an ever-increasing feature of politics, ethics, public policy, science and many other areas. Despite the omnipresence of disagreement, the topic itself has received relatively little ...
The Routledge Handbook of Introspection
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Giustina
July 14, 2026
Introspection is fundamental and seemingly indispensable to understanding the conscious human mind. It is essential both to acquire and refine our knowledge of ourselves and to develop a philosophical and a scientific investigation of consciousness. It is also a controversial topic, celebrated both...
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling
1st Edition
Edited
By Tarja Knuuttila, Natalia Carrillo, Rami Koskinen
June 22, 2026
Models and modeling have played an increasingly important role in philosophy, going back to the nineteenth century. While philosophical interest in models has been remarkably lively over the last two decades, there are still many underexplored questions. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of ...
The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Cognition
2nd Edition
Edited
By Lawrence Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding
May 22, 2026
Embodied cognition is one of the foremost areas of study and research in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, and cognitive science. The Routledge Handbook of Embodied Cognition is an outstanding guide and reference source to the key topics and debates in this exciting subject and ...
The Routledge Handbook of Political Phenomenology
1st Edition
Edited
By Steffen Herrmann, Gerhard Thonhauser, Sophie Loidolt, Tobias Matzner, Nils Baratella
May 22, 2026
Phenomenology has primarily been concerned with conceptual questions about knowledge and ontology. However, in recent years, the rise of interest and research in applied phenomenology has seen the study of political phenomenology move to a central place in the study of phenomenology generally. The ...
The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science
1st Edition
Edited
By Kevin C. Elliott, Ted Richards
May 03, 2026
This is the first-ever handbook to cover the vibrant philosophical literature on values and science. Its 45 chapters—appearing in print here for the first time—were written by a distinguished, international group of contributors and have been organized into six parts that explore the many ways in ...