Philosophy: Modern Philosophy (16th Century-18th Century)

By Willie Henderson

The book covers Hume’s biographical development; his self appraisal as a 'man of letters’; his philosophical writings with emphasis on their direct and indirect economic content; his self-aware criticism of his approach to the Treatise and the development of his rhetorical understanding of the…

Paperback – 2013-11-11
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Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

By Graeme Garrard

The Enlightenment and its legacy are still actively debated, with the Enlightenment acting as a key organizing concept in philosophy, social theory and the history of ideas. Counter-Enlightenments is the first full-length study to deal with the history and development of counter-enlightenment…

Paperback – 2013-10-25
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Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought

By Lawrence R. Pasternack

Throughout his career, Kant engaged with many of the fundamental questions in philosophy of religion: arguments for the existence of God, the soul, the problem of evil, and the relationship between moral belief and practice. Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is his major work on the…

Paperback – 2013-10-17
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Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks

By Thomas Nenon

"Kant, Kantianism and Idealism" presents an overview of German Idealism, the major movement in philosophy from the late 18th to the middle of the 19th Century. The period was dominated by Kant, Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, whose work influenced not just philosophy, but also art, theology and…

Paperback – 2013-09-26
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The History of Continental Philosophy

By Various

Reissuing works originally published between 1970 and 1995, Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology (14 volume set) offers a selection of scholarship covering this important branch of philosophy and method. Volumes cover theories of Husserl and Heidegger, and branch out to such topics as…

Hardback – 2013-08-08
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Routledge Library Editions: Phenomenology

Edited by David Archard, Monique Deveaux, Neil Manson, Daniel Weinstock

Onora O’Neill is one of the foremost moral philosophers writing today. Her work on ethics and bioethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of Kant is extremely influential. Her landmark Reith Lectures on trust did much to establish the subject not only on the philosophical and political…

Paperback – 2013-06-25
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By Charlie Huenemann

The advent of modern science brought deep challenges to traditional religion. Miracles, prophecy, immortal souls, absolute morality - all of these fundamental notions were challenged by the increasingly analytical and skeptical approach of modern scientists. One philosopher, Baruch Spinoza,…

Paperback – 2013-05-30
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By Michael G. Lee

In the 1790s, a close-knit group of German philosophers published several garden theory texts.  These works are unique in that a close-knit group of philosophers had never before--and has not since--produced so many works on the topic of garden design. In essence, this cohort sought to imbue…

Paperback – 2013-05-14
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Studies in Philosophy

Edited by Tad M. Schmaltz

Receptions of Descartes is a collection of work by an international group of authors that focuses on the various ways in which Descartes was interpreted, defended and criticized in early modern Europe. The book is divided into five sections, the first four of which focus on Descartes' reception in…

Paperback – 2013-04-10
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Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

By Geraint Parry

From earliest times Locke's writings have been the subject of controversy. An intellectual caught up in the politics of late 17th century England, his writings on politics reveal a man attempting to combine an analysis of the underlying principles of society with a deep commitment to a specific…

Paperback – 2013-04-10
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By Samuel Fleischacker

"Have the courage to use your own understanding! - that is the motto of enlightenment." - Immanuel Kant The Enlightenment is one of the most important and contested periods in the history of philosophy. The problems it addressed, such as the proper extent of individual freedom and the challenging…

Paperback – 2013-02-21
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Kant's Questions

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

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…

Paperback – 2013-02-14
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Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy