Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy

Explores the history and significance of the twentieth-century turn to language as a specific object of investigation and resource for philosophical reflection. This title traces the implications of the access to language in some of the most prominent projects and results of the historical and contemporary tradition of analytic philosophy.

Controversial and thought-provoking, this expertly written text examines interesting and contentious methodological issues in analytic philosophy and explores the connections between philosophy and science.

This book specifically explores Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations from the different angles of its originary conceptions, including the mathematical texts, shedding new light on fundamental issues in twentieth century and contemporary philosophy. A Wittgenstein typescript, translated for the first time into English, is included as an appendix.

This book specifically explores Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations from the different angles of its originary conceptions, including the mathematical texts, shedding new light on fundamental issues in twentieth century and contemporary philosophy. A Wittgenstein typescript, translated for the first time into English, is included as an appendix.

This all-new collection of essays discusses Putnam's contribution to contemporary realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article.

In this new study, Cristina Chimisso explores the work of the French philospher of science, Gaston Bachelard by situating it within French cultural life of the first half of the twentieth century.

Examines the relationship between metaphor, art and science against the backdrop of modern European philosophy and, in particular, the work of Kant, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. This book explores the impact which the notion of cognitive metaphor has on key positions and concepts within aesthetics, epistemology and the philosophy of science.

This book presents a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. It advocates the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned in the light of serious difficulties against it.

Places analytic philosophy in a broader context comparing it with the methodology of its important rival tradition in twentieth-century philosophy - phenomenology, whose development parallels the development of analytic philosophy in many ways.

A defence of the view that philosophy is largely about questions of language, which to a large extent means ordinary language, Hanfling shows that this view does not entail that philosophy is less deep and difficult than it is usually taken to be.

Presents a fresh approach to the problem that has haunted twentieth century philosophy in both its analytical and continental shapes. This book addresses the parallels between Wittgenstein and leading Continental philosophers such as Levinas, Husserl, and Heidegger.

Developments in ethical discourse have brought the issue of nature and development of character traits to the forefront of philosophical debate. This book presents an alternative to the dominant Aristotelian view of character. It is suitable for academics and graduate students concerned with virtue ethics and the theory of character.

Drawing on the work of philosopher Wilfrid Sellars and the theory of critical realism to develop an argument for understanding perception and metaphysics, this book is a study in the philosophy of the mind.

One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article, making it invaluable for any scholar of his work.

Real Metaphysics brings together new articles by leading metaphysicians to honour Hugh Mellor's outstanding contribution to metaphysics. Some of the most outstanding minds of current times shed new light on all the main topics in metaphysics: truth, causation, dispositions and properties, explanation, and time. At the end of the book, Hugh Mellor responds to the issues raised by each of the thirteen contributors and gives us new insight into his own highly influential work on metaphysics.

Donald Davidson has made enormous contributions to the philosophy of action, epistemology, semantics and philosophy of mind and today is recognized as one of the most important analytical philosophers of the late twentieth century.Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge addresses* Davidson's writings on epistemology and theory of language with their implications of ontology and philosophy of mind* the central issue of whether truth is the ultimate goal of enquiry, challenged by contributions from Richard Rorty and Paul Horwich* Davidson's approach to semantics and applied linguistics as addressed by Kirk Ludwig, Gabriel Segal, Peter Pagin, Stephen Neale, Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore and Reinaldo Elugardo* Davidson's advances in the philosophy of mind in relation to the views of Williard V. Quine, John McDowell and Peter F. Strawson, in essays by Roger Gibson and Anita Avramides

This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. In the first half of the twentieth century, and in particular in the writings of Frege, Husserl, Russell, Carnap and Wittgenstein, there was sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar, and on the relevance of grammar to metaphysics, logic and science.

Outlining a different theory of natural laws, this book addresses questions debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and whether a property can be identified independently of its causal role. It begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the idea of the imagination in Husserl and Heidegger. The author also locates phenomenology within the broader context of a philosophical world dominated by Kantian thought.

This book offers a systematic and critical discussion of Peter Winch's writings on the philosophy of the social sciences and is essential reading for those studying the development of philosophy in the twentieth century.

This book explores the hitherto neglected affinities between Ludwig Wittgenstein and Emmanuel Levinas, two of the most important and challenging thinkers of the 20th century

This book presents a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. It advocates the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned in the light of serious difficulties against it.