Publisher’s note: This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, which has been conducted in a purely Western context. The discussion, whether…
Myth, Memory and Misrecognition in Sellars’ ‘Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind’
Introduction: In increasing numbers, philosophers are coming to read Sellars’ “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind” (1997, hereafter EPM) as having dealt the definitive death blow to the idea that…
22 Atmospherics: Abortion Law and Philosophy
Abstract: In 1934, Karl N. Llewellyn published a lively essay trumpeting the dawn of legal realism, “On Philosophy in American Law.” The charm of his defective little piece is its…
Princess Elizabeth and Descartes: The union of soul and body and the practice of philosophy
…and body given his substance dualism to her later (less known) objections to Descartes’ neo-Stoic advice to her about regulating her passions. According to Shapiro, Elizabeth defends a unique philosophical…
Tainted: How Philosophy of Science can expose bad science
Abstract: Lawyers often work pro bono to liberate death-row inmates from flawed legal verdicts that otherwise would kill them. This is the first book on practical philosophy of science, how…
Philosophy of Logics
Publisher’s Note: The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack’s book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its…
The Ontology of Mind: Events, Processes, and States
Publisher’s Note: This book puts forward a radical critique of the foundations of contemporary philosophy of mind, arguing that it relies too heavily on insecure assumptions about the nature of some…
Schopenhauer’s Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
Abstract: This essay focuses on Schopenhauer’s aesthetics and philosophy of art, areas of his philosophy which have attracted the most philosophical attention in recent years. After discussing the subjective and…
Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science
The Routledge Handbook of Feminist Philosophy of Science is a comprehensive resource for feminist thinking about and in the sciences. Its 33 chapters were written exclusively for this Handbook by…
History and philosophy of science reapproachment: Shared methodological framework
Abstract: The paper intends to identify some particular basic assumptions, approaches and means of proceeding, which are spontaneously shared by philosophers, sociologists and historians of science, besides the common interchange…