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This collection of essays examines the various intersections between philosophical hermeneutics and environmental philosophy. Adopting a broad and inclusive understanding of our relation with the environment, it investigates a number of important topics for contemporary environmental thought, including the self, history, ethics, culture, and narrative.

An international team of scholars offer a broad engagement with the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, discussing the main topics of his philosophy, under the headings: values, epistemology and metaphysics, and will to power. Other sections discuss his life, his relations to other philosophers, and his individual works

Chapter 1. Some Key Topics in Feminist Philosophies of Science, Maria Cristina Amoretti and Nicla Vassallo -- Chapter 2. On the Possibility of Feminist Philosophy of Physics, Maralee Harrell -- Chapter 3. Climate Change through the Lens of Feminist Philosophy, Nancy Tuana -- Chapter 4. Feminist and Non-Feminist Philosophy of Biology: Parallels, Differences, and Prospects for Future Engagements, Lynn Hankinson-Nelson -- Chapter 5. Feminist Values, Commercial Values, and the Bias Paradox in Biomedical Research, Kristen Intemann and Inmaculada de Melo-Martín -- Chapter 6. Values and Evidence in Feminist Philosophy and in Neuroscience, Robyn Bluhm -- Chapter 7. The Reason/Emotion Divide in Contemporary Philosophy of Psychology, Michelle Maiese -- Chapter 8. Values in the Social Sciences: The Case of Feminist Research, Kristina Rolin -- Chapter 9. This is Not a Manifesto: Archaeology and Feminism, Pamela L. Geller -- Chapter 10. Measuring the Value of Women: A Feminist Analysis of Economic Categories and Thought, Ruth Hagengruber -- Chapter 11. The Woman of Reason: On the Re-Appropriation of Rationality and the Enjoyment of Philosophy, Pieranna Garavaso -- Chapter 12. Feminist Versus General Philosophy of Science, Raffaella Campaner and Maria Carla Galavotti.

The aim of this work was to show how the absence of a concept of person in R. Dworkin's philosophy affects his understanding of politics. As a point of reference, R. Spaemann's philosophy was used, as both authors were interested in similar philosophical topics and have a comparable vocabulary, but one of their most striking differences lies in their relationship to the concept of person - in his philosophy Spaemann relies on a developed teleological concept of person, while Dworkin is critical of the concept of person. The work shows that Dworkin 's philosophy is ambiguous in its origins, as it is impossible to answer clearly whether it is based on natural law or analytical tradition. Dworkin does not decide whether he is a normativist, as a result of which his philosophy presupposes that a number of concepts important to our political discourse have a normative ontological beginning, but he never say so directly. This has implications for the integrity of Dworkin's philosophy, as it ultimately results in those concepts still remaining instrumental rather than ontological for Dworkin, which weakens his positions because he usually sets normative goals for his philosophy.

The aim of this work was to show how the absence of a concept of person in R. Dworkin's philosophy affects his understanding of politics. As a point of reference, R. Spaemann's philosophy was used, as both authors were interested in similar philosophical topics and have a comparable vocabulary, but one of their most striking differences lies in their relationship to the concept of person - in his philosophy Spaemann relies on a developed teleological concept of person, while Dworkin is critical of the concept of person. The work shows that Dworkin 's philosophy is ambiguous in its origins, as it is impossible to answer clearly whether it is based on natural law or analytical tradition. Dworkin does not decide whether he is a normativist, as a result of which his philosophy presupposes that a number of concepts important to our political discourse have a normative ontological beginning, but he never say so directly. This has implications for the integrity of Dworkin's philosophy, as it ultimately results in those concepts still remaining instrumental rather than ontological for Dworkin, which weakens his positions because he usually sets normative goals for his philosophy.

The aim of this work was to show how the absence of a concept of person in R. Dworkin's philosophy affects his understanding of politics. As a point of reference, R. Spaemann's philosophy was used, as both authors were interested in similar philosophical topics and have a comparable vocabulary, but one of their most striking differences lies in their relationship to the concept of person - in his philosophy Spaemann relies on a developed teleological concept of person, while Dworkin is critical of the concept of person. The work shows that Dworkin 's philosophy is ambiguous in its origins, as it is impossible to answer clearly whether it is based on natural law or analytical tradition. Dworkin does not decide whether he is a normativist, as a result of which his philosophy presupposes that a number of concepts important to our political discourse have a normative ontological beginning, but he never say so directly. This has implications for the integrity of Dworkin's philosophy, as it ultimately results in those concepts still remaining instrumental rather than ontological for Dworkin, which weakens his positions because he usually sets normative goals for his philosophy.

The aim of this work was to show how the absence of a concept of person in R. Dworkin's philosophy affects his understanding of politics. As a point of reference, R. Spaemann's philosophy was used, as both authors were interested in similar philosophical topics and have a comparable vocabulary, but one of their most striking differences lies in their relationship to the concept of person - in his philosophy Spaemann relies on a developed teleological concept of person, while Dworkin is critical of the concept of person. The work shows that Dworkin 's philosophy is ambiguous in its origins, as it is impossible to answer clearly whether it is based on natural law or analytical tradition. Dworkin does not decide whether he is a normativist, as a result of which his philosophy presupposes that a number of concepts important to our political discourse have a normative ontological beginning, but he never say so directly. This has implications for the integrity of Dworkin's philosophy, as it ultimately results in those concepts still remaining instrumental rather than ontological for Dworkin, which weakens his positions because he usually sets normative goals for his philosophy.

"The Routledge Handbook of African Political Philosophy showcases and develops the arguments propounded by African philosophers on political problems, bringing together experts from around the world to chart current and future research trends. Africa's recent history has been shaped by the experiences of colonization, anti-colonial struggle, and postcolonial self-rule, and so it is perhaps not surprising that political questions are also central to African philosophy. This exciting new handbook provides insights on the foundations, virtues, vices, controversies, and key topics to be found within African political philosophy, concluding by considering how it connects with other traditions of political philosophy. In doing so, the book provides important fresh perspectives which help us to a richer understanding of the challenges of co-existence in society and governance not just in Africa, but around the world. This book will be an important resource for researchers and students across the fields of Political Philosophy, Political Science, International Relations, and African Studies"--

"Humility is a vital aspect of political discussion, social media and self-help, whilst recent empirical research has linked humility to improved well-being, open-mindedness and increased accuracy in assessing persuasive messages. It is also a topic central to research and discussion in philosophy, psychology, applied ethics and religious studies. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Humility is the first collection to present a comprehensive overview the philosophy of humility, whilst also covering important interdisciplinary topics. Comprising forty-one chapters by an international team of contributors, the Handbook is divided into seven parts: Theories of Humility, The Ethics of Humility , The Politics of Humility, Humility in Religious Thought , The Epistemology of Humility, The Psychology of Humility, Humility: Applications to the Social World. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and philosophy of mind and psychology, this Handbook will also be extremely useful for those in related disciplines such as religious studies and law"--

Latin American philosophy is best understood as a type of applied philosophy devoted to issues related to the culture and politics of Latin America. This introduction provides a comprehensive overview of its central topics. It explores not only the unique insights offered by Latin American thinkers into the traditional pre-established fields of Western philosophy, but also the many 'isms' developed as a direct result of Latin American thought. Many concern matters of practical ethics and social and political philosophy, such as Lascasianism, Arielism, Bolívarism, modest and immodest feminisms, republicanism, positivism, Marxism, and liberationism. But there are also meta-philosophical 'isms' such as originalism and perspectivism. Together with clear and accessible discussions of the major issues and arguments, the book offers helpful summaries, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of terms. It will be valuable for all readers wanting to explore the richness and diversity of Latin American philosophy.

From the mid-1960s, after the important works by J. Hintikka, S. Körner, W. Sellars and P.F. Strawson, there has been a marked revival of Kantian epistemological thought. Against this background, featuring fruitful exchange between historical research and theoretical prospects, the main point of the book is the discussion of Kantian theory of scientific knowledge from the perspective of present-day analytical philosophy and philosophy of empirical and mathematical sciences. The main topics are the problem of a priori knowledge in logic, mathematics and physics, the distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments, the constitution of physical objectivity and the questions of realism and truth, the Kantian conception of time, causal laws and induction, the relations between Kantian epistemological thought, relativity theory, quantum theory and some recent developments of philosophy of science. The book is addressed to research workers, specialists and scholars in the fields of epistemology, philosophy of science and history of philosophy

Philosophers often have tried to either reduce "disagreeable" objects or concepts to (more) acceptable objects or concepts. Reduction is regarded attractive by those who subscribe to an ideal of ontological parsimony. But the topic is not just restricted to traditional metaphysics or ontology. In the philosophy of mathematics, abstraction principles, such as Hume's principle, have been suggested to support a reconstruction of mathematics by logical means only. In the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, the logical analysis of language has long been regarded to be the dominating paradigm, and liberalized projects of logical reconstruction remain to be driving forces of modern philosophy. This volume collects contributions comprising all those topics, including articles by Alexander Bird, Jaakko Hintikka, James Ladyman, Rohit Parikh, Gerhard Schurz, Peter Simons, Crispin Wright and Edward N. Zalta..

This volume presents a selection of the philosophical papers which Richard Rorty has written over the past decade, and complements three previous volumes of his papers: Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth, Essays on Heidegger and Others and Truth and Progress. Topics discussed include the changing role of philosophy in Western culture over the course of recent centuries, the role of the imagination in intellectual and moral progress, the notion of 'moral identity', the Wittgensteinian claim that the problems of philosophy are linguistic in nature, the irrelevance of cognitive science to philosophy, and the mistaken idea that philosophers should find the 'place' of such things as consciousness and moral value in a world of physical particles. The papers form a rich and distinctive collection which will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in philosophy and its relation to culture

Legal and Political Philosophy , edited by Enrique Villanueva, is the first volume in the series Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy , published by Rodopi also under his editorship. It contains six original essays by leading political philosophers and philosophers of law (Waldron, Coleman, Postema, Shapiro, Sayre-McCord, and Kraus), along with critical papers on those essays, and replies. This is cutting edge work that elicits sharp responses already as it is published, with the debate joined as the authors reply. Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy is a new book series, edited by Enrique Villanueva, and published by Rodopi Publishers as part of Rodopi Philosophical Studies . The series will publish collections of new essays on topics in social or political or legal philosophy. New volumes will be published approximately every year or every other year

This is a book about the philosophy of Henri Bergson (1859–1941) which shows how relevant Bergson is to much contemporary philosophy. The book takes as its point of departure Bergson's insistence on precision in philosophy. It then discusses a variety of topics including laughter, the nature of time as experienced, how intelligence and language should be construed as a pragmatic product of evolution, and the antinomies of reason represented by magic and religion. This is not just another exposition of Bergson's work. It offers an account of why Bergson commanded such a massive reading public in his own day and why he deserves to be read now. Written in a terse and clear style, this book will prove appealing to teachers and students of philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, religious studies and literature