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The Structure of Enquiry in Plato's Early Dialogues
Offers an alternative interpretation and defends a radically new view of Plato's method of argument in the early dialogues.
Plato's Essentialism
In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that understanding Plato's theory of Forms as a theory of essence presents a serious challenge to contemporary philosophers who regard essentialism as little more than an optional item on the philosophical menu. This approach, he suggests, also constitutes a sharp critique of those who view Aristotelian essentialism as the only sensible position: Plato's essentialism, Politis demonstrates, is a well-argued, rigorous, and coherent theory, and a viable competitor to that of Aristotle. This book will appeal to students and scholars with an interest in the intersection between philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Aristotle and the Metaphysics
Aristotle is perhaps the most important figure in Western Philosophy and his Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy.
The Aporetic Tradition in Ancient Philosophy
The first comprehensive study of the function and value of aporia, or puzzlement, as a key tool in ancient philosophical enquiry.
Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Aristotle and the Metaphysics
This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics, its ideas and text.
The Platonic Mind
Plato is one of the most widely read and studied philosophers of all time. A pivotal figure in the history of philosophy, his work is foundational to the Western philosophical tradition. The Platonic Mind provides an extensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over thirty specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors, the volume is divided into three clear parts: Reading Plato's Dialogues Themes from Plato Plato's Influences and Significance Within these sections key topics are addressed including: the nature of reality and the physical world; human cognition, including kno...
Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy
In Civil Rights and the Paradox of Liberal Democracy, Bradley Watson demonstrates the paradox of liberal democracy: that its cornerstone principles of equality and freedom are principles inherently directed toward undermining it. Modernity, beyond bringing definition to political equality, unleashed a whirlwind of individualism, which feeds the soul's basic impulse to rule without limitationincluding the limitation of consent. Here Watson begins his analysis of the foundations of liberalism, looking carefully and critically at the moral and political philosophies that justify modern civil rights litigation. He goes on to examine the judicial manifestations of the paradox of liberal democracy, seeking to bring a broad philosophical coherence to legal decision making in the United States and Canada. Finally, Watson illuminates the extent to which this decision making is in tension with liberal democracy, and outlines proposals for reform.
Disenchantment, Skepticism, and the Early Modern Novel in Spain and France
This volume examines five early modern novels from the seventeenth century in Spain and France as examples of literature as a form of skeptical inquiry: Cervantes’s Don Quijote, Zayas’s Desengaños amorosos, Scarron’s Roman comique, Cyrano de Bergerac’s L’Autre Monde, and Mme. de Lafayette’s Zayde. These early modern novels encourage readers to take a critical stance toward accepted beliefs, through content that stages multiple encounters with the shockingly unfamiliar as well as through experiments in literary form, especially the interpolated story. At its broadest reach, this study asserts the fundamental value of literature as a means of encouraging discernment, recognizing t...
Critique of Pure Reason
The most accurate and informative English translation ever produced of this epochal philosophical text.
The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle is one of the most important figures in western thought and his seminal work Metaphysics is a benchmark in the history of philosophy. This guidebook introduces and assesses: Aristotle's life and the background to the Metaphysics The ideas and text of the Metaphysics including a chapter devoted to Metaphysics Theta The continuing importance and contemporary relevance of Aristotle's work to philosophy. The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Metaphysics is essential reading for all students of philosophy, and anyone approaching the work of Aristotle for the first time.
