Books in the Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy series

This volume examines key questions on punishment, including it's purpose, forms, effectiveness, equity, justifiability, and contexts. Offers expert interdisciplinary perspectives from philosophy, law, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the philosophy of propositions, from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Comprising 33 original chapters by an international team of scholars, the volume addresses both traditional and emerging questions concerning the nature of propositions.

The first volume of its kind, comprising thirty-six chapters by an international team of contributors. Essential reading for philosophy students and researchers in metaethics, philosophy of action, action theory, ethics and the history of philosophy.

An outstanding guide and reference source to this important and fascinating topic. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy studying phenomenology, ethics and moral psychology and philosophy of psychology.

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health is a field-defining and sustained reflection on the various ethical, political, methodological and conceptual aspects of global public health.

Essential reading for students and researchers in epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of language. It will also be very useful for those in related fields in philosophy such as philosophy of mathematics, logic and philosophy of science.

An authoritative introduction to scholarly discourse on anarchy-covering the possibility, dynamics, and appeal of social order without the state. The 30 original chapters draw on philosophy, economics, law, history, politics, and religious studies. An essential volume for students and scholars studying anarchy.

The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology is a comprehensive survey of the most important issues and developments in one of the fastest growing areas in contemporary philosophy. An international team of scholars breaks new ground in 45 original essays, covering topics such as Historical Backgrounds; Testimony; Disagreement, Diversity, and Relativism; Science and Social Epistemology; The Epistemology of Groups; Feminist Epistemology; The Epistemology of Democracy; The Epistemology of Education; and New Horizons in Social Epistemology. This volume is a major reference source for all students and scholars in philosophy, as well as researchers in intersecting fields.

An outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting and interdisciplinary subject and is the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology and ethics.

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Imagination is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology, aesthetics, and ethics. Contains over thirty specially commissioned chapters by leading philosophers organised into six clear sections and examines the most important aspects of the philosophy of imagination.

An outstanding survey of the key issues and debates in dehumanization. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics, political philosophy, moral psychology, international relations as well as for anyone studying the nature of genocide and crimes against humanity.

The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy provides accessible yet rigorous introductions to the theories of knowledge, ethics, and physics belonging to each of the Epicureans, Stoics, and Skeptics.

The Handbook provides an exploration of the key areas of debate in contemporary philosophy of religion, with careful attention paid both to the diversity of theoretical approaches and to the diversity of the religions of the world.

A comprehensive resource on feminist thinking about and in the sciences. Coverage is divided into four parts: I. Hidden Figures and Historical Critique; II. Theoretical Frameworks; III. Key Concepts and Issues; IV. Feminist Philosophy of Science in Practice.

The Routledge Handbook of Trust and Philosophy brings together 31 never before published chapters, accessible for both students and researchers, created to cover the most salient topics in the various theories of trust.

Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors the The Routledge handbook of Scientific Realism covers the following central topics: the historical development of the realist stance; core issues and positions of classic debate; perspectives on contemporary debates and the realism debate in disciplinary context.

An outstanding reference source and the first major collection of its kind, reflecting the explosion of interest in the topic recent years. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology and ethics.

An outstanding reference source to this growing subject. Essential reading for students and researchers in metaphysics, philosophical methodology and ontology.

The first collection to present a comprehensive overview the philosophy of humility, whilst also covering important interdisciplinary topics. Essential reading for students and researchers in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and philosophy of mind and psychology.

The Routledge Handbook of Collective Responsibility comprehensively addresses questions about who is responsible and how blame or praise should be attributed when human agents act together.