Juha Manninen & R. Tuomela 
Essays on Explanation and Understanding [PDF ebook] 
Studies in the Foundations of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ecological crisis is being widely discussed in society today and therefore, the subject of religious naturalism has emerged as a major topic in religion. The Routledge Handbook of Religious Naturalis …

This collection provides the first in-depth introduction to the theory of the religious imagination put forward by renowned philosopher Douglas Hedley, from his earliest essays to his principal writi …

There is increasing academic interest in how Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology can be applied to management and organization studies (MOS). In a context of increasing complexity faced by organizations and …

Originally published in 1908, this book aims at setting forth liberty, personal and national – not as a mere utility as is usually the case – but as an a priori moral necessity, the sine qua non of a …

This book contextualizes David Hume”s philosophy of physical science, exploring both Hume”s background in the history of early modern natural philosophy and its subsequent impact on the scientific …

In this edited collection contributors examine key themes, sources and methods in contemporary African Philosophy, building on a wide-ranging understanding of what constitutes African philosophy, and …

Can the intellect or the intellectual faculty be its own object of thought, or can it not think or apprehend itself? This book explores the ancient treatments of the question of self-intellection – a …

This is a new guide to reading the Confessions, Augustine”s most important work, and what is widely known as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written. The Confessions consists of thirt …

Responses to the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek have been, like Žižek himself, extreme. Critics have accused him of charlatanism on the one hand, while others have lauded his genius, especially a …

The chapters in this volume are about moral dilemmas in two senses. First the authors focus on dilemmas, both real and hypothetical, which require moral judgements. The ”Heinz-Dilemma” part of Kohl …