Philosophy of Language

Does thought depend on language? Primarily as a consequence of the cognitive turn in empirical disciplines like psychology and ethology, many current empirical researchers and empirically minded philosophers tend to answer this question in the negative. This book rejects this mainstream view and dev..

The concept of potential plays a prominent role in the thinking of parents, educators and planners the world over. Although this concept accurately reflects central features of human nature, its current use perpetuates traditional myths of fixity, harmony and value, calculated to cause untold mischi..

On Divorce..

On Enlightenment..

On God, Space, and Time..

What is habit? Do habits turn us into machines or free us to do more creative things? Should religious faith be habitual? Does habit help or hinder the practice of philosophy? Why do Luther, Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard and Bergson all criticise habit? In this thought-provoking book Clare Carlisle exa..

What is habit? Do habits turn us into machines or free us to do more creative things? Should religious faith be habitual? Does habit help or hinder the practice of philosophy? Why do Luther, Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard and Bergson all criticise habit? In this thought-provoking book Clare Carlisle exa..

One of the most significant works of political philosophy, John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty (1859) defines and defends individual liberty, a cornerstone of classical liberal thinking...

On Literature, Culture, and Religion..

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics..

Potentiality is a perennial concern for educators. This book examines the ontology of potentiality in order to call into question some of our most basic assumptions that link potentiality and learning. Concrete examples are also provided that will help educational practitioners envision how study ca..