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Book Reviews
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan
Lisa Kemmerer calls corporations to account under the guidance of Joel Bakan.
Philosophers Behaving Badly by Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson
Stephen Juan reviews the bad behaviour reported by Nigel Rodgers and Mel Thompson.
Is This Some Kind Of Joke?
Tim Madigan laughs at platypi.
Pop Culture ‘and Philosophy’ Books
John Shelton Lawrence reviews the genre of ‘and philosophy’ books.
Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life by Roger Scruton
Robert Cheeks praises an intellectual memoir by Roger Scruton, Britain’s best-known conservative philosopher.
A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism by Roger Scruton
Floris van den Berg criticises Roger Scruton’s splendid isolation.
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Mark Vernon questions Richard Dawkins’ state of self-delusion.
A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology by Mitchell Silver
Joel Marks asks ‘New God or no God?’
The Kantianism of Hegel and Nietzsche by Robert Zimmerman
Lesley Chamberlain wants to rescue Kant from an interesting book by Robert Zimmerman.
Moreel Esperanto by Paul Cliteur
Floris van den Berg takes a course in Paul Cliteur’s moral Esperanto.
The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
Ernest Dempsey gives a feminist analysis of Virginia Woolf’s first novel.
Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership by Martha Nussbaum
Jean Chambers witnesses Martha Nussbaum raise a high bar for standards of international social justice.
Mind by Eric Matthews
Grant Bartley finds a lot to think about in Eric Matthews’ ‘brainy’ pondering of mind.
I am Not a Man I am Dynamite: Friedrich Nietzsche and the Anarchist Tradition
Brian Morris deplores John Moore and friends’ views on Nietzsche and anarchism.
Michael Oakeshott On Religion, Aesthetics, And Politics by Elizabeth Campbell Corey
Robert Cheeks finds Elizabeth Campbell Corey’s analysis of Oakeshott’s philosophy to be all present and correct.
Action Philosophers by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
John Snider springs into action over Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey’s graphic reconstruction of the history of ideas.
Hitchcock as Philosopher by Robert J Yanal
Mark Huston looks at Robert Yanal looking at Hitchcock directing philosophy.
The Pornography of Meat by Carol Adams
Lisa Kemmerer agrees with Carol Adams about some of the subliminal assumptions advertisers use to sell their wares.
Wittgenstein and Judaism by Ranjit Chatterjee
Ralph Blumenau finds Ranjit Chatterjee sympathetic to Wittgenstein’s Jewish side.
Choosing Children by Jonathan Glover
John Lanigan considers problems Jonathan Glover has with Choosing Children.
After Theory by Terry Eagleton
Abdelkader Aoudjit discusses Terry Eagleton’s take on what comes after postmodernism.
Motherland: a Philosophical History of Russia by Lesley Chamblerlain
Marcus Wheeler is provoked by Lesley Chamberlain’s history of Russian philosophy.
The Future of Hegel by Catherine Malabou
Peter Benson bravely reads a difficult book (by Catherine Malabou) about a difficult philosopher (G.W.F. Hegel).
Existentialism edited by Robert C. Solomon
John Shand enjoys a collection of essays about existentialism.
Introduction to German Philosophy by Andrew Bowie
Peter Rickman peruses a thought-provoking book on German philosophy by Andrew Bowie.
On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt
Petter Naessan examines Harry Frankfurt’s famous little book On Bullshit.
The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics
Peter Rickman is inspired with beautiful thoughts by the Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics.
Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Education
John Mann finds his encounter with a Blackwell Companion most educational.
History of Islamic Philosophy by I.M.N. Al-Jubouri
Antony Flew notices a new book on Islamic Philosophy.
The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin Yalom
Andrew Barley enters group therapy with Irvin Yalom.
The Myths We Live By by Mary Midgley
Bob Sharpe applauds Mary Midgley’s exposé of some modern myths.
History of Jewish Philosophy ed. Frank & Leaman
Ralph Blumenau considers the long and distinguished history of Jewish Philosophy.
Challenging Postmodernism by David Detmer
Barry Seidman enjoys David Detmer’s provocative book about Postmodernism, Humanism and the Left.
The Return of the Design Argument
Taner Edis reviews two books about evolution and design.
The President of Good and Evil by Peter Singer
Scott O’Reilly reviews Peter Singer’s review of George W. Bush’s statements on ethics.
Kant, Herder and the Birth of Anthropology by John Zammito
The loser wins, comments Ivan Brady as he ponders John Zammito‘s book on the rivalry between Kant and Herder.
Encyclopedia of Ethics
Kenneth Shouler praises Lawrence and Charlotte Becker for producing an encyclopedia of ethics which is truly encyclopedic.
Consciousness: Creeping Up on the Hard Problem by Jeffrey Gray
Norman Bacrac becomes conscious of the merits of Jeffrey Gray’s new book.
Philosophical Reasoning by Nicholas Rescher
James Thomas explores a pragmatic but idealistic book about truth by Nicholas Rescher.
Nonbelief and Evil: Two Arguments for the Nonexistence of God by Theodore Drange
Charles Echelbarger explains the atheistic arguments of Theodore Drange.
Eroticism by Georges Bataille
Mark Price uncovers an urgent, thrusting book about love, sex, death and spirituality by Georges Bataille.
The Case Against the Democratic State by Gordon Graham & Democracy, Fascism and the New World Order by Ivo Mosley
What’s so hot about democracy? Edward Ingram considers two books which call it into question.
Welfare and Rational Care by Stephen Darwall
Jean Chambers explains how Stephen Darwall’s ideas about care connect to an ambitious theory of rationality and ethics.
After the Science Wars ed. by Keith Ashman & Philip Baringer
Abdelkader Aoudjit reports on which beleaguered positions are still held After the Science Wars.
Art and Knowledge by James O. Young
Bob Sharpe takes issue with James Young’s theory about art.
The Power of Ideas by Isaiah Berlin
Antony Flew devours a vastly varied collection of essays by the late Isaiah Berlin.
On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry
Peter Benson applauds a beautiful book on beauty by Elaine Scarry.
The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism
Les Reid on a companion to Postmodernism which, rather unpostmodernly, gives a clear account of the historical facts of its subject matter.
Descartes’s Method of Doubt by Janet Broughton
Harry Bracken frets about Janet Broughton’s non-historical book on Descartes’ ideas.
The Structure of Thinking by Laura Weed
Scott O’Reilly gets quite excited about a new book on the nature of the mind by Laura Weed.
Zeno and the Tortoise by Nicholas Fearn
Adam Carter browses through Nicholas Fearn’s introduction to philosophy for bartenders who wear baseball caps.
Designer Babies: Where Should We Draw the Line? edited by Ellie Lee
Michael Williams gazes inwards and agonizes about the prospects of a proper public debate on such matters as genetic engineering.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by David Lamb
Edward Ingram gazes heavenwards and tells us about the Search for Little Green Men.