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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris

Bill Meacham finds Sam Harris’s book intriguing but frustrating.
[Issue 90 :: May/June 2012]

The Philosopher and the Wolf by Mark Rowlands

Greg Linster is left howling at Mark Rowlands’ memoir of his pet wolf.
[Issue 90 :: May/June 2012]

A Philosophy of Boredom by Lars Svendsen

Mark Frankel finds Lars Svendsen’s book interesting psychology but boring philosophy.
[Issue 89 :: March/April 2012]

Doctor Who and Philosophy

Massimo Pigliucci searches time and space to reveal the philosophy of Dr Who.
[Issue 89 :: March/April 2012]

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch

Alistair MacFarlane finds himself in the foothills of infinity.
[Issue 89 :: March/April 2012]

Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity by Raymond Tallis

Daryn Green is of one mind (almost) with Raymond Tallis.
[Issue 88 :: January/February 2012]

Learning from Words: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge by Jennifer Lackey

David Fraser examines the validity of Jennifer Lackey’s testimony.
[Issue 88 :: January/February 2012]

The Isabel Dalhousie novels of Alexander McCall Smith

Patricia Cleveland-Peck detects philosophy in the books of Alexander McCall Smith.
[Issue 87 :: November/December 2011]

On What Matters by Derek Parfit

James Alexander ponders Derek Parfit’s new work.
[Issue 87 :: November/December 2011]

Dilthey: Selected Writings

Rebecca Hansen reviews a book of selected translations from Wilhelm Dilthey.
[Issue 87 :: November/December 2011]