by Paul Pardi
21. July 2010 01:11
Lukas H. Meyer (ed.) Legitimacy, Justice and Public International Law Reviewed by Laura Valentini, The Queen's College, Oxford Jonathan R. Cohen Science, Culture, and Free Spirits: A study of Nietzsche's Human, All-too-Human Reviewed by Julian Young, Wake Forest University David Hy...
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by Paul Pardi
30. June 2010 18:23
Raffaella De Rosa Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Representation Reviewed by David Clemenson, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) John Cottingham, Peter Hacker (eds.) Mind, Method, and Morality: Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny Reviewed by Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado a...
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by Paul Pardi
28. June 2010 02:24
Jerry Fodor is known for flouting convention. In a somewhat backhanded complement, Steven Pinker (through the voice of Daniel Dennett) says this about Fodor in his The Stuff of Thought, : It is to Fodor’s credit that he pursues his claims to their logical consequences, regardless of how unconven...
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by Paul Pardi
17. June 2010 00:49
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Brady Bowman (ed.), Allen Speight (ed.) Heidelberg Writings: Journal Publications Reviewed by Martin Donougho, University of South Carolina-Columbia Markus Patrick Hess Is Truth the Primary Epistemic Goal? Reviewed by Alan Millar, University of Stirlin...
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by Paul Pardi
14. June 2010 01:16
If an earmark of comedic genius is the longevity of a one’s work, Monty Python’s Flying Circus stands out as brilliant. Every few years, the titanic battle between the Greeks and the Germans on the soccer field surfaces and reminds of the fact. Though produced and first aired in 1972, the sketch sti...
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by Paul Pardi
9. June 2010 03:21
Tom Morris is at it again this time interviewing Rebecca Housel on her recent books on Twilight and Philosophy and True Blood and Philosophy. The … and Philosophy books are intended to bridge the gab between the mainstream and the sublime and vampire talk certainly is all the rage. I haven’t read an...
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by Paul Pardi
6. June 2010 19:54
Adrian Haddock, Alan Millar, Duncan Pritchard (eds.) Epistemic Value Reviewed by Joshue Orozco, Whitworth University C. Mantzavinos Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Philosophical Theory and Scientific Practice Reviewed by Warren Schmaus, Illinois Institute of Technology Axel ...
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by Paul Pardi
3. June 2010 02:03
The Moral Foundations of Social Institutions by Seumas Miller; Reviewed by Alexa Forrester, Franklin & Marshall College The Philosophical Significance of Language by Scott Soames; Reviewed by Cara Spencer, Howard University An Image of the Soul in Speech: Plato and the Problem of Socrates by D...
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by Paul Pardi
2. June 2010 01:35
In a brief article for The Fortnightly Review, O’Hear reviews Practices of Belief: Volume 2, Selected Essays by Nicholas Wolterstorff, Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self by Marilynne Robinson and An Awareness of What is Missing: Faith and Reason in a Post-...
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by Paul Pardi
22. May 2010 21:46
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews has posted a review of Joshua Rust’s biography of John Searle. The book is published as a part of Continuum’s Contemporary American Thinkers series. “Rust gives his readers a grand overview of Searle's many philosophic activities. In doing so¸ he protects those w...
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