All Reviews
Reviews are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review appearing first in the list.
The Philosophy of Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett is relevant today for understanding what the mind is and how…
A Minimal Libertarianism
Franklin’s A Minimal Libertarianism is an attempt to reconcile the scientific picture of ourselves as situated within the natural causal or…
Get RIPPED! and Jacked – The Boomer Workout
This DVD is one of the latest offerings from Canadian fitness instructor Jari Love, who first entered the video fitness scene about twelve years ago with…
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In Praise of Desire
How do people come to do good, or to fail in so do doing? This is a fundamental question of moral psychology, that is, the study of moral agency and mora…
Karl Popper, Science and Enlightenment
Nicholas Maxwell is not afraid of big ideas. As the title suggests, this book covers several sweeping topics: aside from those in the title, Maxwell disc…
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Knife Creek
Knife Creek is a well-constructed detective story set in rural western Maine. It is narrated by Mike Bowditch, who is a Park Warden with re…
Losers Bracket
Losers Bracket is about a 17-year-old girl Annie with a drug-using seriously overweight mother Nancy and an absent father. She has an older…
Neuroexistentialism
In Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience, editors Gregg D. Caruso and Owen Flanagan bring together a…
Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume 7
The Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics Series is annual publication of new work from philosophers in normative ethical theory. It is d…
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Scientific Ontology
In defending a voluntaristic conception of naturalized metaphysics, Anjan Chakravartty brings ancient skepticism to bear on contemporary scientific ontol…
Self-Consciousness and Objectivity
This book is about judgment. It articulates the self-consciousness of judgment, that is, what we understand about judgment in judging.…
Shadows of the Soul
This is a collection of 14 papers 10 of which were published in French in 2011 as Les Ombres de l’Âme: Penser les Émotions Negative…
Social Dimensions of Moral Responsibility
Moral responsibility is a classic topic in philosophy, but it has various aspects; it can deal with challenges of free will, our moral agency, blaming an…
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Superhuman
In this popular science book, British writer Rowan Hooper surveys personal stories, psychology and biology in investigating people with extraordinary abi…
The Character Gap
*”For a generous psychology. We help a person more b…
The Expulsion of the Other
In The Expulsion of the Other (2018), the Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han analyses our everyday existence in today’s achievement soc…
The Heart of Trauma
Many people experience traumatic experiences in their lives or need therapy to cope with tragic life events. The body’s response to those experiences and…
The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind
The amount of books one can buy which tell the tale of authors who suffered and recovered from some seemingly insurmountable illness is climbing steadily…
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The Power
This science fiction work addresses a feminist fantasy of women’s great power — an ability to deliver electric shocks. The novel, which imagines it is w…
The Thorn Necklace
As narrated in her June 2018 interview, Francesca Lia Block is an accomplished writer with over 25 publications. Whether readers are encountering her wor…
Why Does Inequality Matter?
In his new book, the eminent moral philosopher T.M. Scanlon focusses on the topic of inequality and why it should matter to us. Indeed, on the face of it…
A Journey Into Yin Yoga
Author and yoga instructor Travis Elliot became known to many through his yoga DVD series, The Ultimate Yogi. That collection of twelve yo…
A New Understanding of Mental Disorders
Psychiatry has always involved a fair degree of controversy and debate, but many now regard the field to be in a fundamental state of change concerning i…
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Adoption Beyond Borders
Rebecca Compton defends international adoption against criticisms and explains how it benefits children. She argues that the arguments against it are mis…
Always Forever Maybe
This YA novel is about a girl being physically abused by her boyfriend, and how she gets sucked into believing it is her fault. Not only that, but Betts…