All Reviews
Reviews are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review appearing first in the list.
Medical Nihilism
Many of us seek to acquire medicine when we are ill. Likewise, as a society we allocate a great deal of our resources to developing and providing m…
Midlife
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide is an accessible, engaging book. As the author describes it, the book “is a self-help book in that it is an…
Not a Crime to Be Poor
Although America is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the endless cycle of poverty is raising concern among other nations. Many scholars, pol…
Primitive Colors
The subtitle of Primitive Colors best characterizes Joshua Gert’s philosophical defense of color primitivism. In neo-pragmatic f…
Release
Adam is 17 and gay. He lives in small town Washington State. His parents are evangelical Christians. He has a best friend, Angela, who he tells everythin…
Respecting Animals
David Favre is one of the pioneers of animal law. He was the founding officers of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, his books on animal law has become stand…
So Lucky
This novel is the story of a lesbian activist for HIV/AIDS services who runs a non-profit learning that she has MS and turning her activist skills toward…
Tech Generation
Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world – the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may se…
The Oxford Handbook of Freedom
THE LIBERTY TRADITION AT ITS BEST It seems to be the spirit of our topsy-turvy times that the notion of liberty energizes our min…
The Triumph of Christianity
Ehrman points out how extraordinary it was that Christianity started out as a small offshoot of Judaism and became the official religion of the Roman Emp…
Yoga for Athletes
Author and yoga instructor Ryanne Cunningham lives in the Green Bay area, where she works with team members of the Green Bay Packers as well as athletes…
A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being
In contemporary Western societies, discussions of “well-being” seem ever-present. Government organizations show increased concern for their citizen’s wel…
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Ancient Greek and Roman Slavery
We know a great deal about the ancient civilizations of Athens and Rome, but much of it is about the senators, military leaders, battles, literature and…
Circe
Circe is a lesser nymph, a god with some similarities to humans. She falls in love with men, and she sings with a human voice. She is immortal, and this…
Don’t Wake Up
Dr. Alex Taylor works in a hospital in Bath, in southwest Britain. This mystery novel starts off with her in a hospital bed, waking up to find herself re…
Food You Can Forage
Foraging is particularly fashionable in the UK, as those who watch UK cooking competition shows on TV are probably aware. The idea is that one goes out t…
Getting Off
In her memoir of her life, Erica Garza portrays herself as a sexual addict. This is a difficult task to attempt since many readers will be suspicious tha…
How to Be a Stoic
Massimo Piggliuci provides an entertaining and approachable guide to Stoic living in his recent book, How to Be a Stoic. He has been running his excellen…
Phenomenology of Illness
In the beginning is an interruption. Disease interrupts life, and illness then means living with the perpetual interruption. — Arthur Frank…
Process-Based CBT
Astute readers will note that Hayes and others here are also proponent experts in ACT, a 3rd generation CBT, so the level of expertise to start is quite…
Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility
Reflections on Ethics and Responsibility: Essays in Honor of Peter A. French is a collection of essays written in the analytic tradition on mora…
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Sleep
Nick Littlehales argues that we sleep in 90 minute cycles, and that we need to go through 4 or 5 of these sleep cycles each day. But we do not need to ge…
The Dangerous Art of Blending In
Evan Panos is a high school senior at the start of the school year. He has several secrets. One is that he is gay. He has not come out to his family or h…
The Evolution of Beauty
The main question that Prum seeks to answer in The Evolution of Beauty is what drives the process of sexual selection. Evolution among animals i…
The Moral Punishment Instinct
In the new book, The Moral Punishment Instinct, psychologist Jan-Willem van Prooijen focuses his analysis of punishment on the desire to punish,…