All Reviews
Reviews are listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recent review appearing first in the list.
The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy
This volume is an excellent introduction to feminist philosophy, since it showcases the breadth and depth of feminist thinking across a wide range of philosophical traditions and topics, while featuring feminist perspectives that challenge and reconsi
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Philosophy and Life Writing
The anthology consists of ten essays originally published in the journal Life Writing. For those familiar with philosophy, the essays discuss many well-known philosophers, spiritual people, literates, and writers, such as Teresa of Avila, Jean-Jacques Rou
The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy
The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy consists of seven sections: (1) Family and Friendship, (2) Romance and Sex, (3) Politics and Society, (4) Animals, Nature, and the Environment, (5) Art, Faith, and Meaning, (6) Rationality and Morality, and (7)
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Toward a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry
Until the “collected works of Kenneth Kendler” are published at some point in the future, and I’d wager that the publication of such an epitome is more likely than not, Toward a Philosophical Approach to Psychiatry is likely to remain the most comprehensi
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Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell is intriguing for those interested in the topic even if it gets a little repetitive and has more detail than some will want, at around 350 pages, but it is an extremely useful resource. Presumably some of Ehrman’s claims will be controvers
Measuring What Counts
Early in Measuring What Counts the authors, led by Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz, state, “What we measure affects what we do. If we measure the wrong thing, we will do the wrong thing.” This is a book about economists using the wrong measure, GDP, as an in
Love
To the still developing literature on love it adds a new approach which is to see love as “our joyful response to a promise of ontological rootedness” (xiii). May devotes a great deal of research to identify the meaning and the sense of love in the existe
A Philosopher Goes to the Doctor
Ho’s overall purpose (p. ix) is to examine some relationships among reality, appearance, and value, in order to determine whether and which values can, do, or should motivate science and influence medicine. Accordingly, he identifies, describes, and judge
The Guardians
First let me say this is an excellent book. Second let me advise readers to read the author’s note at the end of the book. Third, pay attention to the news of the day.
How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
Donald Robertson is a therapist with a strong interest in philosophy and especially Stoicism. This book is about the Stoic techniques of self-calming and controlling emotions. He sets out the life of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and the various people a
The Not Good Enough Mother
In The Not Good Enough Mother, Sharon Lamb discusses her role as a psychologist who is often asked to be an expert witness for the Department of Child and Family. Lamb’s role is to provide her observations, knowledge and expertise through assessments of c
How to Be an Epicurean
Wilson characterizes Epicureanism as a form of both theoretical and practical thinking that started with Epicurus in the third century BCE and was developed especially by Lucretius in the first century BCE. She does not focus on the historical exegesis of
Boys & Sex
Peggy Orenstein wrote Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape in 2016. Her new book, Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity, is similar in its approach.…
Drop the Disorder!
This book is a collection of essays inspired by the event – and eventually series of events – called “A Disorder for Everyone!” (AD4E) hosted by authors Jo Watson (book editor) and Dr. Lucy Johnstone in the United Kingdom. …
Illness
The original edition of Carel’s book Illness: The Cry of the Flesh, published in 2008, made something of a splash. It was a raw expression-cum-examinatio…
Let’s Call It a Doomsday
Since we are destroying the earth, it is reasonable to prepare for the end of life as we know it. But when one girl acts on this, she is labelled as ment…
Motivational Yoga
Author Nancy Gerstein is a yoga teacher and entrepreneur who previously released the book Yoga’s Guiding Light, a manual providing 74 brief yoga class lesson plans…
Nihilism
I can think of no better time, in my long life, for a serious treatment of nihilism, both as an attitude and as a social disorder. Today is a time when o…
Pilates Anatomy
Pilates Anatomy, Second Edition is an updated version of the manual originally released by authors Rael Isacowtiz and Karen Clippinger back…
Planning, Time, and Self-Governance
In the early 1980s, Michael Bratman introduced his planning theory of intention, a major contribution to the philosophy of action. This the…
prettycitynewyork
This is a 256 page book with lots of pretty photographs of New York City, with pictures from the…
Queenie
Queenie is a remarkable novel in many ways. The narrator, Queenie, is written with such a clear voice and vivid character that she fully engages the read…
Responsible Brains
When someone is found guilty in the eyes of the law, how do we know if we are before an evil person or a sick person? How can the law find more reliable,…
The Arc of Love
Professor Ben Ze’ev, emeritus professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa in Israel, works in the interface between Philosophy and Psychology, and…
The Brain Health Book
The issue of a body-brain dichotomy has its origins in people such as Descartes, who spoke of us thinking and therefore existing, and ended somewhat with…