Philosophy

Reviewed by: 

In the United States, the current election season has brought forth a motley grab bag of presidential candidates.

Reviewed by: 

In “Mercury,” the first of four all-too-brief essays that together comprise the final thin volume of his writings, entitled Gratitude, Oliver Sacks writes of his patients “in their ninetie

Reviewed by: 

“Tell me how you read and I'll tell you who you are.” Martin Heidegger said these words with conviction.

Reviewed by: 

“Nafis Sadik is a woman who set out to ‘change the world’—and in many ways she did just that.”

Reviewed by: 

“Not exactly a party game, but a genuine mind-bending variety of puzzles on issues that matter to us . . .”

Reviewed by: 

“. . . encapsulates the major ideas of Western thought into a simple and honest narrative.”

Reviewed by: 

“. . . a needed focus on the complicated debate.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“In God’s Shadow is an interesting scholarly book on a challenging topic.”

“How much room for politics can there be when God is the ultimate ruler?”

Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Dr. Gazzaniga is careful to explain complex scientific data in terms that those outside the neurosciences can understand.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

“Professor DiCarlo’s contribution is not to be a pain in any body part, but rather to write on methods of argumentation and criticism; and to answer important questions.”

Reviewed by: 

“The composition is precise, learned and detailed, with beautifully crafted prose and a meandering style that keeps the eye fixed on the page.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

This treatise condenses profound teachings about the “middle way,” between idealism and materialism, as the philosophical grounding for the Buddhist balance.

Reviewed by: 

Trungpa Rinpoche’s controversial “crazy wisdom” methods of cutting through “spiritual materialism” to penetrate the superficially captivated, shopping-mall mentality of his Western audiences with t

Pages