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Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography by Julian Young

Eva Cybulska is in two minds over a new Nietzsche biography.
[Issue 83: March/April 2011]

The Uses Of Pessimism and the Danger of False Hope by Roger Scruton

Roger Caldwell scrutinizes Scruton.
[Issue 82: January/February 2011]

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

Emily Anne Parker has a second look at The Second Sex.
[Issue 82: January/February 2011]

What Darwin Got Wrong by Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

Massimo Pigliucci tells us what Darwin got right.
[Issue 81: October/November 2010]

The Case For God by Karen Armstrong

John Loftus tells us what various fundamentalists get wrong.
[Issue 81: October/November 2010]

Emerson & Thoreau: Figures of Friendship

Scott F. Parker gets friendly with Emerson & Thoreau.
[Issue 80: August/September 2010]

Out Of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain by Alva Noë

Kurt Keefner tells you why you can’t be only your brain.
[Issue 80: August/September 2010]

Philosophy Through Science Fiction

Liz Stillwaggon Swan thinks through sci fi.
[Issue 80: August/September 2010]

Wild Justice by Marc Bekoff & Jessica Pierce

Sherrie Lyons judges Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce on animal legal rights.
[Issue 79: June/July 2010]

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis et al

Grant Bartley scrutinizes an epic graphic biography of Bertrand Russell.
[Issue 79: June/July 2010]