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On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry

Peter Benson applauds a beautiful book on beauty by Elaine Scarry.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

The Power of Ideas by Isaiah Berlin

Antony Flew devours a vastly varied collection of essays by the late Isaiah Berlin.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004]

Descartes’s Method of Doubt by Janet Broughton

Harry Bracken frets about Janet Broughton’s non-historical book on Descartes’ ideas.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism

Les Reid on a companion to Postmodernism which, rather unpostmodernly, gives a clear account of the historical facts of its subject matter.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003]

Zeno and the Tortoise by Nicholas Fearn

Adam Carter browses through Nicholas Fearn’s introduction to philosophy for bartenders who wear baseball caps.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

The Structure of Thinking by Laura Weed

Scott O’Reilly gets quite excited about a new book on the nature of the mind by Laura Weed.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003]

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by David Lamb

Edward Ingram gazes heavenwards and tells us about the Search for Little Green Men.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003]

Designer Babies: Where Should We Draw the Line?

Michael Williams gazes inwards and agonizes about the prospects of a proper public debate on such matters as genetic engineering.
[Issue 41: May/June 2003]

Human Nature After Darwin by Janet Radcliffe Richards

Glenn Branch ponders Janet Radcliffe Richards’ book about the current state of Darwin’s revolution.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003]