Reviews: Books

Simone Weil by Francine du Plessix Gray

When the brilliant, tragic Simone Weil died in 1943, she was only 34, but her ideas still inspire. Martin Andic ponders a new biography by Francine du Plessix Gray.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002]

The Ethics of Star Trek by Barad & Robertson

Ken Marsalek is confronted by a bunch of Socratic starship captains in The Ethics of Star Trek.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Wagner and Philosophy by Bryan Magee

Ralph Blumenau devours Bryan Magee’s new book about Wagner the philosophical composer.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002]

Quintessence: Realising the Archaic Future: A Radical Elemental Feminist Manifesto by Mary Daly

Terri Murray samples Mary Daly’s highly individual style and concludes that it enhances her ‘desperate’ message.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Nature Loves to Hide by Shimon Malin

Sam Nico commends Shimon Malin’s illuminating look at the philosophy in quantum physics.
[Issue 33: September/October 2001]

Logic and its Limits by Patrick Shaw

Edward Ingram enjoys a surprisingly lively introduction to logic by Patrick Shaw.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001]

Towards the Definition of Philosophy by Martin Heidegger

Roger Caldwell reads some never-before translated lectures by an ambitious young Martin Heidegger.
[Issue 32: June/July 2001]

The Fourth Way by Donald Wilhelm

Robert Taylor ponders the politics of the information age with Donald Wilhelm.
[Issue 31: March/April 2001]

Making Sense of Taste: Food & Philosophy by Carolyn Korsmeyer

Is eating “a small exercise in mortality”? Erin McKenna consumes a tasteful but non-fattening book by Carolyn Korsmeyer.
[Issue 31: March/April 2001]

Truth and Progress by Richard Rorty

Is truth about the way the world is, or is it about what is convenient for society? Les Reid takes a look at a modern pragmatist and asks: Who’s Afraid of Richard Rorty?
[Issue 30: December 2000 / January 2001]

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