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Chiara Russo Krauss, “Wundt, Avenarius and Scientific Psychology: A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019)
Chiara Russo Krauss
Wundt, Avenarius and Scientific Psychology
Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

New Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network September 10, 2019 Carrie Figdor

At the start of the 19th century, the field we now call psychology was still the branch of philosophy that studied the soul. How did psychology come to define itself as a separate area of inquiry, and how did it come to be a science? In Wundt, Avenarius and Scientific... Read More
Amy Olberding, “The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Amy Olberding
The Wrong of Rudeness
Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & Society September 3, 2019 Natasha Heller

Amy Olberding’s The Wrong of Rudeness: Learning Modern Civility from Ancient Chinese Philosophy (Oxford UP, 2019) is a joy to read, both entertaining and rich in ideas. The Wrong of Rudeness asks a key question for our times: how do we interact with each other, especially in politically contentious situations?... Read More
Patricia Marino, “Philosophy of Sex and Love” (Routledge, 2019)
Patricia Marino
Philosophy of Sex and Love

Routledge, 2019

New Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network September 2, 2019 Robert Talisse

For those who think that philosophy must speak to everyday experience and ordinary life, it would seem that philosophical questions occasioned by love and sex should take center stage.  Moral, epistemic, metaphysical, and political issues surrounding sex and love pervade our culture.  Where would pop music, television, and fine art... Read More
John T. Lysaker, “Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought” (U Chicago Press, 2018)
John T. Lysaker
Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought

University of Chicago Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 20, 2019 Sarah K. Tyson

What is the relationship between the form of writing and what can be thought? How is a writer’s thinking shaped by form? How is a reader’s? Does this matter for philosophy? In Philosophy, Writing, and the Character of Thought (University of Chicago Press, 2018), John T. Lysaker explores the importance... Read More
Samir Okasha, “Agents and Goals in Evolution” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Samir Okasha
Agents and Goals in Evolution

Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Carrie Figdor

Evolutionary biologists standardly treat organisms as agents: they have goals and purposes and preferences, and their behaviors and adaptive traits contribute to the achievement of their goals. This explanatory practice brings evolutionary biology into conceptual contact with rational choice theory, which provides models of how people make decisions and act... Read More
Quassim Cassam, “Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Quassim Cassam
Vices of the Mind
From the Intellectual to the Political
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network August 1, 2019 Robert Talisse

Sometimes people are blameworthy or otherwise not admirable because of what they believe. And sometimes they are blameworthy or otherwise not admirable because of how they believe – broadly, their ways of thinking, inquiring, handling evidence, and managing information. We sometimes criticize others for being careless, dogmatic, gullible, and so... Read More
Susanna Schellenberg, “The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, and Evidence” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Susanna Schellenberg
The Unity of Perception
Content, Consciousness, and Evidence
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network July 10, 2019 Carrie Figdor

How does perception result in thoughts about items in the world (such as dogs or flowers) and in conscious states of many kinds (such as experiences of seeing red)? How does perception provide evidence for our beliefs (such as the belief that there is a red rose in front of... Read More