New Books in Philosophy
Elizabeth Schechter, “Self-Consciousness and Split Brains: The Mind’s I” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Elizabeth Schechter
Self-Consciousness and Split Brains
The Mind's I
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network March 11, 2019 Carrie Figdor

Human brains have two hemispheres whose major connection is the corpus callosum, which enables information to be shared between the hemispheres. Split-brain subjects are people whose corpus callosum has been surgically cut to alleviate epilepsy. This and other similar operations or conditions yield an odd phenomenon in which the patient... Read More
Guy Axtell, “Problems of Religious Luck: Assessing the Limits of Reasonable Religious Disagreement” (Lexington, 2019)
Guy Axtell
Problems of Religious Luck
Assessing the Limits of Reasonable Religious Disagreement
Lexington, 2019

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 1, 2019 Robert Talisse

Our lives are shot through with contingency – where, when, and into what circumstances we are born is largely a matter of chance. And yet those features play determining roles in our lives. The languages we speak, the customs we practice, as well as our tastes and ambitions, all seem... Read More
Ethan Mills, “Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India: Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa” (Lexington Books, 2018)
Ethan Mills
Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India
Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa
Lexington Books, 2016

New Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network February 20, 2019 Alexus McLeod

Skepticism has a long history in the Western tradition, from Pyrrhonian Skepticism in the Hellenistic period to more contemporary forms of skepticism most often used as foils to theories of knowledge. The existence of skepticism in Indian Philosophy, however, has long been neglected in favor of dogmatic positions. In Three... Read More
Jonathan Birch, “The Philosophy of Social Evolution” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Jonathan Birch
The Philosophy of Social Evolution

Oxford University Press, 2017

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Sociology February 11, 2019 Carrie Figdor

It seems to go against evolutionary theory for an individual to give up its own chances at reproducing in order to increase the fitness of others. Yet social behavior is found throughout nature, from bacteria and social insects to wolves, whales, and of course humans. What makes self-sacrifice to any... Read More
Henry S. Richardson, “Articulating the Moral Community: Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Henry S. Richardson
Articulating the Moral Community
Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network February 1, 2019 Robert Talisse

Even those among us who think that morality is rooted in timeless normative truths will acknowledge that the overall moral fabric that binds us to one another is subject to various kinds of renovation and expansion.  To take a simplistic example, the advent of the Internet has occasioned a host... Read More

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