New Books in Philosophy
David Rondel, “Pragmatist Egalitarianism” (Oxford UP, 2018)
David Rondel
Pragmatist Egalitarianism

Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & Society November 5, 2018 Robert Talisse

Pragmatism is a longstanding philosophical idiom that advocates public-facing philosophy – philosophy that abandons merely academic puzzles and addresses itself to the social and political problems of the day.  This commitment is perhaps most firmly manifest in John Dewey.  Unsurprisingly, Dewey wrote extensively in social and political philosophy, focusing in... Read More
Robert A. Wilson, “The Eugenic Mind Project” (MIT Press, 2017)
Robert A. Wilson
The Eugenic Mind Project

MIT Press, 2017

New Books in Genocide StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network October 15, 2018 Carrie Figdor

For most of us, eugenics — the “science of improving the human stock” — is a thing of the past, commonly associated with Nazi Germany and government efforts to promote a pure Aryan race. This view is incorrect: even in California, for example, sterilization of those deemed mentally defective was... Read More
Candice Delmas, “A Duty to Resist: When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Candice Delmas
A Duty to Resist
When Disobedience Should Be Uncivil
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in LawNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in PoliticsNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network October 1, 2018 Robert Talisse

According to a long tradition in political philosophy, there are certain conditions under which citizens may rightly disobey a law enacted by a legitimate political authority.  That is, it is common for political philosophers to recognize the permissibility of civil disobedience, even under broadly just political conditions.  There are, of... Read More
Anjan Chakravartty, “Scientific Ontology: Integrating Naturalized Metaphysics and Voluntarist Epistemology” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Anjan Chakravartty
Scientific Ontology
Integrating Naturalized Metaphysics and Voluntarist Epistemology
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ScienceNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network September 17, 2018 Carrie Figdor

A scientific ontology is a view about what a scientific theory says exists. Longstanding philosophical debate on this issue divides into two broad camps: anti-realists, who think scientific theories are committed to the existence only of those things that can be observed, and realists, who hold that these theories are... Read More
Shelley Tremain, “Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability” (U Michigan Press, 2017)
Shelley Tremain
Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability

University of Michigan Press, 2017

New Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in PhilosophyNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 11, 2018 Dave O'Brien

How should we understand disability? In Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability (University of Michigan Press, 2017), Dr. Shelley Tremain explores this complex question from the perspective of feminist philosophy, using the work of Michel Foucault. The book is a fascinating critique of much contemporary philosophy and policy, providing a detailed, but easy... Read More

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