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BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Joe Dewhurst

Next Home Previous Explanation and Integration in Mind and Brain Science David M. Kaplan Reviewed by Joe Dewhurst Explanation and Integration in Mind and Brain Science David M. Kaplan (ed) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £45 ISBN 9780199685509 The debate over whether, and to what extent, psychological explanations can be considered to be ‘autonomous’ is an old one,

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Gregor Halfmann

Next Home Previous Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition Linnda R. Caporael, James R. Griesemer, and William C. Wimsatt Reviewed by Gregor Halfmann Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture and Cognition Linnda R. Caporael, James R. Griesemer, and William C. Wimsatt ( eds ) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014, £55.95 ISBN 9780262019552 This collection of essays

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Matteo Colombo

Next Home Previous Real Hallucinations Matthew Ratcliffe Reviewed by Matteo Colombo Real Hallucinations: Psychiatric Illness, Intentionality, and the Interpersonal World Matthew Ratcliffe Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2017, £32.95 ISBN 9780262036719 Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Carl F. Craver

Next Home Previous The New Mechanical Philosophy Stuart Glennan Reviewed by Carl F. Craver The New Mechanical Philosophy Stuart Glennan Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £30.00 ISBN 9780198779711 The New Mechanical Philosophy is Stuart Glennan’s most comprehensive treatment of the philosophical worldview he championed well before his audacious title had a

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author David Corfield

Next Home Previous Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense Roi Wagner Reviewed by David Corfield Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice Roi Wagner Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, £37.95 ISBN 9780691171715 Reading the opening pages of this book, an enormous sympathy welled up in me towards its author.

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author David Glick

Next Home Previous The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy Richard Healey Reviewed by David Glick The Quantum Revolution in Philosophy Richard Healey Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, £35.00 ISBN 9780198714057 What is it that’s revolutionary about quantum theory (QT)? Traditionally, it has been thought that the answer consists in novel and surprising aspects of the world it describes:

BJPS Review Of BooksPhilosophy, Ethics and Religion
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Author Seamus Bradley

Next Home Previous Decision Theory with a Human Face Richard Bradley Reviewed by Seamus Bradley Decision Theory with a Human Face Richard Bradley Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, £75.00 ISBN 9781107003217 This is an ambitious book on an interesting topic.