by Site Owner | Nov 21, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Philosophy
by Peter Brooks Princeton University Press, $29.95, 226 pages Somewhere near the end of this ellusive, fragmentary book, one line captures its essence: “That which is hidden, reveals itself when you know it must be there, when you have postulated its discovery as...
by Site Owner | Nov 7, 2011 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Current Events & Politics, Nature, Outdoors & Animals
by Philip Kitcher Prometheus Books, $28.00, 270 pages Philosopher Philip Kitcher asks his readers to think differently about science and democracy. Rather than consider what they are (a value-neutral process for investigation the objective world; a process for...