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Philosophy in Practice (20th C)

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Trevor Curnow (ed.)   Thinking Through Dialogue Peter Raabe
Christopher Phillips   Socrates Café: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy David Arnaud
Tim LeBon   Wise Therapy: Philosophy for Counsellors  Peter Raabe
Christopher Phillips   The Philosopher’s Club David Arnaud
Lou Marinoff   Philosophical Practice Peter Raabe
Shlomit C. Schuster Philosophy Practice: An Alternative to Counseling and Psychotherapy Susan Elinor Wright
Alex Howard Philosophy for Counselling and Psychotherapy: Pythagoras to Postmodernism Trevor Curnow
Alain de Botton The Consolations of Philosophy Tim LeBon
Peter B. Raabe Philosophical Counselling: Theory and Practice Michael Picard
Stephen Law The Philosophy Files Tim LeBon
Peter Raabe Issues in Philosophical Counselling Karin Murris
Henning Herrestrad, Anders Holt, and Helge Svare (eds) Philosophy in Society Peter Raabe
Marvin T. Brown The Ethical Process: An Approach To Disagreements And Controversial Issues (third edition). David Arnaud

20th Century General

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Janet Radcliffe Richards   Human Nature after Darwin Antonia Macaro
Hugh Bredin and Liberato Santoro-Brienza   Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Introducing Aesthetics Trevor Curnow
Peter A. French and Howard K. Wettstein (eds)   Midwest Studies in Philosophy Vol.  XXII: The Philosophy of Emotions Trevor Curnow
Steven Nadler   Spinoza, A Life Trevor Curnow
Gemma Corradi Fiumara   The Mind’s Affective Life Peter Raabe
George Ainslie   Breakdown of Will Antonia Macaro
Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont Intellectual Impostures Trevor Curnow
Peter Kingsley In the Dark Places of Wisdom Trevor Curnow
Hans-Georg Gadamer   The Beginning of Knowledge (trans. Rod Coltman) Trevor Curnow
Gunnar Skirbekk and Nile Gilje   A History of Western Thought: from ancient Greece to the twentieth century (trans. Ronald Worley) Trevor Curnow
John Dupré Human Nature and the Limits of Science Trevor Curnow
Mary Warnock A Memoir: people and places Trevor Curnow
Graham Priest An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic Trevor Curnow
Laura Duhan Kaplan (ed.) Philosophy and Everyday Life

 Tim LeBon
Elijah Millgram (ed.) Varieties of Practical Reasoning

 David Arnaud
Martha C. Nussbaum
 Upheavals of Thought: the intelligence of emotions Trevor Curnow
John R. Searle Rationality in Action Neil Levy 
Onora O’Neill A Question of Trust Trevor Curnow
Todd May  Our Practices, our selves, or, What it means to be human Costica Bradatan 
Jorge J. E. Garcia and Timothy B. Noone (eds) A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages Trevor Curnow
Stefaan E. Cuypers Self-Identity and Personal Autonomy; an analytical anthropology Trevor Curnow
David Wasserman and Robert Wachbroit (eds) Genetics and Criminal Behavior Trevor Curnow
Allen Buchanan, Dan W. Brock, Norman Daniels and Daniel Wikler From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice Neil Levy 
Bo Mou (ed.) Two Roads to Wisdom? Chinese and Analytic Philosophical Traditions. Trevor Curnow
Chung-Ying Cheng and Nicholas Bunnin Contemporary Chinese Philosophy
 Elliott Shaw
George. B. Blake Married Again: Making the Right Decision the Next Time David Arnaud
A. C. Grayling The Reason of Things: Living with Philosophy David Arnaud

Ancient Greek, Roman and Chinese Philosophy

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Richard Sorabji    Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation Tim LeBon
W. R. Johnson   Lucretius and the Modern World Trevor Curnow
Lawrence C. Becker   A New Stoicism Trevor Curnow
Rosemary Kent Sprague (ed)    The Older Sophists Trevor Curnow
Melissa Lane   Plato's Progeny: how Plato and Socrates still captivate the modern mind Trevor Curnow
John M. Cooper    Reason and Emotion: essays on ancient moral psychology and ethical theory Trevor Curnow
Julia Annas   Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction Antonia Macaro
Gerard Hughes   Aristotle on Ethics Antonia Macaro
Mark Forstater   The Spiritual Teachings of Seneca Antonia Macaro
Alfonso Gómez-Lobo   The Foundations of Socratic Ethics Trevor Curnow
Charles H. Kahn Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: a brief history Trevor Curnow
Anthony Gottlieb   The Dream of Reason Tim leBon
Philip J. Ivanhoe and Bryan W. Van Norden (eds)   Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy Trevor Curnow
Philip J. Ivanhoe   Ethics in the Confucian Tradition (second edition) Trevor Curnow
Steven Shankman and Stephen Durrant The Siren and the Sage: knowledge and wisdom in ancient Greece and China Trevor Curnow
Mark Forstater The Spiritual Teachings of Marcus Aurelius Keith Seddon
Luis E. Navia

Antisthenes of Athens: setting the world aright

 Trevor Curnow
Mel Thompson The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks

 Trevor Curnow

Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon   Transforming Critical Thinking: Thinking Constructively Susanne Gibson
Kathleen M. Galotti   Making Decisions That Matter: how people face important life choices David Arnaud
Reid Hastie and Robyn M. Dawes   Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: the psychology of judgment and decision making David Arnaud
Robert P. Cavalier Personal Motivation: A Model For Decision Making David Arnaud
Daniel A. Feldman Critical Thinking: Strategies for Decision Making (a 50-Minute Book) David Arnaud
Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl The Philosopher’s Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods David Arnaud
Gerd Gigerenzer Reckoning with risk: learning to live with uncertainty

 David Arnaud

Ethics and the Good Life (Contemporary)

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Norman S. Care   Decent People Trevor Curnow
Lawrence C. Becker and Charlotte B. Becker (eds)   Encyclopaedia of Ethics, second edition (3 vols) Trevor Curnow
Burton F. Porter The Good Life: alternatives in ethics (3rd edition) Trevor Curnow
Antti Mattila   ‘Seeing Things in a New Light.’ Reframing in Therapeutic Conversation Trevor Curnow
David A. Jopling   Self-Knowledge and the Self Trevor Curnow
Marjorie Mayers Streetkids and Streetscapes: Panhandling, Politics and Prophecies John Colbeck
Alfred R. Mele Self-Deception Unmasked Trevor Curnow
Richard John Neuhaus (ed.) The Eternal Pity: Reflections on Dying Susanne Gibson

Classics Reviews

Author

Title

 Reviewer
Epictetus   The Handbook Trevor Curnow
Bertrand Russell   History of Western Philosophy Trevor Curnow
José Ortega y Gasset    What is Philosophy? Trevor Curnow
Boethius  (trans. and ed. Joel  Relihan)   Consolation of Philosophy Trevor Curnow
Cicero   On Moral Ends (ed. Julia Annas) Trevor Curnow
Immanuel Kant The Critique of Pure Reason Trevor Curnow
Lucretius On the Nature of Things (trans. and ed. Martin Ferguson Smith)

 Trevor Curnow
Thomas More (George M. Logan and Robert M Adams eds) Utopia (revised edition)  Trevor Curnow

Anyone wishing to contribute reviews, suggest titles suitable for review, or be put on the ‘Books Received’ mailing list should contact Trevor Curnow, preferably by email to: curnow@practical-philosophy.org. You are advised not to send unsolicited reviews in case a solicited one is already in the pipeline. Reviews should preferably be between 500 and 1000 words in length. The general guidelines contained in the journal’s ‘Notes for Contributors’ apply.  Any materials which need to be sent by post should be addressed to: Dr Trevor Curnow, Book Review Editor - Practical Philosophy, Department of Religion and Ethics, St Martin’s College, Lancaster LA1 3JD, England, UK

 

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