BOOKS Picture Imperfect JOHN SCHWENKLER Let us begin with Descartes, since arguably it is with him that the present story has its origin. In his Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), the...
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ARTICLE Untempted by the Consequences John Schwenkler The philosopher G.E.M. Anscombe was fearless in argument, taking on C. S. Lewis, Bernard Williams, and Harry Truman. But she believed that...
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BOOKS John Schwenkler Inconvenient On Truth Simon Blackburn Oxford University Press, $12.95, 160 pp. What should one expect of a philosophical theory of truth? One possible answer is that such...
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John Schwenkler A Purpose-Driven Life From Bacteria to Bach and Back Daniel Dennett W. W. Norton, $18.95, 496 pp. The latest book from the philosopher Daniel Dennett is a work of tremendous...
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John Schwenkler Natural Enemies? Where the Conflict Really Lies Science, Religion, and Naturalism Alvin Plantinga Oxford University Press, $27.95, 376 pp. The scientific discoveries of the...
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An Economy of Care It Starts with Food John Schwenkler & David Cloutier What does it really mean to care about what one eats? Many Americans are obsessed with their diets, but not...
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John Schwenkler The Thinking Animal The Engaged Intellect Philosophical Essays John McDowell Harvard University Press, $45, 360 pp. Having the World in View Essays on Kant,...
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Commonweal . January 30, 2009 2 antonucci After Enlightenment dismantling of what he calls the “form principle”: the idea, which finds its most famous formulation in the thought of...
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