BOOK REVIEWS
"Does Thomas Kuhn have a 'model of science'?", a jt.-written (with Wes
Sharrock) Critical Notice of S. Fuller's Thomas Kuhn: a philosophical history
for our times", in Social Epistemology 17: 2 &3 (2003) [Fuller replied to
our paper in the next issue of Social Epistemology]
"Whose Wittgenstein?" a jt.written (with Phil Hutchinson) Review essay of
G. Baker, Wittgenstein's method, D. Stern, Wittgenstein's Philosophical
Investigations, I. Dilman, Wittgenstein's Copernican Revolution & P. Hacker
Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies, in Philosophy 80 (July 2005),
pp.432-455.
"How and how not to write on a 'legendary' philosopher", a Review essay
of Steve Fuller, Kuhn vs. Popper, & Thomas Nickles (ed.), Thomas Kuhn, in
Philosophy of the Social Sciences (Sept.2005), 35:3.[Fuller replied at length in
the next issue, in his “The importance of being [Rupert] Read”.]
"'Discussion': A no-theory theory? Dan Hutto's, Wittgenstein: Neither theory
nor therapy", in Philosophical Investigations 29:1, 73-81,(2006).
"Book Review: P.Werhane’s Skepticism, Rules and Private Languages", in
Canadian Philos. Reviews (XIV:2, 1994).
"Book Review: D.Wood's The Power of Maps", in Radical Philosophy Review
of Books 10 (1994).
"Book Review: J.Guetti’s Wittgenstein and the Grammar of Literary
Experience", in The British Journal of Aesthetics (35:4, p412, (Oct. 1995)).
"Book Review: D.Stern's Wittgenstein: Mind and Language", in Journal of
the History of Philosophy (35:1 (1997), p151).
"Book Review: McAllister, van Eck and van de Vall (eds.), The question of
Style in Philosophy and the Arts", in Canadian Philosophical Reviews (XVI:3,
1996).
"Book Review: Edwin Hung's The nature of science: Problems and Perspectives",
in Teaching Philosophy (1998).
"Book Review: R. Hursthouse's On Virtue Ethics", in Philosophical
Investigations (24:3, 2001, 274-282).
"Book Review: A. Cunningham's The heart of what matters: The role for
literature in moral philosophy", in Mind 112 (no.447, 2003, 506-509)
"Heart of" is a version of this paper.
"Book Review: J. Floyd and S. Shieh (eds.), Future Pasts", in Philosophy
(78:1, 2003, 123-145).
Available here. (This is the whole book review
file, so you will have to scroll down to page 20 for this review!)
"Book Review: A. Bird, Thomas Kuhn", in International Studies in
Philosophy.2004
"Book Review: T. Kuhn, The Road Since Structure," in British Journal for
the Philosophy of Science, 55:1 (2004), 175-178.
"Kuhn review" is a version of this paper.
"Book Review: Martin Warner, A philosophical study of T.S. Eliot's Four
Quartets in Philosophical Books", in Philosophical Books (45:1, 2004,
86-89).
"Eliot review" is a version of the above paper.
"Book review: A.E. Pitson, Hume's philosophy of the self", in
Philosophical Quarterly, 55:219, 359-361, 2005.
A version is available here.
"Book review: Barsham and Bronson (eds.) 'The lord of the rings' and
philosophy", in Philosophical Psychology 18:3, (2005), 395-397.
A version of the paper is available here.
"Book review: J. Margolis, Reinventing Pragmatism & The unravelling of
scientism", in Philosophical Quarterly (jt. with Phil Hutchinson) 55:219,
(2005) 367-369.
“Margolis Review” is a longer (and preferred)
draft of a forthcoming book review of mine (jt. with Phil Hutchinson) that was
much edited before being accepted for publication.
"Persons and Passions: Essays in Honour of Annette Baier" ( University of Notre Dame press, 2005) is a review of the Whiting and Jenkins volume available here.
Empathy and Humanity: the Problem of Understanding (in Philosophical Investigations 24:3 July 2001) A review of hursthouse. Click
here.
A No-Theory?: Against Hutto on Wittgenstein (in Philosophical Investigations 29:1 January 2006) To see the response to Hutto on Wittgenstein, click
here.
(Forthcoming:)
“Book review: J. Cook, The Undiscovered Wittgenstein”, in Mind (jt. With
Phil Hutchinson)
is available here.
“Book review: D.McManus, The enchantment of words”, in Philosophy.
Click here for a final draft of the review.
Obituary: James Guetti, in Philosophy Now, Issue 60: March/April 2007.