There have been several interesting reviews at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews recently. These include some of the first reviews to come in since I joined the editorial board there. So far that’s involved suggesting potential reviewers and reading reviews that come in to check them over before publication. Don’t be surprised if you see a slight uptick in the proportion of Scotland-based reviews in the next few months!
But the three reviews I wanted to highlight weren’t ones I had anything to do with. They are
- Debra Satz, Rob Reich (eds.), The Political Philosophy of Susan Moller Okin, Reviewed by Ann E. Cudd, University of Kansas
- Richard Holton, Willing, Wanting, Waiting, Reviewed by Carl Ginet, Cornell University
- Galen Strawson, Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics, Reviewed by Sydney Shoemaker, Cornell University
I hadn’t actually realised that Richard Holton had written up his work on will and intention into a book, and it’s something I’m looking forward to reading. I’ve learned a lot from Richard’s papers on these topics over the years. (Obviously much of Deontology and Descartes’ Demon draws on ideas that he developed, for instance.) And although it looks from the review that the book recapitulates a lot of what’s in the papers, seeing the ideas as a unified whole will I’m sure be valuable.
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