Books Received

• Published in: Inquiry (Oslo) 2002-06, Vol.45 (2), p.269-274
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0020-174X; 1502-3923
• DOI: 10.1080/002017402760093333

Unnecessary Evil: History and Moral Progress in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, Sharon Ander son-Gold. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2001, xiii +138 pp., $49.50, pb. $17.95. Knowledge and Reference in Empirical Science, Jody Azzouni. International Library of Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, xi + 259 pp., $50.00. Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings, Yuri Balashov and Alex Rosenberg (eds). Routledge Contemporary Readings in Philosophy. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, xiii + 522 pp. Of Myth, Life, and War in Plato's Republic, Claudia Baracchi. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, ix + 249 pp., $49.95, pb. $24.95. Ethics in Context: The Art of Dealing with Serious Questions, Gernot Böhme. Trans. Edmund Jephcott. Cambridge: Polity, 2001, ix + 189 pp., £45.00, pb. £13.99. The Philosophical Theory of the State and Related Essays, Bernard Bosenquet. Ed. with intro. Gerald F. Gaus and William Sweet Key Texts. Classic Studies in the History of Ideas. South Bend, IN: St Augustine's Press, 2001, xxxvii +388 pp., pb. no price given. Belief and its Neutralization: Husserl's System of Phenomenology in Ideas I, Marcus Brainard. SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York, 2002, xvii + 331 pp., $86.50, pb. $29.95. The Nature of Research: Inquiry in Academic Contexts, Angela Brew. London/New York: Routledge, 2001, v + 205 pp., pb. £18.99. Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide, Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp. London/New York: Routledge, 2002, x + 275 pp., (pb.) No price given. Fodor: Language, Mind and Philosophy, M. J. Cain. Key Contemporary Thinkers. Oxford: Polity, 2002, ix + 240 pp., £50.00, pb. £14.00. The Religious, John D. Caputo (ed.). Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Oxford/Maiden, MA: Blackwell, 2002, xiii + 322 pp., £55.00, pb. £16.99. 101 Philosophy Problems, Martin Cohen. 2nd ed. London/New York: Routledge, xviii + 229 pp., pb. £8.99. Hilary Putnam: Pragmatism and Realism, James Conant and Urszula M. Zeglen (eds). Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy. London/New York: 2002, xii + 242 pp., £50.00. Essay on the Origin of Human Knowledge, Etienne Bonnot de Condillac. Ed. and trans. Hans Aarsleff. Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xlv + 225 pp., $59.95, pb. $21.95. Theories of Democracy: A Critical Introduction, Frank Cunningham. Routledge Contemporary Political Philosophy. London/Ne