Consciousness - A Very Short Introduction
A volume in the OUP series 'Very Short Introductions' which in this case is an abridged version of the author's 2003 textbook already reviewed. Most…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Why We Exist - Inferences from Science for an Explanation of Human Purpose
This independent and well-researched book attempts an answer to the question implicit in its title. Three chapters are devoted to a discussion of religious and…… Read More »
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy - New Edition
This companion first came out 10 years ago, and has now been updated with an additional 300 entries. It contains all that one might expect…… Read More »
Astrology, Science and Culture: Pulling Down the Moon
Authors: Patrick Curry, Roy Willis
Reviewer: Jane Ridder-Patrick
Category: Astrology / Culture & Science
The central argument of Astrology, Science and Culture is that astrology is best understood as a divinatory technique, a dialogue with the divine. As a…… Read More »
THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT – OMISSIONS AND DISTORTIONS
This is the sequel to David Griffin's earlier book The New Pearl Harbor, which I reviewed in last summer's issue. The conclusion of the first,…… Read More »
THE NATURE OF ORDER, Volume 2, The Process of Creating Life
In my review of the first volume of The Nature of Order, I quoted Christopher Alexander's observation that 'our world is dominated by the order…… Read More »
GAIA'S GIFT: EARTH, OURSELVES AND GOD AFTER COPERNICUS
Debates about the emerging global environmental crises such as climate change tend to focus on the proximal issues of causation and rarely mention the more…… Read More »
POWER DOWN
Richard Heinberg's previous book The Party's Over, subtitled 'Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies' addressed the multi-faceted consequences of oil depletion, expressing his…… Read More »
Ways Through the Wall: Approaches to Citizenship in an Interconnected World
I was going to take this book with me on a trip to Israel, to read in the plane, but decided to avoid the possible…… Read More »
A BRIEF TOUR OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS
Ramachandran's short lively 5 chapter book barely comprises 100 pages of text (with almost as many devoted to notes and glossary). Clearly an enthusiast for…… Read More »