Recently added articles from The Review of Metaphysics:
Cicero, Aquinas, and contemporary issues in natural law theory.(Thomas Aquinas)(Critical essay)
Mar 01, 2009; ... THE ADVENT OF THE "NEW NATURAL LAW" THEORY in the latter half of the twentieth century has had the welcome effect of inviting St. Thomas into discussion with contemporary moral, legal, and political philosophy. With Finnis's seminal work, a broadly Thomistic natural law was rendered not ...
The will as practical reason and the problem of akrasia.(Essay)
Mar 01, 2009; ... THERE IS A PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION, still strong, of identifying the will and practical reason, or of requiring a close and intelligible motivational connection between them. (1) Weakness of will, or akrasia, (2) has been widely discussed because of the difficulties it evidently presents ...
The grounds of right and obligation in Leibniz and Hobbes.(Gottfried Leibniz and Thomas Hobbes)(Critical essay)
Mar 01, 2009; ... RIGHT AND OBLIGATION are concepts central to moral philosophy. Whether one is a utilitarian, deontologist, contractarian, natural lawyer, theist, or virtue theorist, one must give some account of these concepts, if only to explain them away. Examining Leibniz's and Hobbes's grounds for ...
Fallacies regarding free will.(Critical essay)
Mar 01, 2009; ... IT IS NOT MY OBJECT HERE to argue that we humans do actually have free will. I merely want to show the fallaciousness of various arguments to the effect that we do not. Nor do I propose here to plumb into the analytic depths by spelling out in full detail just what it is that ...
An idea is not something mute like a picture on a pad.(Baruch Spinoza)(Critical essay)
Mar 01, 2009; ... SPINOZA KEPT A SKETCHBOOK in which he made drawings of his many visitors. Unlike Plotinus, he was not ashamed of his body and included himself among his renderings. (1) But the pictures were mute and still. They might suggest the sitters' personalities, but they did not move or speak. When ...
Beals, Corey. Levinas and the Wisdom of Love: The Question of Invisibility.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... BEALS, Corey. Levinas and the Wisdom of Love: The Question of Invisibility. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2007. xiii + 169 pp. Cloth, $39.95--Corey Beals gives us here his doctoral dissertation written at Fordham University under the direction of Merold Westphal. The text ...
Beards, Andrew. Method in Metaphysics: Lonergan and the Future of Analytical Philosophy.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... BEARDS, Andrew. Method in Metaphysics: Lonergan and the Future of Analytical Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. ix + 383 pp. Cloth, $75.00.--The purpose of the book, Beards writes, is to examine some recent work on metaphysics among philosophers working within the ...
Brundage, James A. The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession; Canonists, Civilians and Courts.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... BRUNDAGE, James A. The Medieval Origins of the Legal Profession; Canonists, Civilians and Courts. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. xvii + 607 pp. Cloth, $49.00.--James Brundage traces the history of the legal profession from its beginning in ancient Rome to its rebirth in the ...
Burger, Ronna. Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the "Nicomachean Ethics.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... BURGER, Ronna. Aristotle's Dialogue with Socrates: On the "Nicomachean Ethics." Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2008. viii + 309 pp. Cloth, $35.00--This remarkable and wonderful book on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics exhibits a profound understanding of both the contents and ...
Cary, Philip. Inner Grace: Augustine in the Traditions of Plato and Paul.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... CARY, Philip. Inner Grace: Augustine in the Traditions of Plato and Paul. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 208 pp. Cloth, $55. Outward Signs: The Powerlessness of External Things in Augustine's Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. 384 pp. Cloth, $74.--Inner Grace and ...
Clarke, D.S. Some Pragmatist Themes.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... CLARKE, D.S. Some Pragmatist Themes. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2007. xii + 102 pp. Cloth, $55.00--Professor Clarke gives us an accessible historical account of pragmatism, enhanced by chapter notes, bibliography, and a useful index. Clarke reviews five broad areas: epistemology, ...
Crosby, Donald A. Living with Ambiguity: Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... CROSBY, Donald A. Living with Ambiguity: Religious Naturalism and the Menace of Evil. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. xii + 124 pp. Cloth, $55.00--The author is an emeritus professor at Colorado State University. The book's thesis is: a) no God or ultimate being exists ...
Curle, Clinton Timothy, Humanite: John Humphrey's Alternative Account of Human Rights.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... CURLE, Clinton Timothy, Humanite: John Humphrey's Alternative Account of Human Rights. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007. xi + 212 pp. Cloth $50.00--In Humanite, Timothy Curle writes that his primary aim is to grasp John Humphrey's conception of universality as expressed in the ...
Dahlstrom, Daniel. Philosophical Legacies: Essays on the Thought of Kant, Hegel, and Their Contemporaries.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... DAHLSTROM, Daniel. Philosophical Legacies: Essays on the Thought of Kant, Hegel, and Their Contemporaries. Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Series, vol. 50. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008. xvi + 267 pp. Cloth, $64.95--Daniel Dahlstrom's ...
Dauphinais, Michael and Barry David and Matthew Levering, ed.: Aquinas the Augustinian.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... DAUPHINAIS, Michael and Barry David and Matthew Levering, ed. Aquinas the Augustinian. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2007. xxiv + 291 pp. Paper, $39.95--It is good to see a volume that acknowledges Thomas's status as a follower of Augustine and the debt which ...
Dean, Richard. The Value of Humanity in Kant's Moral Theory.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... DEAN, Richard. The Value of Humanity in Kant's Moral Theory. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. x + 270 pp. Cloth, $99.00.--In this work, the author confronts the problem of an apparent discrepancy in Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals. On the one hand, Kant ...
Fafara, Richard J. The Malebranche Moment: Selections from the Letters of Etienne Gilson & Henri Gouhier (1920-1936).(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... FAFARA, Richard J. The Malebranche Moment: Selections from the Letters of Etienne Gilson & Henri Gouhier (1920-1936). Marquette Studies in Philosophy, no. 48. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2007. 210 pp. Cloth: $27.00--Richard J. Fafara's The Malebranche Moment: Selections from the ...
Hahn, Songsuk Susan. Contradiction in Motion: Hegel's Organic Concept of Life and Value.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... HAHN, Songsuk Susan. Contradiction in Motion: Hegel's Organic Concept of Life and Value. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. 198 pp. Cloth, $49.95--Hahn argues for a naturalized interpretation of Hegel's theory of contradiction, and then finds examples of naturalized contradictions in ...
Harman, Graham. Heidegger Explained: From Phenomenon to Thing.(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... HARMAN, Graham. Heidegger Explained: From Phenomenon to Thing. Chicago, Ill.: Open Court, 2007. x + 193 pp. Paper, $19.95--Explaining Heidegger is a tall order. Doing so in English--or any language other than German--is particularly so. Graham Harman brings extensive knowledge and ...
Harris, Jay M. Maimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence.( )(Book review)
Mar 01, 2009; ... HARRIS, Jay M. Maimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2007. 343 pp. $65.00--Maimonides was more than a philosopher. He was a physician, a codifier of law and so a rabbinic and legal authority, and a transmitter and ...