Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Coherence of Theism. By RICHARD SWINBURNE.
Metaphor and Myth in Science and Religion . By EARL R. MACCORMAC.
The Metaphysics of Experience: A Companion to Whitehead's "Process and Reality." By ELIZABETH M. KRAUS.     

Book Reviews

Knowing Persons: a Study in Plato. By Lloyd Gerson.
Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics: Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction. By Deborah Achtenberg.
Aristotle: Political Philosophy. By Richard Kraut.
Mind, Metaphysics and Value in the Thomistic and Analytical Traditions. Edited By John Haldane.
Thomas Aquinas: Approaches to Truth. Edited By James Mcevoy and Michael Dunne
After Aquinas: Versions of Thomism. By Fergus Kerr
Aquinas. By Brian Davies
Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature. By Robert Pasnau
A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy. Edited By Steven Nadler
Kant: a Biography. by Manfred Kuehn
Knowledge and its Place in Nature. by Hilary Kornblith
Belief's Own Ethics. By Jonathan E. Adler
Intellectual Trust in Oneself and Others. by Richard Foley
Impartiality in Moral and Political Philosophy. by Susan Mendus
The Culture of Toleration in Diverse Societies. Edited by Catriona Mckinnon and Dario Castiglione
The Moral and Political Status of Children. Edited by David Archard and Colin Macleod     

Book Reviews

The Beginning of Knowledge . By Hans-Georg Gadamer.
Does Socrates Have a Method? Rethinking the Elenchus in Plato's Dialogues and Beyond . Edited by Gary Alan Scott.
Plato's Utopia Recast . By Christopher Bobonich.
Pity Transformed . By David Konstan.
Das Problem des Unendlichen im ausgehenden 14. Jahrhundert: eine Studie mit Textedition zum Physikkommentar des Lorenz von Lindores . By Thomas Dewender.
Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes . Edited by Olli Koistinen and John Biro.
Berkeley's World: an Examination of the Three Dialogues . By Tom Stoneham.
Tales of the Mighty Dead: Historical Essays in the Metaphysics of Intentionality . By Robert B. Brandom.
The Cambridge Companion to Gadamer . Edited by Robert J. Dostal.
Beyond Rigidity: the Unfinished Semantic Agenda of 'Naming and Necessity' . By Scott Soames.
The Problem of Perception . By A.D. Smith.
Ethical Particularism: an Essay on Moral Reasons . By Ulrik Kihlbom.
Themes in the Philosophy of Music . By Stephen Davies.
The Improvisation of Musical Dialogue: a Phenomenology of Music . By Bruce Ellis Benson.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed: Joshua I. Miller, Democratic Temperament: The Legacy of William James Ellen Kappy Suckiel, Heaven's Champion: William James's Philosophy of Religion Ruth Anna Putnam (ed), The Cambridge Companion to William James David L. Hall and Roger T. Ames, Democracy of the Dead: Dewey, Confucious, and the Hope for Democracy in China Dale Jacquette, Wittgenstein's Thought in Transition Michael T. Chiselin, Metaphysics and the Origin of Species Richard Swinburne, Is There a God? Evert van der Zweerde, Soviet Historiography of Philosophy Rem B. Edwards (ed), Ethics of Psychiatry: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care Jennifer Radden, Divided Minds and Successive Selves: Ethical Issues in Disorders of Identity and Personality     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Individual and Conflict in Greek Ethics. By Nicholas White.
Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism. By Alan Bailey.
The Cambridge Companion to Duns Scotus. Edited by Thomas Williams.
Thomas Reid and Scepticism: his Reliabilist Response. By Philip de Bary.
Dugald Stewart: the Pride and Ornament of Scotland. By Gordon Macintyre.
Human Rights and Chinese Thought: a Cross-Cultural Inquiry. By Stephen C. Angle.
Thought and World: an Austere Portrayal of Truth, Reference and Semantic Correspondence. By Christopher Hill.
The Correspondence Theory of Truth: an Essay on the Metaphysics of Predication. By Andrew Newman.
Thinking about Consciousness. By David Papineau.
Selves and Other Texts: the Case for Cultural Realism. By Joseph Margolis.
A History of Political Thought from Ancient Greece to Early Christianity. By Janet Coleman.
A History of Political Thought from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. By Janet Coleman.
Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship. By Will Kymlicka.
Deliberative Democracy and Beyond: Liberals, Critics, Contestations. By John S. Dryzek.
Fairness versus Welfare. By Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell.     

Book Reviews

Ridley, Aaron Music, Value and the Passions
Kivy, Peter Authenticities: Philosophical Reflections on Musical Performance
Lamarque, Peter and Olsen, Stein Haugom Truth, Fiction and Literature: a Philosophical Perspective
van Eck, C.A., McAllister, J.W. and van de Vall, R. (eds) The Question of Style in Philosophy and the Arts
Budd, Malcolm Values of Art: Pictures, Poetry and Music
Herwitz, Daniel Making Theory/Constructing Art
Kymlicka, Will Multicultural Citizenship: a Liberal Theory of Minority Rights
Solomon, Robert About Love: Re-inventing Romance for our Time
Peacocke C. (ed) Objectivity, Simulation and the Unity of Consciousness: Current Issues in the Philosophy of Mind
Gómez-Lobo, Alfonso The Foundations of Socratic Ethics
van der Waerdt, Paul A. (ed) The Socratic Movement
Barnes, Jonathan (ed) The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle
Westberg, Daniel, Right Practical Reason: Aristotle, Action and Prudence in Aquinas
Carr, Craig L. (ed) The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf
Waxman, Wayne Hume's Theory of Consciousness
Moore, E.C. and Robin, R.S. (eds) From Time and Chance to Consciousness: Studies in the Metaphysics of Charles S. Peirce
Campbell, James Understanding John Dewey: Nature and Co-operative Intelligence
Kenny, Anthony Frege
Carl, Wolfang Frege's Theory of Sense and Reference
Hager, Paul J. Continuity and Change in the Development of Russell's Philosophy
Blackwell, Kenneth and Ruja, Harry, A Bibliography of Bertrand Russell     

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY

Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas. John I. Jenkins. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997. pp. 267. £35.00 hb. ISBN 0–521–58126–5. The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas. Norman Kretzmann and Eleonore Stump. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993. pp. 302. £12.95 pb. ISBN 0–521–43769–5. The Metaphysics of Theism: Aquinas's Natural Theology in the Summa Contra Gentiles I. Norman Kretzmann. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997. pp. 302. £35.00 hb. ISBN 0–19–823660–3. Thomas Aquinas: God and Explanations. C. F. J. Martin. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1997. pp. 212. £40.00 hb. ISBN 0–7486–0901–6. Theories of Cognition in the Later Middle Ages. Robert Pasnau. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997. pp. 330. £37.00 hb. ISBN 0–521–58368–3.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Norman Kretzmann, The Metaphysics of Theism: Aquina's Natural Theology in Summa Contra Gentiles I The Metaphysics of Creation: Aquina's Natural Theology in Summa contra Gentiles II
Alessandro Ferrara, Reflective Authenticity: Rethinking the Project of Modernity
David Cockburn, Other Times: Philosophical Perspectives on Past, Present and Future
Paul Horwich, Meaning
John Cook, Morality and Cultural Differences
Ruth Macklin, Against Relativism: Cultural Diversity and the Search for Ethical Universals in Medicine
Richard Rorty, Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers, Volume 3     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Randy E. Barnett, The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law
Scott Soames, Understanding Truth
David C. Jacobs (ed), The Presocratics After Heidegger
Daniel C. Dennett, Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds
Jerry A. Fodor, Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong
John Haugeland, Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind
Brian Garrett, Personal Identity and Self-Consciousness
JoséLuis Bermúdez, The Paradox of Self-Consciousness
Alan Patten, Hegel's Idea of Freedom
Amie L. Thomasson, Fiction and Metaphysics     

Book Reviews

R. Hursthouse, G. Lawrence and W. Quinn (eds) Virtues and Reasons: Philippa Foot and Moral Theory
Gilbert Harman and Judith Jarvis Thomson Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity
Deal W. Hudson Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction
Jean Hampton Political Philosophy
Philippe van Parijs Real Freedom for All: What (If Anything) Can Justify Capitalism
David Miller and Michael Walzer (eds) Pluralism, Justice, and Equality
Norman Daniels Justice and Justification: Reflective Equilibrium in Theory and Practice
Dennis Patterson (ed.) A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory
Brian Bix Law, Language and Legal Determinacy
Mark Kaplan Decision Theory as Philosophy
Susan Haack Evidence and Enquiry
Ellery Eells and Brian Skyrms (eds) Probabilities and Conditionals
John Bacon Universals and Property Instances: the Alphabet of Being
Nicholas Jolley (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz
Barry Smith and David Woodruff Smith (eds) The Cambridge Companion to Husserl
Brian McGuinness and G.H. von Wright (eds) Ludwig Wittgenstein: Cambridge Letters     

Real Metaphysics

Book Information Real Metaphysics. Real Metaphysics Hallvard Lillehammer and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, eds., London : Routledge, 2003, VIII + 248, £65 (cloth), £19.99 (paper) Edited by Hallvard Lillehammer; and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra. Routledge. London. Pp. VIII + 248. £65 (cloth:), £19.99 (paper:),     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Barry Stroud, The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism and the Metaphysics of Colour
Laurence Goldstein, Clear and Queer Thinking: Wittgenstein's Development and His Relevance to Modern Thought     

Substantial Knowledge: Aristotle's Metaphysics

Book Information Substantial Knowledge: Aristotle's Metaphysics. Substantial Knowledge: Aristotle's Metaphysics C.D.C. Reeve Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2000 xviii + 322 US$34.95 By C.D.C. Reeve. Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.. Pp. xviii + 322. US$34.95,     

葛洪与玄学

玄学是魏晋时期兴起的一种影响深远的社会思潮,两晋之际玄学在理论上发展到极至,其影响开始渗入社会生活的各个方面。葛洪早年深受儒家学说熏陶,又是官方道教理论的创立者,无论是为了维护传统的儒家思想,还是出于为官方道教建立理论的需要,葛洪在主观上都反对玄学所促发的行为方式。但客观上,葛洪却不自觉地受了玄学的影响。本文力图通过分析葛洪思想中玄学的成分,来揭示玄学对当时士人的巨大影响力。     

The Promise of Postmodern Theology

Books reviewed in this article:
Graham Ward (ed.). The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Carsten Peter Thiede, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus Paul Copan and Craig A. Evans (eds), Who Was Jesus? A Jewish–Christian Dialogue David F. Ford and Mike Higton (eds), Jesus Reimund Bieringer, Didier Pollefeyt and Frederique Vandecasteele–Vanneuville (eds), Anti–Judaism and the Fourth Gospel Tania Oldenhage, Parables for Our Time: Rereading New Testament Scholarship after the Holocaust Steve Moyise (ed.), Studies in the Book of Revelation Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery George Herring, What was the Oxford Movement? Peter J. Bowler, Reconciling Science and Religion: The Debate in Early Twentieth–Century Britain Giles Fraser, Redeeming Nietzsche: On the Piety of Unbelief Theo Hobson, The Rhetorical Word: Protestant Theology and the Rhetoric of Authority Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jenson (eds), The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology Oliver Davies, A Theology of Compassion: Metaphysics of Difference and the Renewal of Tradition W. Montgomery Watt, A Christian Faith for Today Alex Wright, Why Bother With Theology? Teresa Berger (ed.), Dissident Daughters: Feminist Liturgies in Global Context John G. Stackhouse, Jr. (ed.), No Other God's Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions Mark Atherton (ed.), Celts and Christians: New Approaches to the Religious Traditions of Britain and Ireland Yossi Klein Halevi, William Morrow, At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden: A Search for God with Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land Richard K. Fenn, Beyond Idols: The Shape of a Secular Society Robert Durback (ed.), Henri Nouwen: In My Own Words Raymond Plant, Politics, Theology and History Peter Coles (ed.), The Routledge Companion to the New Cosmology Wesley Carr et al (eds), The New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies     

The Nothing and the Ontological Difference in Heidegger's What is Metaphysics?

This essay gives an interpretation of Heidegger's “What is Metaphysics?” lecture in light of passages from his other writings and lecture courses of the period. This exegetical task is important, for interpreters of “What is Metaphysics?” have been confused by puzzling phrases in the lecture without noticing that Heidegger makes the same points in clearer terms elsewhere. In particular, these interpreters ignore Heidegger's crucial distinction between entities and the being of entities. Since Heidegger's “nothing” is an aspect of being, this difference is at the core of Heidegger's lecture. The present interpretation establishes a conditional conclusion: If the ontological difference makes sense, then we have a sound basis for understanding “What is Metaphysics?” and do not need to read Heidegger as an irrationalist who debunks science or rejects the principle of contradiction. This paper does not give independent justification for the ontological difference.     

Reviews

William T. Cavanaugh, Torture and Eucharist: Theology, Politics and the Body of Christ
John Barton (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation     

Reviews

Books reviewed:
Charlene Haddock Seigfried (ed.), Feminist Interpretations of John Dewey
Jane Duran, Worlds of Knowing: Global Feminist Epistemologies
Jorge J. E. Gracia, Metaphysics and Its Tasks: The Search for the Categorical Foundation of Knowledge     

魏晋玄学关于宇宙本体思想的逻辑演进

魏晋玄学究竟是一种什么样的思想文化?它出现在魏晋时代到底有何思想价值?也就是说,中国传统的思想文化为什么在继先秦诸子、两汉经学之后要出现和能出现这样一种以究玄为主要方式的思想文化?对这一问题的解读,尽管离不开对魏晋时期社会经济、政治、思想文化状况的分析研究,以及在此基础上对魏晋玄学之历史发展的分梳、阐述,但主要的方面不应是对魏晋玄学作史的考察,而应是对其作哲学的考察,即首先要确定玄学思想的哲学主题。