 One Hundred Philosophers (2004)
- U.S.A.: Barron's Educational Books
- U.K.: Apple Press
- Australia: A.B.C. Books
- "There ain't half been some clever bastards" (Ian Dury)
- The book covers the history of philosophy chronologically from Thales of Miletus (6th century BCE) to Peter Singer (b.1946 CE), with
philosophers from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the U.S.A., about 60% getting a page, 40% two pages.
Scattered through the book are brief introductions to such topics as African, Chinese, and Indian philosophy, scepticism, women in
philosophy, mind and body, the philosophy of science, and moral philosophy. The book's divided into periods, each with its own
introduction and timeline of other important events. There's also a glossary, suggested further reading, and an index.
- The book has been published in a number of languages, including Chinese, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, and
Portuguese. The French and Estonian editions, at least (I haven't seen the others), have omitted the article on Putnam and replaced it
with one on Derrida — with no indication that the new material isn't by me.
 Is Nothing
Sacred?
- An introduction to the philosophy of religion, in the form of dialogues. I've put some of the completed dialogues here (as PDF
files); a couple are also available as HTML Web pages: The Problem of Evil:
I (originally published in Philosophical Writings 9, 1998) and Morality & Religion: I. Another of the dialogues – on
Petitionary Prayer – is due to be published in the Richmond Journal of
Philosophy in 2006.
(I originally offered this book to Routledge, who showed interest, but my work on it was interrupted; they've since published another
book with the same title — so I'm now looking for a new title, and a different publisher).
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African Philosophy
A review of African Philosophy: The Essential Readings,
ed. Tsenay Serequeberhan (Paragon House, 1991). Originally published in
Philosophical Books XXXIII:2, 1992. I've included this
largely because it contains some ideas that illustrate what I said in my
note on philosophy (see the index page).
Readings in African Philosophy
A review of Readings in African Philosophy: An Akan Collection,
ed. Safro Kwame (University Press of America, 1995). Originally published
in Canadian Philosophical Review. I've included this as a continuation and expansion of some of the thoughts
in the previous piece.
Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals
Review of a book by Frans de Waal for Human Nature Review 2004 Volume 4: 130-132 (23rd May).
Web Pages
Some of the links in the Philosophers section are to pages that I've set up - usually because no-one
else had, and I regretted the omission, sometimes for other reasons. I'm slowly adding more, some relatively obscure, some not. So far
they include:
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