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Book review: Philosophy of Mathematics

"[Philosophy of Mathematics] provides a substantial and nicely ordered set of extracts displaying Peirce's ideas, showing in particular the lengthy evolution of his thought on what seems to have been for him the most central and nagging problem: how to understand continuity." —Philosophia Mathematica

Book reviews: Kierkegaard and the Self before God

"For anyone who loves Kierkegaard, or who is puzzled and wants elucidation, this is a wonderfully intelligent, supple account of the philosopher’s thought, with a special emphasis laid on Kierkegaard’s rather doleful, sin-obsessed theology.” —The New Yorker

"Kierkegaard and the Self before God: Anatomy of the Abyss [sets] a more optimistic perspective. ... Podmore suggests another way of reading Kierkegaard, by contrasting despair, melancholy, anxiety or spiritual trial with faith, forgiveness and the love of God." —META: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy

Appalachian State University to host book launch for Feminist Disability Studies

Appalachian State University will host a book launch Oct. 25 to celebrate the release of Professor Kim Q. Hall's new book, Feminist Disability Studies. This event, which is free and open to the public, includes a talk by Dr. Ann Fox titled "Loving the Monsters: "Performing Feminist Disability Studies".

The book launch begins at 6:00 p.m. in Information Commons Room 421 in the Belk Library with a reception to follow. For more information, visit Appalachian State University's website. 

Book review: Philosophy of Mathematics

"Moore has ... done an excellent job of bringing the most significant of Peirce's writings on mathematics into focus, as well as linking them to the larger project of Peirce's pragmatic philosophy." —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Book review: Spinoza's Ethics

"[N]o introduction is better suited to first-time readers, among philosophy students or the Spinoza-curious in the wider public, than Beth Lord’s Spinoza’s Ethics. ... Lord has written an illuninating guide that takes the student through the five parts of Spinoza's Ethics with an inviting, conversational style that does not shy away from difficult questions." —Philosophy in Review

Book review: Ontology--The Hermeneutics of Facticity

"John van Buren’s translation should be read by anyone looking for an access point into Heidegger’s work because of his faithful and comprehensible way of rendering this difficult text. Any careful reader of Heidegger who is looking to better understand his work should also read this translation if for no other reason than to see, in nuce, the beginnings of Heidegger’s thought. Basically, anyone reading Heidegger should be reading this text." —The European Legacy

Book review: Writings of Charles S. Peirce: A Chronological Edition, Vol. 8

"The editors have made wise choices, delivered a clean and clear text, and in the back matter have provided excellent background material for the serious scholar of Peirce’s work and the history of philosophy ... In short, it is at once a good book for anyone wanting simply to learn more about the life and thought of Charles Peirce and is also an outstanding critical edition that any serious Peirce scholar will need to consult." —Pluralist

Book review: Emerson and Thoreau

"Emerson & Thoreau rises above the rest in that it sheds light not only on ideas but on the human interests that imbue them sometimes with beauty, occasionally with virtue, and too often with tragedy." —Pluralist

Bodily Natures wins 2011 ASLE award

We are pleased to announce that Bodily Natures has won the 2011 Association for the Study of Literature & Environment (ASLE) award for ecocriticism. The ASLE, which is devoted to the study of environmental literature and culture, presents two awards at their biennial conference, one for ecocriticism and the other for environmental creative writing. This year's award will be presented at the ASLE conference in Bloomington during the authors' reception, Thursday, June 23 at 8 p.m.

Symposium for IU Press author's book

To all of our Canadian readers: a symposium will be held for Ladelle McWhorter's book Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America Tuesday, May 31 during the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The symposium will take place from 2 to 5:30 p.m. in MacLaggan Hall Room 14 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. For more information, visit the conference website.