Saturday, July 28, 2012

Locke by Edward Feser

Good introduction to the English empiricist.

A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton

Good contemporary hard-boiled private eye mystery set in northern Michigan.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers by Carl Becker

One of the joys of browsing used bookstores is stumbling over the occasional treasure. This book was originally published in 1932 and the author has a wonderful style.

Nietzsche by Walter Kaufman

Intended to read this for many years, finally got around to it.

The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley

Sequel to the author's Starvation Lake. Another good mystery.

Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley

Good mystery set in a northern Michigan small town.

The Solitary Self by Mary Midgley

Good, commonsensical thought on the relationship of Darwin to philosophy.