Monday, January 9, 2023

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

 A philosophical classic and essential Enlightenment reading.

Monday, December 26, 2022

Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger

 Book 4 in the Cork O'Connor series. I didn't have a post for this but I know I've read it.

Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger

 A Cork O'Connor mystery/adventure story. In this one, O'Connor searches in the wilderness near the Canadian border (Lake Superior) for a girl named Shiloh who, it turns out, is being hunted by some bad men. It's a bit formulaic but well done nonetheless. This is a good series.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Thomist Realism and the Critique of Knowledge by Etienne Gilson

 Gilson's penetrating analysis of the difference between realist and critical philosophies. 

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The Enemy at the Gate by Andrew Wheatcroft

 Excellent history of the great Siege of Vienna in 1683, when the Habsburgs, supported by other European forces, defeated the last great attempt by the Turks to overrun Europe.

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Mind, Language and Society by John Searle

 Written in 1998,  Searle develops an analysis of social structure in terms of his philosophy of mind and language. Searle is always an interesting read even if I usually have problems with what he writes.

Friday, August 12, 2022

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

 I got this for a quarter at a library book sale. The latest in the Mickey Haller "Lincoln Lawyer" series, it's an excellent courtroom mystery.