Derek Parfit, On What Matters, Volumes 1 and 2, Oxford University Press,
2011, 592 + 848pp., $55.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199265923.
Reviewed by Mark Schroeder, University of Southern California
It is finally here. Wrapped in a stunning jacket design featuring the author's
own photographs and embossed gold and black titling, the two massive
volumes of Derek Parfit's On What Matters will be the most beautiful
philosophy books on any shelf they grace -- a worthy start to living up to over
a decade of being "the most eagerly awaited book in philosophy", according to
Oxford University Press's promotion materials.
Read more: http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/25393-on-what-matters-volumes-1-and-
2/
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David Chalmers, The Character of Consciousness, Oxford University Press,
2010, 596pp., $29.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780195311112.
Reviewed by Joseph Levine, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Since bursting onto the philosophical scene in the mid-nineties, David
Chalmers has established himself as a significant figure in philosophy of mind
and metaphysics.
Read more: http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/25394-the-character-of-consciousness/
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