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Metapsychology Online Reviews - Volume 12, Number 34
 
Featured Reviews
The Immeasurable Mind by William R. UttalThe Immeasurable Mind
by William R. Uttal
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by Eric Weiner
Tue, Jul 29th 2008		Bonk by Mary RoachBonk
by Mary Roach
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Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science
Essential Readings in Neuroethics
By Walter Glannon (Editor)
Review by Will Buckingham on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science by Walter Glannon (Editor)There is a moment in the Woody Allen film The Sleeper when the protagonist, having woken up from cryogenic suspension in the year 2173, discovers the citizens of this Brave New World in which he finds himself want to manipulate his brain. ‘My brain', he laments, 'that’s my second favorite organ.'The year in which Woody Allen awoke is still far off; but the problem that he raised is one that is already confronting us. Over the past two decades, our understanding of the nature of brain functioning has taken huge strides, even if certain philosophers complain that some cen
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Healing
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Review by David Wall, Ph.D. on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Healing by Marguerite BouvardMarguerite Guzman Bouvard is a poet and political scientist who has published a number of collections of poetry, books on grief, and women political activists, and formerly lectured at Regis College in Massachusetts.  In mid-1987 she began experiencing symptoms such as needing to urinate frequently during the night, food intolerances and changes in her sense of taste, fatigue, and bladder pain but it wasn't for another year and a half that she was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis (IC).  In Healing: A Life with Chronic Illness Bouvard describes her experiences as her illness w
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Darwin Loves You
Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World
By George Levine
Review by Andrew V. Jeffery on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Darwin Loves You by George LevineOne of the great challenges confronting the modern philosopher is the preservation of meaning and value in the "disenchanted" world described by science: a world apparently bereft of teleology and supernatural transcendence.   Probably no scientist's re-description of the world is more frequently cited as a source of this disenchantment than that of Charles Darwin.  It is Weber's version of this "disenchantment narrative" that George Levine has taken as his foil in Darwin Loves You, and it is Darwin that Levine seeks to vindicate.  Levine's p
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On Deep History and the Brain
By Daniel Lord Smail
Review by Tony O'Brien RN, MPhil on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
On Deep History and the Brain by Daniel Lord SmailDaniel Smail begins his analysis of how to think about history by stating: "Like any author engaged in the task of building a plot, the historian must grapple with the question of where to begin the story" (p. 12). For a general history rather than an account of a particular period or event, this is the first question. For Smail it is the question, and one that has been inadequately answered in the past. Smail has a very different story to tell about the origins of the human race, about the "dawn of history", and about the nature of homo sapiens sapiens. The evidence is not
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The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology
By David L. Hull and Michael Ruse (Editors)
Review by Konrad Talmont-Kaminski on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology by David L. Hull and Michael Ruse (Editors)The editors begin by stating that "philosophy of science is one of the most vigorous and exciting areas in modern philosophy" (xix). They could have added that it is also the area of modern philosophy with some of the most fundamental implications for social sciences including psychology because of the role it plays in the current push to extend the relevance of evolution beyond biology.This volume, just like the others in the Cambridge Companion series, consists of a collection of specially commissioned essays on topics within the discipline in question. Hull and Ruse are two of the
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Bad Faith
The Danger of Religious Extremism
By Neil J. Kressel
Review by Simon Riches, Ph.D. on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Bad Faith by Neil J. KresselWith the recent spate of polemical books warning against the dangers of religion, one might expect psychologist Neil Kressel's Bad Faith to be yet another diatribe against God and religious belief. Yet, with measured resistance to this somewhat sensationalist approach, Kressel demonstrates a welcome open-mindedness, periodically citing William James' dictum that religions should be judged not by their roots but by their fruits. Although a self-proclaimed religious skeptic, Kressel is not one eager to espouse the "new atheism", sympathetically citing the "fundamental huma
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Philosophers without Gods
Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life
By Louise M. Antony (Editor)
Review by Brad Frazier on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Philosophers without Gods by Louise M. Antony (Editor)Approximately fifteen years ago two books appeared--Philosophers Who Believe, edited by Kelly James Clark, and God and the Philosophers, edited by Thomas V. Morris--that provided certain well-regarded Anglo-American theistic philosophers with a rare opportunity to reflect publicly and personally on their spiritual journeys.  Finally, with the publication of Philosophers without Gods, edited by Louise M. Antony, an atheistic counterpart to these volumes is now available.Philosophers without Gods, much like God and the Philosophers, features essays from twenty well-regarded philosophers, in
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Top Secret
The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms
By Robert M. Price
Review by Robert Cheeks on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Top Secret by Robert M. Price"For a gospel is neither a poet's work of dramatic art, nor an historian's biography of Jesus, but the symbolization of a divine movement that went through the person of Jesus into society and history."   Eric Voegelin, The Gospel and CultureThe supposed triumph of an Enlightenment inspired "rationalism" rings hollow as millions of spiritually bereft Americans spend an inordinate amount of time and money seeking truth and wisdom, peace and harmony, the gods or God. To meet this intrinsic need a coterie of teachers, gurus, and compassionate "philosophe
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The Watkins Dictionary of Religions and Secular Faiths
By Gerald Benedict
Review by Joshua Finnell on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
The Watkins Dictionary of Religions and Secular Faiths by Gerald BenedictWhen assessing any encyclopedia or dictionary of religions, the first term to read is the authors or editors definition of religion.  The definition will provide insight not only into the inclusion and exclusion of certain religions, but will reflect the philosophical background and bias of the author.  For example, in the Encyclopedia of Religion edited by Mircea Eliade the entry for Religion begins by stating that the very idea of distinguishing religion as separate from the remainder of life is primarily a Western concern.  Gerald Benedict, a comparative religious philosophy
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The Trauma of Psychological Torture
By Almerindo E. Ojeda (Editor)
Review by J. Jeremy Wisnewski, Ph.D. on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
The Trauma of Psychological Torture by Almerindo E. Ojeda (Editor)In a publishing climate where books on torture are being released faster than we can read them, it is refreshing to know that there is still plenty to say--and plenty to learn. Almerindo E. Ojeda's newly edited volume proves this in spades. Each of the twelve chapters offers fresh perspective on a surprising range of issues. Despite the title, The Trauma of Psychological Torture goes well beyond an analysis of the psychological and physiological effects of torture. On my view, this is a serious asset--even charm, if such a thing can be said--of this book: it attempts to situate the trauma
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Dr. Andrew Weil's Guide to Eating Well
DVD
By Andrew Weil
Review by Christian Perring on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Dr. Andrew Weil's Guide to Eating Well by Andrew WeilIn this 58-minute talk, Andrew Weil summarizes the ideas he set out in his best-selling book Eating Well for Optimum Health.  He stands in a very pretty garden in front of an audience of about 25 people.  His talk is well structured and is clearly well prepared, but he talks off the cuff and so he remains engaging to the viewer.  Occasionally there are screen graphics to illustrate his points.  One of his most important points concerns carbohydrates: he says that most of our calories should come from carbohydrates, but it is better to eat carbs with a low glycemic load that
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Black Elk Speaks
By John G. Neihardt
Review by Bob Lane, MA on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Black Elk Speaks by John G. NeihardtBlack Elk Speaks ends with this description of defeat:Our party wanted to go out and fight anyway, but Red Cloud made a speech to us something like this: "Brothers, this is a very hard winter. The women and children are starving and freezing. If this were summer, I would say to keep on fighting to the end. But we cannot do this. We must think of the women and children and that it is very bad for them. So we must make peace, and I will see that nobody is hurt by the soldiers."    The people agreed to this, for it was true. So we broke camp next day and went down from th
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Facing Death: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
DVD
By Stefan Haupt
Review by Christian Perring on Tue, Aug 19th 2008.
Facing Death: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross by Stefan HauptStefan Haupt's documentary showing Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her declining years and reviewing her life is informative yet uncritical.  We see her in her final days in her home in the desert, living alone and feeling lonely in rural Arizona, surrounded by piles of books and old dishes.  She died in August 2004, not long after this film was made.  She talks in both English and German, switching between the two languages frequently, sometimes in the middle of a sentence.  We learn about her life as a triplet, with interviews with her 2 sisters, Eva and her identical s
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