Home A Middle Way Robert W Batterman Reviewed by Mariam Thalos A Middle Way: A Non-fundamental Approach to Many-Body Physics Robert W. Batterman Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, £47.99 ISBN 978-0197568613 Before a theorist may even begin to offer an explanatory model (correct, useful, or otherwise) of some aspect of the universe, that theorist is required to settle in advance—and often implicitly—the following questions:

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Home A Better Ape Victor Kumar & Richmond Campbell Reviewed by Calvin Warner A Better Ape: The Evolution of the Moral Mind and How It Made Us Human Victor Kumar and Richmond Campbell Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, £19.99 ISBN 9780197600122 Introduction The theory of evolution by natural selection is likely the most revolutionary idea in the history of science.

Home Madness Justin Garson Reviewed by Lisa Bortolotti Madness: A Philosophical Exploration Justin Garson Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, £47.99 ISBN 9780197613832 I cannot remember the last time I read a book of philosophy that taught me something new and also took me on such a journey of images and sounds—a powerful reminder that, yes, rigorous philosophical ideas can be expressed in many forms, including excellent

Home Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences Daniel S Brooks, James DiFrisco & William C Wimsatt Reviewed by Mariam Thalos Levels of Organization in the Biological Sciences Daniel S. Brooks, James DiFrisco, and William C. Wimsatt ( eds ) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, £56.00 ISBN 978-0262045339 There is a massive amount of philosophical content in this dense volume of fifteen new pieces plus introduction.

Home A Logical Theory of Causality Alexander Bochman Reviewed by Jiji Zhang A Logical Theory of Causality Alexander Bochman Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, £48.00 ISBN 9780262045322 This is a rich and illuminating book by a seasoned researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.

Home Reflections on the Practice of Physics Giora Hon and Bernard R Goldstein Reviewed by Francesco Nappo Reflections on the Practice of Physics: James Clerk Maxwell’s Methodological Odyssey in Electromagnetism Giora Hon and Bernard R. Goldstein London: Routledge, 2021, £120 / £36.99 ISBN 9780367367282 / 9781032174068 Philosophy of physics cannot be carried out considerately without a sense of the history and practice of

Home In Consciousness We Trust Hakwan Lau Reviewed by Ian Phillips and Simon A B Brown In Consciousness We Trust: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience Hakwan Lau Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, £24.99 ISBN 9780198856771 Hakwan Lau is well known as a unique and forceful voice in the science of consciousness.

Home Physics, Structure, and Reality Jill North Reviewed by Caspar Jacobs Physics, Structure, and Reality Jill North Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, £65.00 ISBN 9780192894106 Of the three words that make up the title of Jill North’s book—physics, structure, and reality—the middle one is the most important.

Home Leveraging Distortions Collin Rice Reviewed by William D’Alessandro Leveraging Distortions: Explanation, Idealization, and Universal Patterns in Science Collin Rice Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2021, £57.00 ISBN 9780262542616 Philosophy of science is undergoing an apparent sea change with respect to attitudes about explanation, causation, and representation.

Home The Material Theory of Induction John D Norton Reviewed by William Peden The Material Theory of Induction John D Norton Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2021, £119.99/OA ISBN 9781773852751 Even prior to its publication, John Norton’s book has stimulated debates about induction. Its publication will galvanize these discussions. Does it merit all this attention? Yes, and not just from philosophers of science.