Philosophy buffs generally agree that language didn’t take center stage in philosophical inquiries until the advent of Analytic Philosophy, meaning around the 20th century. But did the grand masters of…
Category: Philosophy
The Archetype of the Number and Its Reflections in Contemporary Cosmology
Alain Negre’s The Archetype of the Number and its Reflections in Contemporary Cosmology explore a field of study that mainstream science has steered clear of and thus mainstream media also…
The Meaning of Life
Here is a book that has taken a grand question and makes sure to possess the attention of its readers for a topic that has been central to humanity for…
Humanizing Madness
The 21st century is frequently experiencing intellectual challenges to several established theories in science. Lately, seasoned Australian psychiatrist Dr. Niall McLaren has put the practice of psychiatry to a hard…
Human Species and Beyond
The rather effusive start of Rajesh Singh’s Human Species and Beyond (Synergy Books, 2006) sets the reader on precarious footing while grappling with the metaphysical codes that come riveting at…
The Cry for Myth
Renowned psychoanalyst Rollo May rediscovers the vitality of myth to our existence from a psychotherapist’s viewpoint in his The Cry for Myth (Norton and Co., 1991). Defining ‘myths’ as ‘narrative…