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Mind and Cosmos by Thomas Nagel: An Honest Review
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section separating the negative argument from the positive proposal. Quick Answer An atheist philosopher of the first rank argues that materialism cannot explain consciousness,...
The Decisive Treatise by Averroes: An Honest Re...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section on the double-truth misattribution and the edition guide. Quick Answer Ibn Rushd was a judge, and the Decisive Treatise is a legal ruling:...
The Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi by Rumi: An Honest ...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the translation guide and the section on what the popular versions remove. Quick Answer The Divan-i Shams is Rumi's lyric poetry: over three thousand ghazals...
Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas: An Honest Re...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added her later revision of the Leviticus argument and the material on risk. Quick Answer Nothing is dirty in itself. Dirt is what is in the...
Mysticism and Philosophy by W. T. Stace: An Hon...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section tracing the modern questionnaires back to Stace's characteristics. Quick Answer An atheist philosopher wrote the most rigorous defence of the claim that mystics...
The Incoherence of the Philosophers by Al-Ghaza...
Last Updated: September 2026. Added the section on the Islamic decline myth and the edition guide. Quick Answer Al-Ghazali attacks twenty philosophical doctrines by showing they fail the philosophers' own...