The 2008 edition of this series includes articles, discussions winners of the annual essay competition, a review paper and critical notes on recent publications. Topics include Chisolm's changing conception of ordinary objects, structured universals ad the principal of uniqueness of competition, the cantorians and neo-Aristotelians, context in mathematical knowledge, epistemology and empirical investigation, the use of "use," the failure of pure cognitivism, why a sense of beauty should be analyzed as a faculty of reason, and responses to Booth and de Sa. Winning essays address such topics as compatibilism and alternative possibilities, and reviewers critique such authors as Martin, Sierszulska, Priest, McGinn and Gibson. The editors include a list of books received. Annotation 2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
