{"id":16,"date":"2022-05-08T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidhughmellor.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2022-05-15T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T17:02:49","slug":"book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/index.php\/book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\"><strong>Book Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1965). Scientific and Philosophical Uncertainty [Review of <em>Scientific Uncertainty, and Information,<\/em> by L. Brillouin]. <em>Nature<\/em>, <em>205<\/em>(4969), 325\u2013325. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/205325a0\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/205325a0<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1965_Brillouin-Uncerrtainty-Information.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1966). Review of <em>The Philosophy of Science: A Systematic Account,<\/em> by P. Caws. <em>Journal of the Royal Society of Arts<\/em>, <em>114<\/em>(5116), 332\u2013333. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1966_Caws-PhilosophyOfScienc e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1967). Basic Concepts of Measurement, by B. Ellis. <em>The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>17<\/em>(4), 323\u2013326. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/17.4.323\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/17.4.323<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1967_Ellis-Measurement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1969). Psychoanalysis Explained [Review of <em>The Logic of Explanation in Psychoanalysis,<\/em> by M. Sherwood]. <em>Nature<\/em>, <em>224<\/em>(5219), 621\u2013622. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/224621b0\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/224621b0<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1969_Sherwood-PsychoanalyticExplanation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1969). Review of <em>Space and Time,<\/em> by R. Swinburne. <em>The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>20<\/em>(4), 366\u2013371. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/20.4.366\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/20.4.366<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1969_Swinburne-SpaceTime.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1970). Review of <em>Review of The Problem of Inductive Logic,<\/em> by I. Lakatos. <em>The Philosophical Quarterly (1950-)<\/em>, <em>20<\/em>(81), 405\u2013406. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2217668\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2217668<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1970_Lakatos-InductiveLogic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1972). Review of <em>Explanation and Understanding,<\/em> by GH von Wright. <em>Times Higher Education Supplement<\/em>, <em>16<\/em>. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1972_VonWright-ExplanationUnderstanding.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1973). Review of <em>Probability and Evidence,<\/em> by A. J. Ayer. <em>The Philosophical Quarterly<\/em>, <em>23<\/em>(92), 272\u2013274. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2218012\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2218012<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1973_Ayer-ProbabilityEvidence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1974). Review of <em>Law and Explanation: An essay in the philosophy of science,<\/em> by P. Achinstein. <em>Mind<\/em>, <em>83<\/em>(n\/a), 146. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1974_Achinstein-LawExplanation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1977). The Popper Phenomenon [Review of <em>The Philosophy of Karl Popper<\/em>, edited by P. A. Schlipp]. <em>Philosophy<\/em>, <em>52<\/em>(200), 195\u2013202. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3749565\">https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/3749565<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1977_PopperPhemonenon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1978). Review of <em>Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds,<\/em> edited by Stephen P. Schwartz Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977, 277 pp., \u00a311.25, \u00a33.95 Paper. <em>Philosophy<\/em>, <em>53<\/em>(203), 126\u2013127. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819100016429\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819100016429<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1978_Schwartz-NamingNecessityKinds.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1983). Review of <em>Causal Necessity: A Pragmatic Investigation of the Necessity of Laws,<\/em> by Brian Skyrms. <em>The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>34<\/em>(1), 97\u2013104. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/34.1.97\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/34.1.97<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1983_Skyrms-CausalNecessity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1984). Review of <em>Epistemology and Inference,<\/em> by Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. <em>The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>35<\/em>(2), 175\u2013179. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/35.2.175\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/bjps\/35.2.175<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1984_Kyburg-EpistemologyInference.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1994). Review of <em>The Philosophy of A.J. Ayer<\/em>, edited by Lewis Edwin Hahn. <em>Philosophy<\/em>, <em>69<\/em>(267), 107\u2013110. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819100046672\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819100046672<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1994_Hahn-PhilosophyAyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1998). Review of <em>Time, Tense, and Causation,<\/em> by Michael Tooley. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997, xvi + 399 pp. <em>Philosophy<\/em>, <em>73<\/em>(4), 629\u2013645. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819198210217\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0031819198210217<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1998_Tooley-TimeTenseCausation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (1999). Review of <em>Other Times: Philosophical Perspectives on Past, Present and Future<\/em>, by D. Cockburn. <em>The Philosophical Review<\/em>, <em>108<\/em>(3), 428\u2013430. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2998471\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2307\/2998471<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1999_Cockburn-Time.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2005). Review of<em> Cause and Chance: Causation in an Indeterministic World,<\/em> by P. Dowe &amp; P. Noordhof. <em>The Philosophical Quarterly (1950-)<\/em>, <em>55<\/em>(218), 131\u2013133. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2005_Dowe-Noordhof-CauseChance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2005). Review <em>of F. P. Ramsey: Critical Reassessments<\/em>, edited by Maria J. Frapolli. <em>International Studies in the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>19<\/em>(3), 335\u2013344. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02698590500462505\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02698590500462505<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2005-Frapolli-Ramsey.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2009). Review of <em>Dispositions and Causes,<\/em> edited by Toby Handfield. <em>International Studies in the Philosophy of Science<\/em>, <em>23<\/em>(3), 327\u2013330. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02698590903197807\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02698590903197807<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2009_Handfield-DispositionsCauses.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2011). Review of <em>A Companion to Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand,<\/em> edited by Oppy, Graham and N. N. Trakakis. <em>Australasian Journal of Philosophy<\/em>, <em>89<\/em>(4), 747\u2013749. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00048402.2011.582504\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00048402.2011.582504<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2011-Oppy-Trakakis-Australasian Philosophy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2013). Review of <em>Probability in the Philosophy of Religion,<\/em> edited by Jake Chandler and Victoria S. Harrison. <em>Analysis<\/em>, <em>73<\/em>(3), 548\u2013554. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2013_Chandler_Harrison-ProbPhilReligion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mellor, D. H. (2014). Review of <em>The American Pragmatists,<\/em> by Cheryl Misak. <em>Analysis<\/em>, <em>74<\/em>(2), 349\u2013350. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/analys\/anu029\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/analys\/anu029<\/a> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hughmellor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/2014_Misak-AmericanPragmatists.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Reviews Mellor, D. H. (1965). Scientific and Philosophical Uncertainty [Review of Scientific Uncertainty, and Information, by L. Brillouin]. 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