Their members use secret handshakes and coded language. In temples, they don ancient regalia, helmets, or masks. Thanks to their veils of secrecy and archaic symbols like the All-Seeing Eye, outsiders find fraternal orders endlessly fascinating. But what does it all mean
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A very thorough report by Lisa Hix on Collectors Weekly. Read it here
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How to Hide Your House From Nosy People on Google, Apple, Bing Maps
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- Nietzsche’s Life and Works, by Robert Wicks.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, by Robert Wicks.
- Material Constitution, by Ryan Wasserman.
- Leibniz on Causation, by Marc Bobro.
- Companions in Guilt: Arguments in Metaethics, by Christopher Cowie and Richard Rowlands (eds.) is reviewed by Luke Elson.
- Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities, by Gabriele De Anna is reviewed by Johan Brännmark.
- Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts, by Larry Shiner is reviewed by Benjamin D. Young.
Recent Philosophy Book Reviews in Non-Academic Media
- Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Foundations by Harman Cappelen and Josh Dever is reviewed by Paul Dicken at Los Angeles Review of Books.
- The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan, along with other books, is reviewed by Helen Lewis at The Atlantic.