22 May, 2020
For What?
Roger Crisp, Sacrifice Regained
Tag: Gabriel Roberts
2 February, 2015
Is Nothing Sacred?
Gabriel Roberts is unconvinced by Roger Scruton's search for the transcendent
10 November, 2014
Clear and Distinct Ideas
Roberts reviews Billig's criticism of writing in the social sciences, concluding that he underestimates the problem.
13 October, 2014
Whose Values? Which Justification?
Gabriel Roberts challenges us to think about the humanities in terms of the amount and explicitness of disagreement which they can tolerate about matters of value.
17 March, 2014
Why History, Exactly?
Anthony Pagden's The Enlightenment: And Why It Still Matters inadvertently exemplifies the difficulties of making history relevant today.
17 February, 2014
What are Justifications For?
Helen Small's The Value of the Humanities provides an effective commentary on the debate, but raises deeper questions about the nature of justification.
