Author: Daniel M. Kane
Daniel Kane lives and works in south central Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor’s degree in management and is working on a Master of Public Administration degree at Penn State University. He is a regular reviewer of new releases from Prometheus Books.
In Praise of the Science-Guided Life
A review of The Way of Science: Finding Truth and Meaning in a Scientific Worldview, by Dennis R. Trumble.
An Ungodly God
God and His Demons, by Michael Parenti (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2010, ISBN 978-1-61614-177-6) 281 pp. Cloth $25.00. Michael Parenti is a Yale-educated political scientist whose works have been translated into almost twenty languages. His résumé bristles with awards and, during his early teaching career, prestigious grants. He is the author of more than twenty …
A Classic Reissued
Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Secularism, by Paul Kurtz (Amherst: N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59102-666-2) 280 pp. Cloth $17.98. Paul Kurtz is professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author or editor of …
Seeing the Light
Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things, by Madeleine L. Van Hecke (Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2007, ISBN 978- 1-59102-509-2) 256 pp. Paper $18.00. Madeline Van Hecke displays her extraordinary talent for written communication as well as psychological savvy in her book, Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things. Van Heck discusses ten …