Brings philosophy to life in a way that will draw readers in and part the curtain that too often obscures real philosophical thinking about hard core topics that obsess professional philosophers. Stephen Mumford provides an enchanting account of a week in the life of a philosopher determined to prove to himself that his life's work has not been a sham. Nonphilosophers as well as philosophers will be captivated.

John Heil, Professor of Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Readers for whom Meditations on First Philosophy is more than just assigned reading in college will welcome Mumford's “new meditations,” which offer another inspiring run at an ever-elusive certainty on which to ground a worldview … The fiction is inspiring in its own right; as with Descartes's Meditations, the reader needn't be convinced by the argument itself to be moved by the drama of a person struggling to think clearly.

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