Mark Kingwell (PhD Yale 1991) is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto. He is the author of five previous books and has been awarded many prizes for his writings.

'Kingwell brings together an enjoyably diverse range of meditations, investigations and something he calls "interventions" into the corners of mass culture… When we civilians are trying to think through the mudslide of text, image and object our world has become, books like this one should serve to remind us that it's okay to seek help. Also, that there's a sort of civic nobility in the softly iambic "I disagree."'(Globe and Mail) 'Kingwell's diverse essays together constitute a convincing case that "critical immersion in the world" has the potential to improve the quality of the practical judgments we are called upon to make daily. The possibility of improving the quality of such judgments in turn sustains cautious hope for a gradual improvement of the workaday world we share… The arguments are sound and innovative and engaging.' (Montreal Gazette) 'Kingwell demonstrates the importance of philosophy to contemporary problems and issues… [He is] remarkably effective at demonstrating the value of critical and creative thinking in an increasingly complex world.' (Ottawa Life)

Mark Kingwell (PhD Yale 1991) is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto. He is the author of five previous books and has been awarded many prizes for his writings.

'Kingwell brings together an enjoyably diverse range of meditations, investigations and something he calls "interventions" into the corners of mass culture… When we civilians are trying to think through the mudslide of text, image and object our world has become, books like this one should serve to remind us that it's okay to seek help. Also, that there's a sort of civic nobility in the softly iambic "I disagree."'(Globe and Mail) 'Kingwell's diverse essays together constitute a convincing case that "critical immersion in the world" has the potential to improve the quality of the practical judgments we are called upon to make daily. The possibility of improving the quality of such judgments in turn sustains cautious hope for a gradual improvement of the workaday world we share… The arguments are sound and innovative and engaging.' (Montreal Gazette) 'Kingwell demonstrates the importance of philosophy to contemporary problems and issues… [He is] remarkably effective at demonstrating the value of critical and creative thinking in an increasingly complex world.' (Ottawa Life)

Mark Kingwell (PhD Yale 1991) is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Senior Fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto. He is the author of five previous books and has been awarded many prizes for his writings.

'Kingwell brings together an enjoyably diverse range of meditations, investigations and something he calls "interventions" into the corners of mass culture… When we civilians are trying to think through the mudslide of text, image and object our world has become, books like this one should serve to remind us that it's okay to seek help. Also, that there's a sort of civic nobility in the softly iambic "I disagree."'(Globe and Mail) 'Kingwell's diverse essays together constitute a convincing case that "critical immersion in the world" has the potential to improve the quality of the practical judgments we are called upon to make daily. The possibility of improving the quality of such judgments in turn sustains cautious hope for a gradual improvement of the workaday world we share… The arguments are sound and innovative and engaging.' (Montreal Gazette) 'Kingwell demonstrates the importance of philosophy to contemporary problems and issues… [He is] remarkably effective at demonstrating the value of critical and creative thinking in an increasingly complex world.' (Ottawa Life)