The Importance of Subjectivity

[a] fine collection of essays * Pierfrancesco Basile, Times Literary Supplement *
These essays cover the main topics with which Sprigge was most concerned: the nature of consciousness, idealist metaphysics (his own as well as general surveys of the doctrine) and the implications of his metaphysics for ethics (most especially with regard to the treatment of animals and the question of whether nature possesses intrinsic moral value). On each of these topics Sprigge had interesting and novel things to say, always in admirably clear prose even when the ideas were difficult and intrinsically obscure or complex... The book is a delight to read and much can be learned from it. * William Seager, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
rich and stimulating volume, nicely edited by one of his former students and literary executor, Leemon McHenry All in all, one could not have hoped for a better introduction to the philosophy of one of the greatest idealist thinkers in the second half of the twentieth-century. * Pierfrancesco Basile, Mind *
a judicious sampling of Sprigges philosophy and will be of interest to anyone concerned with the metaphysics of experience, time, idealism, and ethics. * Glenn Tiller, Philosophy in Review *
There is a great deal to be learned from this book. * James W. Allard, Philosophical Quarterly *
Almost all the papers are readable with enjoyment ... * Stephen R.L. Clark *
with an oeuvre consisting of several large monographs and a variety of widely scattered articles, up to this point in time there has been no one source to which readers might go in order to form a broad picture of his contribution to the discipline. Bringing together a selection of his best papers and drawing on all of the main areas in which he was active, this volume makes good that gap, and stands both as a valuable summary of and fitting tribute to his work. * William J. Mander, Journal of Consciousness Studies *