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Graham McFee, "Interrogating Philosophy?" (Review of Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey and Roy Bhaskar Plato Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution) Res Publica III/2 (1997), 239-246: This is a review article, treating Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994) and Roy Bhaskar, Plato Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and Their Resolution (London: Verso, 1994). It urges that Scruton's text represents an accurate description of the spirit of philosophical enquiry; and also of the issues that exercise it. Particularly rewarding is the combination of straight-forward treatments of key issues and a study-guide, with exercises, references and a critical commentary on texts referred to. In contrast, Bhaskar's book is one part of a general many-volume project, articulating what Bhaskar has called "dialectical critical realism". The text includes promises of arguments in forthcoming volumes. For this reason, philosophers who find his way of proceeding enlightening would be advised to wait for the publication of all the volumes of Bhaskar's project: then, at least, they can survey all of the 'hard ground'.

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