John Blom: 3 books

This work contains three essays. The first examines Descartes’ formulation of skepticism in light of Cicero’s Academica. The second and third essays develop my text-based critiques of the assaults on Descartes’ mind-matter dualism by, respectively, the American Pragmatist philosopher, C.S. Peirce,...

When this book first appeared in 1996, it was “Pottery 101,” a basic introduction to the subject. It served as an art book, a history book, and a reference book, but also fun to read, beautiful to look at, and filled with good humor and good sense. After twenty years of faithful service, it’s...

A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide. This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the populating and growth of cities before industrialization. It further explores how scholars differently...