From the reviews of
Griffiths, P. E. (1997). What Emotions Really Are: The Problem of Psychological
Categories
"It is difficult to do justice to Griffiths in a short review. His analysis of the concept of emotion and his proposal for the future direction of the field is the most compelling and best argued I have read. What Emotions Really Are makes a strong claim to be the best book to have emerged on the subject of human emotion"
(Ray Dolan in Nature, 391, 1998: 35-36)
"Griffiths' book turns out to be a potentially explosive and erudite intrusion into the central intellectual concerns of our time."
(David Williamson in Australian’s Review of Books, April 1998: 14-15),
"Griffiths' survey of research ideas is wonderful and his clear distinctions of ideas are a model for the subject" (Ian Hacking in Times Literary Supplement July 17 1998)
"a work of depth and clarity in an area of murky ambiguity" (James Lieberman in Library Journal Nov. 1st 1997)
“…attacks the issues with depth and rigor, and provides one of the most comprehensive account available of what one might call a scientific philosophy of emotion” (Ralph Adolphs in American Journal of Psychology Fall 2000: 472-478.)
From the reviews of Sterelny, K and Griffiths, P.E (1999)
Sex and Death: An Introduction to the Philosophy of
Biology
"All in all, I have much praise for Sex and Death, but it must be read critically"
(Ernst Mayr in Science September 17 1999 pp 1856-7)
"This is a simply superb introduction to the subject as it stands today"
(Michael Ruse in Endeavour 23(4) 1999)
"I think that all biologists, students and teacher alike, will profit from both the breadth and clarity provided by these two philosophers'
(David Sloan Wilson in Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14(9) pp 370-1)
"it is all too modest in claiming only to be 'an introduction'”
(Vincent Gray in NZ Science Monthly November 1999)