The downside to the exciting reports of new discoveries in cognitive science and neuroscience is that we are left almost no chance to think carefully about what it all means. Jerome Kagan's Three Seductive Ideas is thus a refreshing pause as well as a prac- tical contribution to our scientific sanity. If you enjoy reflecting on science- how it is made, how it is presented, what it solves-and if you really like philos- ophy in the true and best sense of the word, you should read this delightful wook." -ANTONIO