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Philosophy



Philosophy

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Being and Time
Being and Time
by Martin Heidegger
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One of the most important philosophical works of our time -- a work that has had tremendous influence on philosophy, literature, and psychology, and has literally changed the intellectual map of the modern world.... (read more)

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    The Poetics of Space

    Gaston Bachelard
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    History of Madness

    Michel Foucault
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Atheism and Humanism
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
by Bobby Henderson
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Building on the unimaginable success of the Web site which propels the debate on evolution versus intelligent design with a new theory--that the universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM)--this book explains the world's newest "religion."... (read more)

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Ethics
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Eating Animals
Eating Animals
by Jonathan Safran Foer
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Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between carnivore and vegetarian. As he became a husband and a father, he kept returning to two questions: Why do we eat animals? And would we eat them if we knew how they got... (read more)

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Aesthetics
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The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
by Denis Dutton
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In a groundbreaking new book that does for art what Stephen Pinkers The Language Instinct did for linguistics, Denis Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and revolutionizes our understanding of the arts. The Art Instinct combines two... (read more)

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Surveys
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Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy
by Jostein Gaarder
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One day when Sophie comes home from school, she finds two questions in her mail: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" Before she knows it, she is pondering all the great questions of Western philosophy (from the Greeks to Kant, to Marx... (read more)

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Logic
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How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science
How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science
by George A Reisch
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First in-depth study of the development of philosophy of science during the Cold War.... (read more)

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Anthologies
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Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues
Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues
by Steven M Cahn
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Offering a new approach to teaching the philosophy of religion, this anthology is organized around ten of the most widely read texts in the field. Presented in their entirety, these classics serve as a framework for a variety of accessible contemporary... (read more)

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Dictionaries
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A Dictionary of Continental Philosophy
A Dictionary of Continental Philosophy
by John Protevi
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With over 450 definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this comprehensive dictionary covers the thinkers, topics, and technical terms associated with the many intersecting fields known as continental philosophy. Special care has... (read more)

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Some Thoughts Concerning Education: Including of the Conduct of the Understanding (Philosophical Classics)
Some Thoughts Concerning Education: Including of the Conduct of the Understanding (Philosophical Classics)
by John Locke
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The work of one of England's greatest philosophers, this 1693 manual is the source of many current educational theories and practices. Detailed and comprehensive, it ranges from the ineffectiveness of physical punishment to the best methods of teaching... (read more)

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On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
by Friedrich Nietzsche
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The great philosopher's major work on ethics, along with ECCE HOMO, Nietzche's remarkable review of his life and works. Translated by Walter Kaufmann.... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Saturday, December 19, 2009
Being and Time
  1. Being and Time
    by Martin Heidegger
  2. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work
    by Matthew B. Crawford
  3. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
    by Bobby Henderson
  4. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
    by Michael J. Sandel
  5. Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
    by Apostolos Doxiadis
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