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New Arrivals Browse more New Arrivals in Philosophy $18.16 Sale Hardcover add to wish list Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work Matthew B. Crawford $19.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand Richard Reeves $13.99 New Trade Paper add to wish list Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals Immanuel Kant $39.95 New Hardcover add to wish list Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy (Studies in Continental Thought) Martin Heidegger $22.75 New Trade Paper add to wish list Nietzsche: Writings from the Early Notebooks (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche $19.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list Arendt (Guides for the Perplexed) Karin Fry Browse more New Arrivals in Philosophy General Browse more titles in Philosophy-General Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford Staff Pick One of the most engaging, thought-provoking books I've read in a long time. Matthew Crawford has delivered an accessible, carefully reasoned examination of work and America's evolving ideas about it, addressing a host of important subjects — for... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.16 Sale - Hardcover add to wish list check for other copies Recently Arrived Used Browse recently arrived used titles in Philosophy $10.00 Used Trade Paper add to wish list On the Meaning of Life John Cottingham $15.00 Used Hardcover add to wish list Being and Time (62 Edition) Martin Heidegger $2.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Gorgias Plato $6.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Ethical Philosophy Grounding for the Met Kant And Ellington $9.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Outside the Subject (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics) Emmanuel Levinas $4.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers: A Survey of Their Basic Ideas S E Frost Browse recently arrived used titles in Philosophy Atheism and Humanism Browse more titles in Philosophy-Atheism and Humanism The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Staff Pick A typically bold and incisive book from one of our great science writers, The God Delusion pulls no punches. I gave a hardcover copy to my cousin last year, and he hasn't stopped citing passages since. "There are lots of people out there," Dawkins notes... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Surveys Browse more titles in Philosophy-Surveys Sophie's World: A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder Publisher Comments 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) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market add to wish list check for other copies Ethics Browse more titles in Philosophy-Ethics This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster Wallace Publisher Comments Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Hardcover add to wish list check for other copies Logic Browse more titles in Philosophy-Logic Introduction To Logic : Propositional Logic, Revised Edition / With CD-rom (3RD 00 Edition) by Howard Pospesel Publisher Comments Designed to make logic interesting and accessiblewithout sacrificing content or rigorthis classic introduction to contemporary propositional logic explains the symbolization of English sentences and develops formal-proof, truth-table, and truth-tree... (read more) List Price $69.20 Your price: $56.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Dictionaries Browse more titles in Philosophy-Dictionaries The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Simon Blackburn Publisher Comments The Gambler's Fallacy, the Dirty Hands Argument, Pascal's Wager, Buridan's Ass, Wittgenstein's Beetle in the Box--philosophical terms can be both intriguing and baffling. Now, eminent philosopher Simon Blackburn offers the most authoritative and up-to... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Anthologies Browse more titles in Philosophy-Anthologies Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext(e) Reader by Chris Kraus Publisher Comments Compiled in 2001 to commemorate the passing of an era, Hatred of Capitalism brings together highlights of Semiotext(e)'s most beloved and prescient works. Semiotext(e)'s three-decade history mirrors the history of American thought. Founded by French... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Aesthetics Browse more titles in Philosophy-Aesthetics The Continental Aesthetics Reader by Clive Cazeaux Publisher Comments art and visual studies, "The Continental Aesthetics Reader" provides a thorough and much-needed introduction to the field.... (read more) Your price: $49.75 New - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Sale Books Browse more titles in Philosophy-Sale Books Truth: A Guide by Simon Blackburn Publisher Comments Blackburn offers a tour de force exploration of what he calls "the most exciting and engaging issue in the whole of philosophy"--the age-old war over truth. Among the questions Blackburn considers are: Is science mere opinion, can historians understand... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper add to wish list check for other copies Used Books Browse more titles in Philosophy-Used Books Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Political Writings (Norton Critical Edition) by Jean Jacqu Rousseau Synopsis This Norton Critical Edition includes the three most important of Rousseau's political writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy, and On Social Contract. Each piece is fully annotated. Backgrounds includes a sketch of Rousseau's... 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Bestsellers Sunday, July 12, 2009 Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins The Evolution of God by Robert Wright The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Interviews | June 26, 2009 On Jiddu Krishnamurti: An Interview with Derek Dodds 2 comments By Chris Faatz "Who Jiddu Krishnamurti was is a real mystery." Continue » $17.95 New Trade Paper add to wish list Krishnamurti's Notebook J. Krishnamurti Original Essays | June 16, 2009 The Evolution of God 1 comment By Robert Wright On September 11, 2001, I was scheduled to start teaching a graduate seminar at Penn called "Religion and Human Nature." But religion and human... Continue » $18.19 Sale Hardcover add to wish list The Evolution of God Robert Wright Powell's Q&A, Q&A | May 17, 2009 Powell's Q&A: Huston Smith 1 comment By Huston Smith Describe your latest project. Having just completed my autobiography, Tales of Wonder, I am now returning to work on my next book-in-progress, The... Continue » $15.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography Huston Smith

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