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Shore Lines: Reflections Beside the Wide Water
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Are You Agite?: A Treatise on Everyday Agitation
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Introducing Aristotle (Introducing...)
by Rupert Woodfin and Judy Groves Publisher Comments A crucial addition to the illustrated Introducing series, providing unique resources and fascinating graphic guides for students and uninitiated lay readers....
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Berkeley in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)
by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion....
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Nietzsche and Postmodernism
by Dave Robinson Publisher Comments Explains the key ideas of this 'Anti-Christ' philosopher and provides a clear account of the central themes of postmodernist thought exemplified by such thinkers as Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard and Rorty, concluding by asking if Nietzsche can justifiably...
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For the Love of Wisdom
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The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years. As we approach the 125th anniversary of the Nobel laureate's birth, his works continue to spark debate...
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Making Mortal Choices: Three Exercises in Moral Casuistry
by Hugo Adam Bedau Publisher Comments The answer, to crew and passengers aboard the sinking lifeboat, must have seemed both grimly obvious and unthinkably alien. To save the lives of many, the lives of some would have to be sacrificed. With seawater crashing over the gunwhales, only a...
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Objectivity & Its Other
by Wolfgang Natter About the Author Wolfgang Natter, Theodore R. Schatzki, and John Paul Jones III, the editors of Postmodern Contentions and Objectivity and Its Other, are founding members of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky, where they teach in the Departments...
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The Moral Imagination: Confronting the Ethical Issues of Our Day
by Edward Tivnan Publisher Comments Exploring the most sophisticated thinking from philosophy, theology, medicine, and the law, Edward Tivnan takes us through the intellectual and emotional complexities of the most pressing ethical debates of our day: abortion, euthanasia, suicide, capital...
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Hegel in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)
by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Hegel in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Hegel's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Hegel's work; a brief list...
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Protagoras and Meno (06 Edition)
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, 2ND Edition
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Structure and Contingency: Evolutionary Processes in Life and Human Society
by J L Bintliff Publisher Comments The theme of this book is the appropriate methodology for the study of the history of life on earth. In particular, it focuses on the interplay between form and structure: the things that we might predict and model and the things we cannot predict -- the...
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Speaking Sex to Power: The Politics of Pleasure and Perversity
by Patric Califia Rice Publisher Comments <div>Speaking Sex to Power charts Patrick Califia-Rice&#8217;s provocative views, which often conflict with not only mainstream society but also much of the lesbian, gay, and feminist movements. Along with essays on antiporn...
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Serendipities: Language & Lunacy (Italian Academy Lectures)
by Umberto Eco Publisher Comments In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities----unanticipated truths----often spring from mistaken ideas. Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the...
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The Change-Your-Life Quote Book
by Allen (edt) Klein Publisher Comments Inspire and motivate yourself and others with the over 600 wise, witty, and practical quotations aimed at revealing life's infinite possibilities! - "As long as you're going to think anyway, think big." -Donald Trump - "Our greatest glory is not in...
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Who Am I? & How Shall I Live?
by Andrew Cohen Publisher Comments What if we could find out exactly what we needed to know if we want to be free? What if someone could make sense out of all the confusion found on the spiritual path? In this teaching Andrew does precisely that, declaring that all spiritual inquiry boils...
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Taking Sides Moral Issues: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues
by Stephen Satris Publisher Comments This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to current controversies in moral philosophy. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading philosophers and commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints, and are presented in a pro/con...
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Falling in Love with Wisdom: American Philosophers Talk about Their Calling
by David D Karnos Publisher Comments David Lynn Hall's love of philosophy began with a fifty-cent paperback. Then an adolescent facing an 18-hour bus trip across the great Southwest, desperate for anything to read, Hall bought Alfred North Whitehead's Adventures of Ideas at a rest stop in...
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