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Zen
by David Schiller  Synopsis Begin each day with a jolt of truth. Adapted from the bestselling book "The Little Zen Companion," the Zen Calendar features hundreds of quotes, koans, parables, sutras, and poems--the surprising, the wise, the paradoxical--that will make you see in a...
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Problem of God and Evil: An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues
by David O'connor Publisher Comments A clearly written and up-to-date textbook on the profound question of how God can exist simultaneously with evil. It introduces the fundamental issues of philosophical thinking for the beginner student, while at the same time clarifying and the answering...
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The Case for Qualia (Bradford Books)
by Edmond Wright Publisher Comments Many philosophers and cognitive scientists dismiss the notion of qualia, sensory experiences that are internal to the brain and not reducible to physical states. Leading opponents of qualia (and of Indirect Realism, the philosophical position that has...
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Transformative Phenomenology: Changing Ourselves, Lifeworlds, and Professional Practice
by David Allan (edt) Rehorick Synopsis The fourteen authors in this collection used phenomenology (the study of consciousness) and hermeneutics (the interpretation of meaning) to conduct deep inquiry into perplexing and wondrous events in their work and personal lives. These seasoned scholar...
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Conscience: The Search for Truth
by P. D. Ouspensky Publisher Comments The five essays in this collection are based on P. D. Ouspensky’s talks and answers to questions, transcribed at private meetings in England and the United States from 1931 to 1946. They bring contemporary readers the wisdom of Gurdjieff as...
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Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist
by Sharman Apt Russell Publisher Comments “Everything is connected, and the web is holy.” So wrote Marcus Aurelius, the starting point of Sharman Apt Russell’s wise and haunting new memoir about her life as a pantheist. Perhaps no other religious philosophy is as simple and...
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An Introduction to Africana Philosophy (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy)
by Lewis R. Gordon Publisher Comments In this undergraduate textbook Lewis R. Gordon offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with the emergence of an Africana (i.e. African diasporic) consciousness in the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages. He argues that...
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Beyond Power: Simone Weil and the Notion of Authority
by Desmond Avery Synopsis Beyond Power offers fresh ways to approach the burning political, religious, and scientific issues of our time. It also provides a compelling overview of the work of the great French philosopher Simone Weil, who died during the Second World War at the...
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Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal
by Rob Riemen Publisher Comments In the pages of this slim, powerful book Rob Riemen argues with passion that “nobility of spirit” is the quintessence of a civilized world. It is, as Thomas Mann believed, the sole corrective for human history. Without nobility of spirit...
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What Is Honor?: A Question of Moral Imperatives
by Alexander Welsh Publisher Comments What is honor? Has its meaning changed since ancient times? Is it an outmoded notion? Does it still have the power to direct our behavior? In this provocative book Alexander Welsh considers the history and meaning of honor and dismisses the idea that we...
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Mindfucking: A Critique of Mental Manipulation
by Colin Mcginn Publisher Comments In Mindfucking Colin McGinn investigates and clarifies this phenomenon, taking in the ancient Greeks, Shakespeare and modern techniques of thought control. McGinn assembles the conceptual components of this most complex of concepts - trust, deception...
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God, Evil, and Design: An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues
by David O'connor Publisher Comments A clearly written and up-to-date textbook on the profound question of how God can exist simultaneously with evil. It introduces the fundamental issues of philosophical thinking for the beginner student, while at the same time clarifying and the answering...
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Mental Illness and Psychology
by Michel Foucault Synopsis This seminal early work of Foucault is indispensable to understanding his development as a thinker. Written in 1954 and revised in 1962, "Mental Illness and Psychology "delineates the shift that occurred in Foucault's thought during this period. The...
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The Uncensored Bible: The Bawdy and Naughty Bits of the Good Book
by John Kaltner Publisher Comments We all know the story of how Eve was created from Adam's rib. But what if, perhaps, rib was a mistranslation and the body part she was really created from was Adam's penis bone? This would explain why human males don't have such a bone, unlike other male...
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Philosophical Hermeneutics
by Hans-georg Gadamer Synopsis This excellent collection contains 13 essays from Gadamer's "Kleine Schriften, "dealing with hermeneutical reflection, phenomenology, existential philosophy, and philosophical hermeneutics. Gadamer applies hermeneutical analysis to Heidegger and Husserl...
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Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida
by Matthew Calarco Synopsis "Zoographies" challenges the anthropocentrism of the Continental philosophical tradition and advances the position that, while some distinctions are valid, humans and animals are best viewed as part of an ontological whole. Matthew Calarco draws on...
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Sartre Explained Sartre Explained: From Bad Faith to Authenticity from Bad Faith to Authenticity (Ideas Explained)
by David Detmer Publisher Comments Jean-Paul Sartre is perhaps the most famous of the existentialists, and by far the most famous philosopher of the post-war era. Sartre was a highly prolific writer and thinker, and delving into his novels, plays, stories, essays, and memoirs can be...
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Philosophical Tales: Being an Alternative History Revealing the Characters, the Plots, and the Hidden Scenes That Make Up the True Story of
by Martin Cohen Publisher Comments Enlightening and entertaining, Philosophical Tales examines a few of the fascinating biographical details of history's greatest philosophers (alas, mostly men) and highlights their contributions to the field. By applying the true philosophical approach...
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Latinos in America
by Jorge J. E. Gracia Publisher Comments A first-of-its-kind book that seriously and profoundly examines what it means philosophically to be Latino and where Latinos fit in American society. Offers a fresh perspective and clearer understanding of Latin American thought and culture, rejecting...
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An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic: From If to Is (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy)
by Graham Priest Publisher Comments This revised and considerably expanded 2nd edition brings together a wide range of topics, including modal, tense, conditional, intuitionist, many-valued, paraconsistent, relevant, and fuzzy logics. Part 1, on propositional logic, is the old Introduction,...
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