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The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby  Publisher Comments Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon--one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit, she...
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A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Since its first publication in 1945, Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject — unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit...
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Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy Volume 2
by Anthony Kenny Publisher Comments Sir Anthony Kenny here continues his fascinating account of the history of philosophy, focusing on the thousand-year-long medieval period. This is the second volume of a four-book set in which Kenny will unfold a magisterial new history of Western...
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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein Publisher Comments Here's a lively, hilarious, not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical traditions, schools, concepts, and thinkers; it's Philosophy 101 for everyone who knows not to take all this heavy stuff too seriously. Some included Big Ideas are...
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A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell Publisher Comments Since its first publication in 1945? Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit....
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Passion of the Western Mind (91 Edition)
by Richard Tarnas Synopsis " This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp...
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Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
by Jennifer Mich Hecht Publisher Comments and#160;...
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Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes
by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein Publisher Comments Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein, authors of the national bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar, aren't falling for any election year claptrap — and they don't want their readers to either! In Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington...
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Introduction to Phenomenology
by Robert Sokolowski Publisher Comments Introductory volume, presenting the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology....
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A Brief History of the Paradox: Philosophy and the Labyrinths of the Mind
by Roy A. Sorensen Publisher Comments Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? Can time have a beginning? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Riddles, paradoxes, conundrums--for millennia the human mind has found such knotty logical problems both perplexing and irresistible...
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This I Believe: The Personal Philosophie of Remarkable Men and Women
by Jay Allison Publisher Comments “A welcome change from the sloganeering, political mudslinging and products of spin doctors.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer Based on the NPR series of the same name, This I Believe features eighty Americans—from the famous to...
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Very Short Introductions #67: Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction
by Samir Okasha Publisher Comments What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. Beginning with...
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Intellectuals
by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril...
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Philosophical Tales
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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The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle
by Jonathan Barnes Publisher Comments prehensive guide to Aristotle currently available....
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Oxford Philosophical Texts)
by David Hume Publisher Comments David Hume's aim in writing An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) was to introduce his philosophy to a European culture in which many educated people read original works of philosophy. He gives an elegant and accessible presentation of...
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Great Ideas 6 Volume Boxed Set
by Penguin Books Synopsis Highlights from Penguins Great Ideas series in an affordable six-book boxed set The perfect gift for the true book lover, the Great Ideas series offers groundbreaking works by some of historys most prodigious thinkers packaged with beautiful type-driven...
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Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View
by Richard Tarnas Publisher Comments Richard Tarnas's The Passion of the Western Mind--acclaimed by leading voices in philosophy, religion, psychology, and history--sets the stage for this major work, thirty years in the making, that dramatically reframes our understanding of the universe...
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The Envisioned Life: Essays in Honor of Eva Brann
by Peter Kalkavage Publisher Comments To mark Eva Brann's fiftieth year on the faculty of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, twenty-three of her colleagues, friends, and former students have contributed essays, poems, and artwork to The Envisioned Life. They celebrate Brann's...
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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?: 23 Questions from Great Philosophers
by Leszek Kolakowski Publisher Comments Can nature make us happy? How can we know anything? What is justice? Why is there evil in the world? What is the source of truth? Is it possible for God not to exist? Can we really believe what we see? There are questions that have intrigued the world's...
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