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Good Book by A C C Grayling Publisher Comments Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternative to the Bible. But that is exactly what A.C. Grayling has done by... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover 
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 3rd Edition by Thomas S Kuhn Publisher Comments Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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 it to my cousin in hardcover 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: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain De Botton Publisher Comments What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror & the Future of Reason by Sam Harris Publisher Comments This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Introduction: The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments The author turns his attention to sex and the reasons why we are driven constantly to analyze and discuss it. An iconoclastic explanation of modern sexual history.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas Publisher Comments "[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... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Being and Nothingness by Jean-paul Sartre Publisher Comments The often criticized philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre encompasses the dilemmas and aspirations of the individual in contemporary society. This work of power and epic scope provides a vivid analysis for all who would understand one of the most influential... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford Publisher Comments A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" (The Boston Globe), Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Very Short Introductions #99: Atheism: A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini Publisher Comments Atheism is often considered to be a negative, dark, and pessimistic belief which is characterised by a rejection of values and purpose and a fierce opposition to religion. Atheism: A Very Short Introduction sets out to dispel the myths that surround... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Philosophy Made Simple 2ND Edition by Richard H Popkin Publisher Comments For almost four decades, Made Simple books have set the standard for continuing education and home study. In answer to the changing needsof today's marketplace, the Made Simple series for the '90s presents a thoroughly up-to-the-minute portfolio of... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Introduction to Aristotle by Aristotle Publisher Comments Edited, with and Introduction, by Richard McKeon... (read more) List Price $10.65 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Existentialists and Mystics (97 Edition) by Iris Murdoch Publisher Comments Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Dialogues Between Hylas & Philonous by George Berkley Publisher Comments 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas And Philonous'. Edited by Kenneth Winkler.... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Driving with Plato: The Meaning of Life's Milestones by Robert Rowland Smith Publisher Comments What if you could have your first kiss again, but this time see it through the eyes of Shakespeare? Or learn to ride a bicycle with Einstein? Or take your driving test with Jack Kerouac? In Driving with Plato, former Oxford don Robert Rowland Smith lets... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Word and Object (Studies in Communication) by Willard Van Orman Quine Publisher Comments Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Study of Human Nature: A Reader by Leslie Stevenson Publisher Comments Now in a new edition, this exceptional anthology provides an introduction to a wide variety of views on human nature. Drawing from diverse cultures over three millennia, Leslie Stevenson has chosen selections ranging from ancient religious texts to... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Present Age by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments Those who would know Kierkegaard, the intesely religious humorist, the irrepressibly witty critic of his age and ours, can do no better than to begin with this book. In it we find the heart of Kierkagaard. It is not innocuous, not genteel, not... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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