Thinking, Fast and Slow by Patrick Egan $50.00
The guru to the gurus at last shares his knowledge with the rest of us. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman's seminal studies in behavioral psychology, behavioral economics, and happiness studies have influenced numerous other authors, including Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman at last offers his own, first book for the general public. It is a lucid and...
Utopia: Thomas More by Professor Clarence H. Miller $8.95
First published in 1516, Saint Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveller Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason. Addressing such issues as religious pluralism, women's rights, state-sponsored education, colonialism, and justified warfare, Utopia seems remarkably...
The Problems of Philosophy by IndoEuropeanPublishing.com $19.95
The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics. If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There...
Human, All-Too-Human (Parts I and II) by Helen Zimmern $2.99
"Human, All-Too-Human (Parts I and II)" is a collection of philosophical aphorisms by famed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The first part, originally published in 1878, is a collection of 638 aphorisms in which Nietzsche discusses metaphysics, the Christian idea of good and evil, religious worship, the idea of divine inspiration in art, social Darwinism, the respective roles of men, women and...
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself by Gotham $22.50
An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is, but journalist David McRaney is here to tell you that you're as deluded as the rest of us. But that's OK- delusions keep us sane. You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring...
Pragmatism by Watchmaker Publishing $3.99
An Unabridged Edition Of 'A New Name For Some Old Ways Of Thinking,' To Include All Eight Lectures (1907): The Present Dilemma In Philosophy - What Pragmatism Means - Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered - The One And The Many - Pragmatism And Common Sense - Pragmatism's Conception Of Truth - Pragmatism And Humanism - Pragmatism And Religion
The Denial of Death by Free Pr $23.95
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity...
Bond by Hay House UK Ltd $13.15
The Analysis of Mind (Dover Philosophical Classics) by Dover Publications $8.95
One of Russell's most influential and interesting books reconciles the materialism of psychology with the antimaterialism of physics, drawing upon the writings of psychologists such as William James and John Watson to offer a comprehensive treatment of belief, desire, habit, memory, meaning, and causal law. One of the most important works on the philosophy of mind.
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts On Common Things by Villard Books $18.95
A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate.