Convention: A Philosophical Study
By: David Lewis
4.05
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
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1. The Concept of Mind
By: Daniel C. Dennett , Gilbert Ryle
3.94
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
This now-classic work challenges what Ryle calls philosophy's "official theory," the Cartesians "my… read more
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"The vain man does not think he is vain."-Daniel C. Dennett, The Concept of Mind
2. From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays
By: Willard Van Orman Quine
4.14
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references—semantics. At the… read more
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- linguistics
- language
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"How many possible men are there in that doorway?"-Willard Van Orman Quine, From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays
"Nonsense is indeed mere absence of sense, and can always be remedied by arbitrarily assigning some sense."-Willard Van Orman Quine, From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays
"As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ultimately, for predicting future experience in the light of past experience. Physical objects are conceptually imp…"-Willard Van Orman Quine, From a Logical Point of View: Nine Logico-Philosophical Essays
3. Beyond Good and Evil
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , R.J. Hollingdale
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with a… read more
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"The noble soul reveres itself"-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"...all that is rare is for the rare."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"In music the passions enjoy themselves."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
"One is punished most for one’s virtues."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
4. How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
By: Joe Studwell
4.26
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
How Asia Works( Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region) Hardcover JoeStudwell G… read more
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5. Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language: An Elementary Exposition
By: Saul A. Kripke
4.03
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophic intelligence to bear on Wittgenstein's ana… read more
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6. On the Plurality of Worlds
By: David Kellogg Lewis
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of wor… read more
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"We can imagine the impossible, provided we do not imagine it in perfect detail and all at once."-David Kellogg Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds
7. Counterfactuals
By: David Kellogg Lewis
4.08
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Counterfactuals is David Lewis' forceful presentation of and sustained argument for a particular vi… read more
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8. Watt
By: Samuel Beckett
4.50
Format: 532 pages, Paperback
Fiction. WATT was the beginning of Samuel Becket's post-war literary career, the fruition of the ye… read more
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9. Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Franz Xaver Kappus , Reginald Snell
4.29
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
In 1903, a student at a military academy sent some of his verses to a well-known Austrian poet, req… read more
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"Everything is gestation and then birthing."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. ...live in the question."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"A work of art is good if it has arisen out of necessity. That is the only way one can judge it."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
"Perhaps all dragons in our lives are really princesses just waiting to see us just once being beautiful and courageous."-Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
10. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
By: Thomas S. Kuhn
4.09
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more
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11. Logic for Philosophy
By: Theodore Sider
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Designed for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this groundbreaking work by a leadi… read more
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12. Theaetetus
By: Plato , Robin Waterfield
4.20
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great … read more
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13. The Trouble with Being Born
By: Richard Howard , Emil M. Cioran
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
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14. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups
By: Mancur Olson
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across discipl… read more
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15. Steppenwolf
By: Hermann Hesse , Basil Creighton , کیکاووس جهانداری
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Steppenwolfis a poetical self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf. Th… read more
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16. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein
3.68
Format: None pages, Paperback
Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Ph… read more
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17. Philosophical Investigations
By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , G.E.M. Anscombe
3.68
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Philosophische Untersuchungen is, with the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, one of two major works b… read more
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18. Naming and Necessity
By: Saul A. Kripke
3.68
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
If there is such a thing as essential reading in metaphysics or in philosophy of language, this is … read more
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19. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
20. Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
By: Peter Godfrey-Smith
3.33
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is "really" like? What makes it different fro… read more
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21. The Birth of Tragedy
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Michael Tanner , Shaun Whiteside
3.99
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A compelling argument for the necessity for art in life, Nietzsche's first book is fuelled by his e… read more
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"Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Knowledge kills action; action requires the veils of illusion."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Look at this! Look carefully! It is your life! It is the hour-hand of your clock of existence!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
"Večita je to pojava: požudna volja uvek nalazi sredstva da iluzijom prostrtom preko stvari zadrži svoje stvorove u životu i da ih prisili da i dalje žive."-Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy
22. Apology
By: Plato , James J. Helm
4.20
Format: 127 pages, Paperback
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully def… read more
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"Kötülük ölümden daha hızlı koşar."-Plato, Apology
"Loin de parler quand on me paie, et de me taire quand on me donne rien."-Plato, Apology
"As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy."-Plato, Apology
"Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you..."-Plato, Apology
23. Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
By: Russell "Russ" Roberts
3.81
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the host of EconTalk, a guide to decision-making when you can't crunch the numbers Algorith… read more
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"Exploring can turn out much better than a planned itinerary."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"Spend more time getting used to the darkness and less time looking to expand the light."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
"If the important things are hard to measure, and the measurable things misleading, what kind of decision framework is left? This book is my answer to that question."-Russell "Russ" Roberts, Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
24. A World after Liberalism: Philosophers of the Radical Right
By: Matthew Rose
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A bracing account of liberalism’s most radical critics introducing one of the most controversial mo… read more
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25. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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26. Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
By: Erez Yoeli
3.65
Format: 368 pages, Audiobook
Two MIT economists show how game theory—the ultimate theory of rationality—explains irrational … read more
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27. Karl Marx's Theory of History
By: G.A. Cohen
3.92
Format: 430 pages, Paperback
First published in 1978, this book rapidly established itself as a classic of modern Marxism. Cohen… read more
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28. Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
By: Nelson Goodman
4.01
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
Here, in a new edition, is Nelson Goodman's provocative philosophical classic--a book that, accordi… read more
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29. Convention: A Philosophical Study
By: David Lewis
4.05
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
Convention was immediately recognized as a major contribution to the subject and its significance h… read more
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30. Do Markets Corrupt Our Morals?
By: Virgil Henry Storr
3.63
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
The most damning criticism of markets is that they are morally corrupting. As we increasingly engag… read more
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31. An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
By: Ian Hacking
3.80
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
This is an introductory textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremos… read more
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"The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea."-Ian Hacking, An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
