The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy
By: Joseph C. Schmid
4.34
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
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1. Introducing Postmodernism
By: Richard Appignanesi , Chris Garratt , Ziauddin Sardar , Patrick Curry
3.51
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Postmodernism seemed to promise an end to the grim Cold War era of nuclear confrontation and oppres… read more
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2. Language, Truth, and Logic
By: A.J. Ayer
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
"A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." — Bertrand Russell First publishe… read more
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"It is now generally admitted, at any rate by philosophers, that the existence of a being having the attributes which define the god of any non-animistic religion cannot be demonstratively proved... […"-A.J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic
3. The Philosophers Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods
By: Julian Baggini , Peter S. Fosl
3.95
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
The Philosophers' Toolkit provides all the intellectual equipment necessary to engage with and part… read more
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4. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.16
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why do we do the things we do? More than a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert … read more
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5. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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6. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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7. The Miracle of Theism: Arguments for and Against the Existence of God
By: J.L. Mackie
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. A History of Western Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since its first publication in 1945 Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophyhas been universa… read more
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9. Reasons to Stay Alive
By: Matt Haig
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of Entertainment Weekly's 25 most anticipated books of 2016--Matt Haig's accessible and life-af… read more
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10. Meditations
By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more
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11. Free Will
By: Sam Harris
4.26
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think abo… read more
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12. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
13. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity, Effectiveness, and Serenity
By: Ryan Holiday , Stephen Hanselman
3.92
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
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14. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
By: Sam Harris
3.99
Format: 512 pages,
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15. Letters from a Stoic
By: Seneca , Robin Campbell
4.75
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
The power and wealth which Seneca the Younger (c.4 B.C. - A.D. 65) acquired as Nero's minister were… read more
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16. God, Freedom, and Evil
By: Alvin Plantinga
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
In his discussion of natural theology (arguments to prove the existence of God) and natural atheolo… read more
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17. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
By: Stephen Hawking
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more
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"I use the word “God"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"This “Hawking temperature"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
18. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
By: Anil Seth
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons wo… read more
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19. The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
By: Julia Galef
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Ju… read more
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"At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanit…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
"The scout isn’t indifferent. A scout might hope to learn that the path is safe, that the other side is weak, or that there’s a bridge conveniently located where his forces need to cross the river. Bu…"-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
20. Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy
By: Michael Huemer
4.33
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
The world's best introduction to philosophy, Knowledge, Reality, and Value explains basic philosoph… read more
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"By studying philosophy, one gradually wakes up and stops saying the things that make no sense."-Michael Huemer, Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy
21. Free Speech And Why It Matters
By: Andrew Doyle
4.26
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
Towards the end of the twentieth century, those who advocated what became known as 'Political Corre… read more
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"There will always be those whose instinct inclines towards submission to authority, who are happy to shift beliefs in accordance with the fashion or decrees from above. Orwell called this the 'gramop…"-Andrew Doyle, Free Speech And Why It Matters
22. Why? The Purpose of the Universe
By: Philip Goff
3.77
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, West… read more
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23. Philosophy of Mathematics
By: Øystein Linnebo
3.73
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading con… read more
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24. The Majesty of Reason: A Short Guide to Critical Thinking in Philosophy
By: Joseph C. Schmid
4.34
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
How do we think critically about issues in philosophy, science, and religion? How do we discover tr… read more
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25. Atheism: The Basics
By: Graham Oppy
4.06
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
Atheism: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to belief in the non-existence of deitie… read more
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26. The Critical Thinking Toolkit
By: Galen A. Foresman
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
The Critical Thinking Toolkit is a comprehensive compendium that equips readers with the essential … read more
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