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1	Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson argues that the entire world is orderly and can be explained by a number of natural laws. Wilson maintains that the ideas and goals of the Enlightenment have not been discredited and, in fact, are surging back to life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Letter from a Gentleman to His Friend in Edinburgh more books like this by David Hume add to wishlist A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.72! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Critique of Pure Reason more books like this by Immanuel Kant add to wishlist Kant devoted over 10 years to writing the "Critique of Pure Reason", one of the fundamental works in all of Western philosophy. In it, Kant considers basic philosophical questions--the nature of reason, experience, science, morality, religion, truth, and reality--and attempts to reconcile the two dominant philosophical schools of his day: the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| first editions \| SVS
4	How We Think more books like this by John Dewey add to wishlist John Dewey, one of America's greatest popular philosophers and educators, emphasises the importance of critical thinking and the vital role education should play. In this progressive work, written more than 80 years ago, Dewey, recognising that we are born with the ability to think, argues that the educator's fundamental role is to train us to ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $2.79! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Karl Marx: Selected Writings more books like this by John Locke add to wishlist see all copies from $3.96! new only from $14.94!
6	On Certainty more books like this by Ludwig Wittgenstein add to wishlist Written over the last 18 months of his life and inspired by his interest in G. E. Moore's defence of common sense, this much discussed volume collects Wittgenstein's reflections on knowledge and certainty, on what it is to know a proposition for sure. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $13.61! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Doubt: A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson more books like this by Jennifer Michael Hecht add to wishlist A study on the role of skepticism in the development of intellectual and religious history celebrates the doubt-related activities of such figures as the Buddha, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Jefferson, noting their achievements as proponents for creativity, intellectual progress, and social change. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $9.24! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Abolition of Man more books like this by C S Lewis add to wishlist C.S. Lewis here argues that objective value actually exists and that to believe otherwise is to create nonsense. Human beings appreciate values such as beauty and goodness because such things are part of reality. If absolute morality is denied there will not be any progress for mankind as the things that matter most will be explained away. "I am ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Construction of social reality more books like this by John R. Searle add to wishlist This short treatise looks at how we construct a social reality from our sense impressions; at how, for example, we construct a 'five-pound note' with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper we see and touch. see all copies from $5.85! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Thinking Critically more books like this by John Chaffee, PH.D. add to wishlist Thinking Critically teaches the fundamental thinking, reasoning, reading, and writing abilities that students need for success. The text begins with basic skills related to personal experience and then carefully progresses to the more sophisticated reasoning skills required for abstract, academic contexts. The Ninth Edition maintains the hallmarks ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.00!
11 view cover	Essay Concerning Human Understanding more books like this by John Locke add to wishlist John Locke's (1632-1704) reputation as an English philosopher in the history of Western thought rests above all on his "An Essay concerning Humane Understanding". In this, the founding document of British Empiricism, Locke attempted a complete account of human knowledge, its origin, scope and limits. He attacked the long-held Rationalist doctrine ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge more books like this by Dan O'Brien add to wishlist "An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge" guides the reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary epistemology. Lucid, comprehensive and accessible, it is an ideal textbook for students who are new to the subject and for university undergraduates. The book is divided into five parts. Part I discusses the concept of knowledge and ... see all copies from $19.90! new only from $19.90! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Experience of Philosophy more books like this by Daniel Kolak add to wishlist This exceptional anthology immerses students in such powerful ideas that they will find themselves not just reading about, but actually participating in, the kind of philosophical thinking that can change the way they look at their lives and the world around them. Now in a new edition, The Experience of Philosophy features eighty-five readings ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding more books like this by David Hume add to wishlist Oxford Philosophical Texts Series Editor: John Cottingham The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition more books like this by Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff (Editor), Leonard Oeikoff (Editor) add to wishlist Today man's mind is under attack by all the leading schools of philosophy. We are told that we cannot trust our senses, that logic is arbitrary, that concepts have no basis in reality. Ayn Rand opposes that torrent of nihilism, and she provides the alternative in this eloquent presentation of the essential nature - and power - of man's conceptual ... see all copies from $4.63! new only from $10.46! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge more books like this by Karl Popper add to wishlist Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not ... see all copies from $7.32! new only from $14.81! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition more books like this by Wendell Berry add to wishlist Berry's book is a response to E. O. Wilson's CONSILIENCE, which was published in 1998. Wilson feels that experiences, facts, and theories have a common source in natural law. Berry takes issue with this, believing that art, religion, and personal relationships cannot be measured in such terms. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference more books like this by Dr. William R Shadish, Thomas D Cook, Donald T Campbell add to wishlist This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book covers four major topics in field experimentation: see all copies from $62.45! new only from $63.19! \| SVS
19 view cover	Human Knowledge: Its Scope & Limits more books like this by Bertrand Russell, Earl add to wishlist How do we know what we 'know'? How did we - as individuals and as a society - come to accept certain knowledge as fact? In "Human Knowledge", Bertrand Russell questions the reliability of our assumptions on knowledge. This brilliant and controversial work investigates the relationship between 'individual' and 'scientific' knowledge. First ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $25.74! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Philosophy & the Mirror of Nature more books like this by Professor Richard Rorty add to wishlist "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature" hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. Richard Rorty, a Princeton professor who had contributed to the analytic tradition in philosophy, was now attempting to shrug off all the central problems with which it had long been preoccupied. After publication, the Press was barely able to keep up with demand, ... see all copies from $7.89! new only from $18.14! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will Be Able to Come Forward as Science: The Paul Carus Translation more books like this by Immanuel Kant add to wishlist This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Critique of Judgment more books like this by Immanuel Kant add to wishlist Considered by Kant to be the culmination of his critical philosophy, "The Critique of Judgement" was the last work in the trilogy begun with "The Critique of Pure Reason" and continued with "The Critique of Practical Reason". In this work Kant seeks to establish the a priori principles underlying the faculty of judgement, just as he did in his ... see all copies from $2.92! new only from $3.81! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of Our Lives more books like this by Robert H Hopcke add to wishlist A Jungian psychotherapist explores the meaningful role that coincidence plays in our lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Truth and method more books like this by Hans-Georg Gadamer add to wishlist Written in the 1960s, TRUTH AND METHOD is Gadamer's magnum opus. Looking behind the self-consciousness of science, he discusses the tense relationship between truth and methodology. In examining the different experiences of truth, he aims to "present the hermeneutic phenomenon in its fullest extent." see all copies from $8.50! new only from $15.97! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Social Construction of What? more books like this by Ian Hacking add to wishlist Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Particularly troublesome in this area is the status of the natural sciences, where there is conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness, and in other areas. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and ... see all copies from $18.43! new only from $18.43! \| first editions \| SVS

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