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1	The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark more books like this by Carl Sagan add to wishlist Scientist Dr Carl Sagan argues that modern tales of the paranormal, such as alien abduction stories, are in fact simply a modern version of fairy tales and only exist in the mind, and asserts that these accounts come from a potentially hazardous lack of scientific thought and knowledge, a situation which he feels should be remedied. see all copies from $4.45! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist This new edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| SVS
3	The Consolations of Philosophy more books like this by Alain de Botton add to wishlist Alain de Botton ekes everyday advice and wisdom from some very heady sources. His book distills life interpretations from great thinkers and offers them up with personal insights and anecdotes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction more books like this by Mark T Gilderhus add to wishlist For undergraduate and graduate courses in Historiography and Historical Method. Also an ideal supplemental text for Western Civilization and Intellectual History courses. This text is a concise, brief, and accessible introductory text presenting a thorough, balanced, and comprehensive overview of Western historical thinking from ancient times ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century more books like this by Michio Kaku (Preface by) add to wishlist Kaku examines how quantum mechanics, bio-genetics, and artificial intelligence will dramatically alter science and the way we will live in the 21st century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments more books like this by Theodore Schick, Lewis Vaughn add to wishlist "Doing Philosophy" helps students understand the nature and purpose of philosophical inquiry, by explaining what philosophical problems are, how they can be solved, and why searching for solutions is important. By acquainting students with philosophical theories and the thought experiments used to test them, this text fosters active learning and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $61.72! \| SVS
7	Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples more books like this by Linda Tuhiwai Smith add to wishlist transformed". In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of western research. Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research. The second part of the book meets the urgent need for literature which validates various frustrations with ... see all copies from $15.30! new only from $22.29! \| SVS
8	The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company more books like this by Charles G Koch add to wishlist Praise for "The Science of Success" - 'Evaluating the success of an individual or company is a lot like judging a trapper by his pelts. Charles Koch has a lot of pelts. He has built Koch Industries into the world's largest privately held company, and this book is an insider's guide to how he did it. Koch has studied how markets work for decades, ... see all copies from $3.59! new only from $14.26! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past more books like this by John Lewis Gaddis add to wishlist What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History more books like this by R Jon McGee add to wishlist A comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, ... see all copies from $2.67! new only from $27.95! \| SVS
11 view cover	History: A Very Short Introduction more books like this by John H Arnold add to wishlist There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $6.55! \| SVS
12 view cover	Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy more books like this by Simon Blackburn add to wishlist Blackburn, author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHY, provides the curious with an accessible and intelligent introduction to the major issues of philosophy and how they have been addressed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.64! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Anthropology more books like this by Carol R Ember add to wishlist For one semester/quarter introductory courses in General Anthropology (Four Fields). This text provides students with a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. The book helps students understand humans in all their variety and why such variety exists. The new twelfth edition places an increased emphasis on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 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 $7.81! new only from $14.81! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Craft of Political Research more books like this by W Phillips Shively add to wishlist This highly accessible book provides a basic introduction to the nature of research questions and methods of empirical research in political science. It describes the cooperative process, as well as the logic of empirical measurement and analysis of observations, in the conception and pursuit of a research project. Emphasizing the design of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00!
16 view cover	The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation more books like this by Michael Schwalbe add to wishlist "The Sociologically Examined Life" is a lively and concise text that uses analyses of everyday life to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past more books like this by Mark Q Sutton, Robert M Yohe, II add to wishlist The second edition of this recent entry into the introductory archaeology market conveys the excitement of archaeological discovery while it explains how archaeologists think as they scientifically find, analyze, and interpret evidence. Highlights of the Second Edition Additional historical archaeological examples, including a discussion of ... see all copies* from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	The concept of law more books like this by H L A Hart add to wishlist An ELBS/LPBB edition is available see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.15! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methodology more books like this by Martha C Howell, Walter Prevenier add to wishlist From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide for all students of history and for anyone who ... see all copies from $7.40! new only from $13.34! \| SVS
20 view cover	Reconstruction in philosophy more books like this by John Dewey add to wishlist Though best remembered today as a philosopher of early-childhood education through his influential 1899 work The School and Society and the essay The Child and the Curriculum, John Dewey also expended considerable thought on the progress of philosophy itself. In this striking book, first published just after the First World War in 1920, Dewey ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Logic of Scientific Discovery more books like this by Karl Popper add to wishlist First published in English in 1959, Karl Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge and is one of the most widely read books about science written last century. Described by the philosopher AJ Ayer as 'a work of great originality and power', Popper presents the two ideas that did ... see all copies from $9.49! new only from $13.87! \| first editions \| SVS
22 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 $8.49! new only from $15.97! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings more books like this by Michael R. Matthews (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.05!
24 view cover	Reading the Past: Current Approaches to Interpretation in Archaeology more books like this by Ian Hodder add to wishlist The mainstream archaeology of the seventies, 'processual archaeology', modelled itself on the natural sciences. It has been challenged in recent years by a 'post-processual' archaeology which draws upon the wider perspectives of history and social anthropology, insisting that account must be taken of the context and meaning of behaviour, and that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.76! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Family Theories more books like this by James M White, Dr. David M Klein add to wishlist Praise for the First Edition: 'This is an admirable text and sourcebook, but also achieves the status of an intellectually challenging confrontation with the reader. It is in many ways a model which many of us would be well advised to follow. I wish I could have written it' - British Journal of Developmental Psychology This revision of a best ... see all copies from $2.45! new only from $38.15! \| first editions \| SVS

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