As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he could. Now, from the vantage point of his eighth...
Philosophy
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Author:Klein, DanielSummary: - Author:Panza, Christopher, Gale, GregorySummary:
Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means? You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre and Kierkegaard’s favorite philosophy. See how existentialist ideas have influenced everything...
- Author:Bourgeault, Guy.Summary:
Mais d’où vient donc que, dans ce que l’on a pu percevoir et décrire comme une « effervescence éthique », les discours des éthiques partout, depuis quelque temps, prolifèrent ? « Être éthique ou ne pas être, écrit Monique Canto...
- Author:Kingwell, MarkSummary:
Taking seriously the idea that baseball is a study in failure - a very successful batter manages a base hit in just three of every ten attempts. Mark Kingwell argues that there is no better tutor of human failure's enduring significance...
- Author:Kreeft, PeterSummary:
Boston College professor Peter Kreeft's lectures examine the eternal question of faith and present the most compelling arguments for and against God's existence, the seeming conflicts between religion and science, and the different...
- Author:Nzegwu, NkiruSummary:
Charts various trends in gender studies through an analysis of Igbo society.
- Author:Neff, KristinSummary:
Drawing on a wealth of research, her personal life story and empirically supported practices, Neff demonstrates how women can use fierce and tender self-compassion to succeed in the workplace, engage in caregiving without burning out,...
- Author:Carse, James P.Summary:
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life; they are played in order to be won, which is when they end. But infinite games are more mysterious. Their object is not winning, but ensuring the continuation of play. The rules...
- Author:Quinnett, Paul, McManus, Patrick E.Summary:
Despite its title, Fishing Lessons will not show readers how to fish. In fact, you don't even have to like to fish to enjoy and appreciate the latest book from respected psychologist, fisherman and essayist Paul Quinnett. Fishing...
- Author:Porter, Roy.Summary:
"As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of...
- Author:Magnus, P. D.Summary:
forall x is an open access introductory textbook in formal logic. It covers translation, proofs, and formal semantics for sentential and predicate logic.
- Author:Magnus, P.D.Summary:
forall x is an open access introductory textbook in formal logic. It covers translation, proofs, and formal semantics for sentential and predicate logic.
- Author:Button, Tim, Magnus, P. D.Summary:
forall x: Calgary is a full-featured textbook on formal logic. It covers key notions of logic such as consequence and validity of arguments, the syntax of truth-functional propositional logic TFL and truth-table semantics, the syntax of...
- Author:Button, Tim, Magnus, P. D.Summary:
This is a textbook on formal logic. The book is divided into eight parts. Part I introduces the topic and notions of logic in an informal way, without introducing a formal language yet. Parts II-IV concern truth-functional languages. In...
- Author:Fillion, RéalSummary:
This work underscores the need to examine history philosophically, not only to better appreciate how it unfolds and relates to our own unfolding lives, but to better appreciate our free engagement in this changing world. Linking a...
- Author:Burkeman, OliverSummary:
A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life.
- Author:Loptson, PeterSummary:
Freedom, Nature, and World is a collection of essays by Peter Loptson which examine issues posed by a broadly naturalistic view of the world, which Loptson defends while also exploring some of the challenges it confronts. Papers on...
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German Philosophers contains studies of four of the most important German Kant, arguably the most influential modern philosopher; Hegel, whose philosophy inspired a vision of a communist society that for more than one hundred years...
- Author:Butler, JudithSummary:
"What does it mean to lead a moral life?" In her first extended study of moral philosophy, Judith Butler offers a provocative outline for a new ethical practice -- one responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new...
- Author:Groarke, LeoSummary:
Good Reasoning Matters! is a practical guide to recognizing, evaluating, and constructing arguments. Combining straightforward instruction with abundant exercises and examples, this innovative introduction to argument schemes and...
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