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You Are Not So Smart" is a celebration of self-delusion. It's like a psychology class, with all the boring parts taken out, and with no homework. Collecting more than 60 of the lies people tell themselves every day, McRaney has produced a fascinating... [ More...]
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David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural... [ More...]
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Acclaimed as a man "who inspires the world," (Maclean's) and a "nation builder" (Globe and Mail), Jean Vanier has made a difference in the lives of countless people. In this provocative book, Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common... [ More...]
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A witty attack on the illusion that the self is a separate ego that confronts a universe of alien physical objects.
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One of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century, this is Fromm's manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet.
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At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Jaynes's controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only 3,000 years ago and still is developing.
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Unpopular in its day, David Hume's sprawling, three-volume"
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A lively, intellectual romp through your average day introducing the reader to the history of ideas and applying philosophy to everyday life.
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The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships between genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most... [ More...]
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