"Conversations on Science, Culture and Time, Michel Serres and Brunio Latour. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1995. New Paperback. Serres begins by discussing the intellectual context and historical events?including the impact of World War II and Hiroshima, which for him marked the beginning of science's ascendancy over the humanities?that shaped his own philosophical outlook and led him to his lifelong mission of bringing together the texts of the humanities and the conceptual revolutions of modern science. He then confronts the major difficulties encountered by his readers: his meth... View More...
"Derrida's Haunt, the Architecture of Deconstruction, Mark Wiley, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1993. From the front flap, "Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecture - architecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend?By locating the architecture already hidden with deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconst... View More...
"The Lucifer Principle, a Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, Howard Bloom, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1997. New Paperback. The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among 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 basic biological fabric. " View More...
"An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation, Clarence Lewis Irving, 1971, The Paul Carus Lectures, Series 8. Classically, philosophers concerned themselves with two areas of knowledge; ontology and ethics. Ontology focuses on being and existence, ie; what does it mean to exist. Ethics, on the other hand, deals with questions about living. the Roman philosopher's expression summum bonum, meaning the highest or ultimate good, is generally considered to be the succinct expression for ethical studies in philosophy. Philosophers quickly realized that in dealing with ethical concerns, these conceptions ... View More...
"Dialectic of Enlightenment, Max Horkeimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2002. Important text from Frankfort School of Critical Theory. New paperback. " View More...
"How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2021. New Paperback. Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason." View More...
"Intellectual Calculus, F.N.Ball, The Thames Bank Publishing Company Limited, Ipswich, 1957. First edition with dust jacket. The author posits that certainty can not be found through the intellect alone, that it is only achieved through cessation of intellectual activity, or occlusion. In addition to defining the method and nature, Ball includes 6 appendices where he tests his against theories to various established Western philosophical theories of the past and his contemporaries. " View More...
"Nihilism, Nolen Gertz, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2019. New Paperback. An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters. MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series." View More...
"Post-Truth, Lee McIntyre, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2018. New Paperback. How we arrived in a post-truth era, when "alternative facts" replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series." View More...
"Quantum Entanglement, Jed Brody, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2020. New Paperback. An exploration of that Einstein called "spooky action at a distance" and how that quantum phenomenon contradicts our assumptions about reality. MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series." View More...
"Reason and Anti: Reason in Our Time, Karl Jaspers, 1952. Translated by Stanley Godman. The great German existentialist and writer goes over in simple words the challenge of the scientific method, reason, and the conflict with their antithesis. Small hard bound lacking jacket. Good condition. Edge worn." View More...
"Traherne in Dialogue, A. Leigh DeNeef, 1988. The work for which the religious English poet Traherne is best known today is his Centuries of Meditations, a collection of short paragraphs in which he reflects on Christian life and ministry, philosophy, happiness, desire and childhood. DeNeef compares the poet's thought with contemporary European philosophy of Heidegger, Lacan and Derrida. Near fine with dj. 317pp." View More...
