GOULD, STEPHEN JAY

The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox Mending the Gap between Science and the Humanities

New York: Harmony, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0609601407. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.5 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 288 pages; "In his final book and his first full-length original title since Full House in 1996, the eminent paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould offers a surprising and nuanced study of the complex relationship between our two great ways of knowing: science and the humanities, twin realms of knowledge that have been divided against each other for far too long.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21154

Catalogue: Science::Philosophy

Keywords: 0609601407 Science Humanities

HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL

Over the Teacups

Boston: Houghton Mifflin (Riverside Press), [1891]1902. Reprint. Hardcover. Breakfast Table Series; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 440 pages; Light brown leather spine and corners show some edgewear, gilt blindstamped design on spine, top gilt. Marbled paper covered boards and end papers. Back hinge appears to have been glued, front hinge intact. Previous owner's name on blank page. This is from the Breakfast Table Series - Handy Volume Edition. Dated MDCCCCII on title page. Very attractive little volume. Binding is Three-Quarter Leather.. Very Good .

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Book number: 3961

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: LITERATURE leather bound LITERATURE

HUTCHEON, PAT DUFFY

Leaving the Cave Evolutionary Naturalism in Social

Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0889202583. Light edge wear, Dj spine faded, sticker shadow on front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 1.3 x 9.2 x 6 Inches; 504 pages; "How can one explain the general failure of the social sciences to accumulate reliable knowledge? According to Pat Duffy Hutcheon the social sciences have failed us in the twentieth century. Practitioners in the social realm (such as politicians, therapists, educators and economists) are unable to provide the answers we seek to meet the challenges of our everyday lives and the next millennium. In 'Leaving the Cave' Hutcheon explores the reasons for this failure. In this pioneering study of the development of social and biological evolutionary theory she contends that, for the first time in history, there exists a paradigm capable of integrating the life sciences and the social/behavioural sciences, a model to make effective social science a reality. To illustrate her arguments Hutcheon traces the development of a current of thought she identifies as evolutionary naturalism. She focusses on the lives and writings of those thinkers who have most illuminated this philosophy, from the Hellenic Greeks, through the works of the early pioneers of modern social scientific thought, to the social theorists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries whose ideas have been firmly rooted in the Darwinian and Pavlovian revolutions in biology and neuroscience. 'Leaving the Cave' is an innovative, multidisciplinary study of the development of social science, the philosophy of evolutionary naturalism and the effect of each on the other. Certain to arouse controversy, this is a book which everyone concerned for the future of the social sciences will want to read.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14893

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: 0889202583 Social Sciences PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY

JEANSON, FRANCIS

Le Problème Moral Et la Pensée de Sartre

Paris: Éditions Du Myrte, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Short tears head & tail of spine, a little discoloration, glassine cover over book is chipped with tears. Some pencil underlining of text ; Preface in the form of a letter from Sartre to Jeanson. A tight solid book. ; Trade PB; Collection 'Pensée et Civilisation'; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 372 pages; This book was originally published in softcover by Éditions Du Myrte.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 17444

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY sartre Morality Morals PHILOSOPHY

KAMINER, WENDY

Sleeping with Extra

New York: Pantheon, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 067944243X. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 278 pages; "argues that we are a society intoxicated by the irrational: religion, spirituality, and popular therapies threaten to replace rational thought with supernaturalism and impassioned but unexamined personal testimony. Ranging from our fascination with angels, aliens, and near- death experiences to the rise of junk science, the recovery movement, and the digital culture, Kaminer points out the amusing and ominous effects of our deference to spiritual authorities and resistance to critical thinking.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21676

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: 067944243X irrationalism credulity skepticism PHILOSOPHY

WILSON, RICHARD

Don't Get Fooled Again the Sceptic's Guide to Life

Toronto: ICON BOOKS LTD, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1848310145. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. Pages lightly tanned ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; " "Don't Get Fooled Again" offers practical tools for cutting through the claptrap and unravelling the spin - tackling propaganda, the psychology of deception, pseudo-news, bogus science, the weird cult of 'Aids reappraisal', numerous conspiracy theories (including the one about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq), and much more.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21600

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: 1848310145 PHILOSOPHY