Overview :One of the most beloved works of the Middle Ages, The Consolation of Philosophy ranks among the most deeply experienced and profoundly reaso... Read More
Overview :The Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: De consolatione philosophiae) is a philosophical work by the Roman statesman Boethius, written around ... Read More
Overview :"Big questions are Gazzaniga's stock in trade."--New York Times"Gazzaniga is one of the most brilliant experimental neuroscientists in the w... Read More
Overview :A BELIEF IN FREE WILL touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public poli... Read More
Overview :In 1962, the philosopher Richard Taylor used six commonly accepted presuppositions to imply that human beings have no control over the futur... Read More
Overview :With nearly 200,000 copies sold in its 25 years, Chosen by God by Dr. R. C. Sproul is a contemporary classic on predestination, a doctrine t... Read More
Overview :Accessible to students with no background in the subject, A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will provides an extensive and up-to-date over... Read More
Overview :A landmark book in the debate over free will that makes the case for compatibilism.In this landmark 1984 work on free will, Daniel Dennett m... Read More
Overview :Written in 1841 by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance advocates the rejection of conformity and the n... Read More
Overview :In A Dialogue on Free Will and Science, renowned philosopher Alfred Mele explores the experiments in neuroscience and psychology that have ... Read More
Overview :Optimism is fundamental to the human spirit and has sparked innovation across the centuries, but does it have a dark side? Renowned philosop... Read More
Overview :Desiderius Eramsus (1466/9-1536) was the most renowned scholar of his age, a celebrated humanist and Classicist, and the first teacher of Gr... Read More
Overview :An accessible history of the idea of purpose in Western thought, from ancient Greece to the presentCan we live without the idea of purpose? ... Read More
Overview :Luck touches us all. "Why me?" we complain when things go wrong--though seldom when things go right. But although luck has a firm hold on al... Read More