Books, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Epistemology

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Random House (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2007-04-17)

Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace
by Amber-Allen Publishing (Paperback)

Ayn Rand
The Virtue of Selfishness
by Signet (Paperback)

David Hume
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by Hackett Pub Co Inc (Paperback)

A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of HUman Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book 1 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.

Robert Burton
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
by St. Martin's Griffin (Paperback) (Release Date: 2009-03-17)

You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do.In On Being Certain, neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeling certain—feeling that we know something--- is a mental sensation, rather than evidence of fact. An increasing body of evidence suggests that feelings such as certainty stem from primitive areas of the brain and are independent of active, conscious reflection and reasoning. In other words, the feeling of knowing happens to us; we cannot make it happen. Bringing together cutting-edge neuroscience, experimental data, and fascinating anecdotes, Robert Burton explores the inconsistent and sometimes paradoxical relationship between our thoughts and what we actually know. Provocative and groundbreaking, On Being Certain challenges what we know (or think we know) about the mind, knowledge, ...

Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Oxford World's Classics)
by Oxford University Press, USA (Paperback)

Nietzsche's mature masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil considers the origins and nature of Judeo-Christian morality; the end of philosophical dogmatism and beginning of perspectivism; the questionable virtues of science and scholarship; liberal democracy, nationalism, and women's emancipation. A superb new translation by Marion Faber, this highly annotated edition is complemented by a lucid introduction by one of the most eminent of Nietzsche scholars, Robert C. Holub.

Ernest Becker
The Denial of Death
by Free Pr (Hardcover)

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.

Richard Nisbett
The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
by Free Press (Paperback)

When psychologist Richard E. Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese observers instead commented on the background environment -- and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought, people think about -- and even see -- the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. The Geography of Thought documents Professor Nisbett's groundbreaking research in cultural psychology, addressing questions such as: Why did the ancient Chinese excel at algebra and arithmetic, but not geometry, the brilliant achievement of such Greeks as Euclid? Why do East Asians find it so difficult to disentangle an object from its surroundings? Why do Western infants learn nouns more rapidly than verbs, ...

Edward O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
by Vintage (Paperback) (Release Date: 1999-03-30)

When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life[UNABRIDGED]
by Audio Literature (Audio Cassette)

We are receiving signals from above all the time. When God Winks proposes that these signals, or coincidences, can, if we pay attention, serve as reassurances that we are on the right path and signposts to our future. Like winks from a loving parent or grandparent, coincidences are messages from your Maker telling you that you are not alone and that everything will be okay. The compelling theory of why coincidences exist -- and how to map them -- is demonstrated by fascinating stories in history, sports, medicine, and relationships involving both everyday people and celebrities. These captivating stories, some of them familiar but now viewed in an entirely new light, will prove highly entertaining to every listener.

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