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“john huss”

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  • Johnny Cash and Philosophy

    The Burning Ring of Truth

    Edited by John Huss, David Werther ...
    Series Book 31 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Interest in the Man in Black has grown since his death in 2003, with increased record sales, cover videos by groups like Nine Inch Nails, and the 2006 biopic Walk the Line cementing his fame. This book honors Cash by examining the many philosophical issues and concepts within his music. From the gender confusion of A Boy Named Sue” to the ethics of "shooting a man just to watch him die,” ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Planet of the Apes and Philosophy

    Great Apes Think Alike

    Edited by John Huss ...
    Series Book 74 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    What makes humans different from other animals, what humans are entitled to do to other species, whether time travel is possible, what limits should be placed on science and technology, the morality and practicality of genetic engineering-these are just some of the philosophical problems raised by Planet of the Apes.Planet of the Apes and Philosophy looks at all the deeper issues involved in the ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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  • The Social Conquest of Earth

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  • Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking

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  • The World Beyond Your Head

    On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

    by Matthew B. Crawford ...
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  • The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

    In Search of Humanism Among the Primates

    by Frans de Waal ...
    In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution.For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he ... Read more

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  • From Bacteria to Bach and Back

    The Evolution of Minds

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    "A supremely enjoyable, intoxicating work." —NatureHow did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled abilities. Disciples of Darwin have explained how natural selection produced plants, but what about the human mind?In From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Daniel C. Dennett builds on recent ... Read more

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  • Fire in the Stone

    Prehistoric Fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel

    by Nicholas Ruddick ...
    Series series Early Classics of Science Fiction
    The genre of prehistoric fiction contains a surprisingly large and diverse group of fictional works by American, British, and French writers from the late nineteenth century to the present that describe prehistoric humans. Nicholas Ruddick explains why prehistoric fiction could not come into being until after the acceptance of Charles Darwin's theories, and argues that many early prehistoric ... Read more

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    Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

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  • Darwin's Dangerous Idea

    Evolution and the Meaning of Life

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    In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory ... Read more

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