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![Walter Benjamin [1892-1940] of Europe](images/mdeWalterBenjamin.jpg "Walter Benjamin [1892-1940] of Europe")
![Albert Camus [1913-60] of France](images/mdeCamus.jpg "Albert Camus [1913-60] of France")
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![Eric Hoffer [1902-83]](images/mdeEricHoffer.jpg "Eric Hoffer [1902-83]")
![H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] of Baltimore, Maryland](images/mdeHLMencken.jpg "H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] of Baltimore, Maryland")
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Well-Known Thinkers
A to F • G to I • J to M {just below} • N to Z
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pragmatist William James [1842-1910]
"[Wm. James] represented the true America, and represented in a measure the whole
ultramodern, radical world." — George Santayana [1863-1952]
browse books •
Emory Univ pages •
Wikipedia
William James Society [est. 1999] based in Canada
Library of America editions: Volume I | Volume II
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German-Swiss existential philosopher Karl Jaspers [1883-1969]
browse books •
Wikipedia
Karl Jaspers Society of North America (KJSNA) [est. 1980]
Karl Jaspers Society of Austria [est. 1984]
Jaspers Society of Japan {in Japanese only}
Polskie Towarzystwo Karla Jaspersa / Jaspers Society of Poland []
Società Italiana Karl Jaspers / Italian Karl Jaspers Society
Jaspers entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Chris Thornhill
 | "Philosophy of Existence" [1958] by Karl Jaspers, 1971 translation by Richard F. Grabau Univ PA Press 8x5 pb [6/71] for $18.95 |
  | "The Great Philosophers" in 2 volumes [1962/1966] by Karl Jaspers, Edited by Hannah Arendt, Translated by Ralph Manheim Volume 1: "The Foundations: The Paradigmatic Individuals - Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus" / "The Seminal Founders of Philosophical Thought: Plato, Augustine, Kant" [1962]
Volume 2: "The Original Thinkers - Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Spinoza, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna" [1966]
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Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Carl Gustav Jung [1875-1961]
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Wikipedia
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's Carl Jung Page
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
physicist Dr. Michio Kaku Page
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Immanuel Kant [1724-1804] Page
Kant was wrong in many ways, but is still an important philosopher, in that he needs to be
held accountable for his negative influence on modern Western society.
"Immanuel Kant is the real evil of our age, the villain of European history."
~~ philosopher Ayn Rand [1905-82]
important work "Critique of Pure Reason"
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Oxford philosopher Anthony Kenny [b. 1931]
browse the Anthony Kenny Store {returns 70+ titles} at Amazon •
Wikipedia
"Ancient Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, volume 1" [Clarendon Press 2004] ISBN 0-19-875273-3
"Medieval Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, volume 2" [Oxford Univ Press 2005] ISBN 978-0-19-875275-2
"The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, volume 3" [Oxford Univ Press 2006] ISBN 978-0-19-875277-6
"Philosophy In The Modern World: A New History of Western Philosophy, volume 4" [Oxford Univ Press 2007] ISBN 978-0-19-875279-0
"A New History of Western Philosophy" [Oxford Univ Press 2010] ISBN 978-0-19-958988-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_History_of_Western_Philosophy
Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard [1813-55]
browse books •
I.E.P. pages •
S.E.P. pages •
Wikipedia
Ilse's Kierkegaard fansite
http://www.kierkegaard.org.uk/
 | "Kierkegaard's Existential Ethics" [1992] by George J. Stack Ashgate hardcover [1/92] for $61.94 |
 | "Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes" [1997] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/2001] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8½x5¼ hardcover [4/97] for $14.95 |
"An Animated Introduction To Søren Kierkegaard’s Life & Thought" [2015]
watch 6/2015 short video [6:46] online at YouTube
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Alfred Korzybski [1879-1950], originator of general semantics
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Wikipedia
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross [1926-2004]
browse books •
official website •
Wikipedia
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Thomas S. Kuhn [1922-96] Page
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French neurobiologist & philosopher Henri Laborit [1914-95]
Wikipedia
"Mon Oncle d'Amérique (My American Uncle)" [Gaumont France May 1980, USA Dec 1980] /tt0081176/
directed by Alain Resnais; written by Jean Gruault, based on writings of Henri Laborit; starring Gérard Depardieu,
Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre, Nelly Borgeaud, Pierre Arditi, Henri Laborit
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu [IVth Century B.C.E.] Page
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Dr. Timothy Leary [1920-96] Page
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German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz [1646-1716]
Wikipedia
important work "Discourse On Metaphysics" [1686]
important work "The Relation Between Soul and Body" excerpted from "A New System of Nature ..." [1695]
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political writer Walter Lippmann [1889-1974]
browse books •
selected books •
Wikipedia
John Locke [1632-1704]
browse books •
online works •
I.E.P. pages •
Wikipedia
Locke Institute
Spirit of America Bookstore's Founding Fathers Page
 | "John Locke: Political Writings" [1993] Edited by David Wootton includes "Second Treatise of Government" [c. 1681] & "A Letter Concerning Toleration" [1685] Hackett Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2003] for $12.95 Hackett Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2003] for $39.95 |
 | "Locke: Political Essays" [1997] Edited by Mark Goldie Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/97] for $24.99 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used |
 | "Locke in 90 Minutes" [1999] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/99] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 hardcover [11/99] for $14.95 |
 | "The John Locke Collection: 6 Classic Works" [2013]
635-page Kindle Edition {without index} from Waxkeep Publng [3/2013] for $1.99 634-page CreateSpace 9x6 pb [11/2014] for $13.49 |
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
evolutionary psychologist David Loye Page
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French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard [1924-98]
browse books by Jean-Francois Lyotard and-or
by Jean-François {sic} Lyotard •
entry at Wikipedia
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"The Lyotard Reader" [1990] Edited by Andrew Benjamin Wiley-Blackwell 9x6¼ pb [1/91] for $57.95 {sic} Blackwell Publng 8x6 hardcover [9/90] out of print/used |
physicist & philosopher Ernst Mach [1838-1916]
browse books •
entry at Wikipedia
important "The Analysis of Sensations and The Relation of The Physical To The Psychical"
libertarian scholar Tibor R. Machan [1939-2016]
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entry at Wikipedia
 | "Capitalism and Individualism: Reframing The Argument For A Free Society" [1990] by Tibor R. Machan L.L. Christenson Publng 9x6 pb [6/2002] out of print/used Palgrave Macmillan 9¼x6 hardcover [8/90] out of print/used |
 | "Ayn Rand" biography [2000] by Tibor R. Machan
Peter Lang Publg pb [3/2000] for $24.95 |
 | "Why Is Everyone Else Wrong? Explorations In Truth and Reason" [2010] 29-page monograph by Tibor R. Machan "explores the principles of truth, reason, and ideology, with particular respect to the profound political, economic, and social crises gripping the world today . . . not only sheds light on the nature of 'truth' but also suggests a framework for embracing differences to come up with creative solutions" Kindle Edition from Springer [12/2010] for $39.89 {sic} Springer 9¼x6 pb [12/2010] for $41.98 {sic} |
British philosopher Bryan Edgar Magee [1930-2019]
U.K. philosopher, TV show host, author, Member of Parliament
browse books •
IMDb listing •
entry at Wikipedia
 | "Men of Ideas" TV series [BBC-TV Jan-April 1978] fifteen 45-minute color BBC-TV episodes; episode titles were: 1) An Introduction To Philosophy, 2) Marxist Philos-ophy, 3) Marcuse and The Frankfurt School, 4) Heidegger and Modern Existentialism, 5) The Two Philosophies of Wittgenstein, 6) Logical Positivism and Its Legacy, 7) The Spell of Linguistic Philosophy, 8) Moral Philosophy, 9) The Ideas of Quine, 10) The Philosophy of Language, 11) The Ideas of Chomsky, 12) The Philosophy of Science, 13) Philosophy and Politics, 14) Philosophy and Literature, and 15) Philosophy: The Social Context • host Bryan Magee interviews A.J. Ayer [1910-89], William Barrett, Isaiah Berlin, Noam Chomsky, Ronald Dworkin, Ernest Gellner, R.M. Hare, Herbert Marcuse [1898-1979], Iris Murdoch [1919-99], Hilary Putnam, Willard Van Orman Quine [1908-2000], Anthony Quinton, John Searle, Charles Taylor, Bernard Williams series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
detail links for YouTube videos are on the Philosophy & Educational Media Page
"Thinking Aloud" TV series [BBC-TV 1984-1987]
twenty-seven 40-minute multi-guest color episodes over 4 years
detail info about the episodes are on the Philosophy & Educational Media Page
 | "The Great Philosophers" TV series [BBC-TV Sept-Dec 1987] fifteen 45-minute color BBC-TV episodes; episode titles/subjects were: 1) Plato; 2) Aristotle; 3) Medieval Philosophy; 4) Descartes; 5) Spinoza and Leibniz; 6) Locke and Berkeley; 7) Hume; 8) Kant; 9) Hegel and Marx; 10) Schopen-hauer; 11) Nietzsche; 12) Husserl, Heidegger, and Modern Existentialism; 13) The American Pragmatists; 14) Frege, Russell, and Modern Logic; and 15) Wittgenstein • host Bryan Magee interviews A.J. Ayer, Michael Ayres, Myles Burnyeat, Frederick Copleston, Hubert Dreyfus, Anthony Kenny, Sidney Morgenbesser, Martha Nussbaum, John Passmore, Anthony Lord Quinton, John Searle, Peter Singer, J.P. Stern, Geoffrey Warnock, Bernard Williams series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
detail links for YouTube videos are on the Philosophy & Educational Media Page
 | "The Great Philosophers: An Introduction To Western Philosophy - Based on the B.B.C. Television Series" [1987] by Bryan Magee companion book to the TV series, based on 'fifteen dialogues' {as above} Oxford Univ Press 2nd edition 7¾x5 pb [1/2001] for $17.16 Oxford Univ Press pb [10/2000] for $28.91 Oxford Univ Press 1st edition 7¾x5¼ pb [12/88] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press pb [1992] out of print/used B.B.C. Books 1st edition hardcover [1987] out of print/used |
 | "Aspects of Wagner" [1968] by Bryan Magee Described by W.H. Auden as 'perhaps the greatest genius that ever lived', Wilhelm Richard Wagner [1813-83] has inspired both greater adulation and greater loathing than any other composer. British philosopher Magee examines not only Wagner's music and detailed stage directions but also the prose works in which he formulated his ideas, shedding new light on Wagner's anti-semitism and the way in which the Nazis twisted his theories to suit their own purposes Oxford Univ Press 2nd edition 7¾x5 pb [9/88] for $13.70 Stein and Day pb [1969] out of print/used Oxford Univ Press 2nd edition hardcover [9/88] out of print/used Alan Ross hardcover [1968] out of print/used |
"Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper" [1997] by Bryan Magee
http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Philosopher-Bryan-Magee/dp/0297819593/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375750363/
 | "The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction To The World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas" [1998] by Bryan Magee
240-page D.K. 9¼x7¼ pb [7/2001] for $16.53 D.K. Publng pb [9/98] for $16.84 D.K. Adult hardcover [9/98] for $36.12 "The Story of Thought" Quality Paperback Bookclub pb [1998] out of print/70+ used |
 | "The Story of Philosophy: 2,500 Years of Great Thinkers From Socrates To The Existentialists and Beyond" [2006] by Bryan Magee
D.K. 9¼x7¾ pb [5/2016] for $19.29 Barnes & Noble hardcover [2006] for $28.83 D.K. hardcover [2000] for $41.88 |
YouTube's "Philosophy Overdose Channel" [est. 2008] lists over 800 videos and has 223K subscribers
visit the "Philosophy Overdose Channel" [last update 1/2021] online at YouTube
the "Philosophy Overdose - Bryan Magee Interviews" list contains 30 videos: 5 are short excerpts, 13 are from the 1978 series, and 12 are from the 1987 series
visit the "Philosophy Overdose Channel" [last update 1/2021] online at YouTube
YouTube's "Manufacturing Intellect Channel" [est. 2005] lists over 1,000 videos and has 138K subscribers
visit the "Manufacturing Intellect Channel" [last update 9/2020] online at YouTube
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Chinese philosopher Mencius (Mengzi) [372-289 B.C.E.]
browse books •
entry at Wikipedia
detail was cut to the new Ancient Chinese Philosophy Page in Summer 2022
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H.L. Mencken [1880-1956] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
H.L. Mencken Quotations Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
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'fearless public intellectual' Eduardo Mendieta
browse books •
SUNY homepage • no entry at Wikipedia
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British philosopher John Stuart Mill [1806-73]
Chosen for an experiment in education by his father and his father’s mentor, the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, he was crammed
with learning; the aim was to produce a mind distended out of all proportion, i.e. force-fed facts, as unlucky geese are force-fed corn.
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Wikipedia
J.S. Mill pages at Victorian Web
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
sociologist C. Wright Mills [1916-62] Page
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Renaissance philosopher
{Michel Eyquem de} Montaigne [1533-1592]
books •
Wikipedia
 | "How To Live: or, A Life of Montaigne In One Question and Twenty Attempts At An Answer" [2010] by Sarah Bakewell Other Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $16.50 author's bookpage • author's website |
"Montaigne On Trial" The New Yorker article [1/2017?] by Adam Gopnik
What do we really know about the philosopher who invented liberalism?
Dr. Maria Montessori [1870-1952]
books •
bio [1984] •
Wikipedia
Assn. Montessori Internationale
North American Montessori Teachers Assn. [est. 1970]
Montessori Foundation
 | "Angeline Lillard Presents Montessori: The Science Behind The Genius" university-level lecture [Paladin Pictures Oct 2006] 104-minute lecture; a full century after Dr. Maria Montessori opened a school in a slum in Rome, Italy to test some new theories she had about children's learning & development, psychology research is showing that her educational theories were ahead of their time; featuring Dr. Angeline Lillard, PhD Northlea Enterprises color DVD [10/2006] for $34.95 not listed on IMDb • Dr. Lillard's homepage at Univ/Virginia • official book & movie site companion book [2005] Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [8/2008] for $9.99 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [8/2008] for $14.61 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2005] out of print/many used |
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Nobel-laureate economist Gunnar Myrdal [1898-1987] Page
Prof. Alexander Nehamas [b. 1946]
books •
Princeton Univ. bio page •
Wikipedia
 | "The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections From Plato To Foucault" [1998] by Alexander Nehamas Provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates's significance in Western philosophy (as reported by Plato) and then shows his importance in the writings of Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [2000 edition] for $16.17 Univ California Press 9x6 pb [3/2000] for $28.76 Univ California Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/98] out of print/used |
 | "Virtues of Authenticity: Essays On Plato and Socrates" [1998] by Alexander Nehamas A collection of 16 previously-published essays on various themes concerning Plato and Socrates Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [11/98] for $28.83 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/98] out of print/used |
Sir Isaac Newton [1643-1727]
Newton's reputation rests on four creative acts: the discovery & definition of gravity; the invention of calculus
(in order to complete the math); the publication of "Principia" [1687]; and the definition of Newton's Three Laws of Motion.
books •
Cambridge Univ. bio page •
Wikipedia
The Newton Project [est. 1998] at University of Sussex, U.K.
 | "Newton & Gravity" [1998] Anchor/Doubleday 7¾x5½ pb [7/98] for $9.95 |
 | "The Newton Papers: The Strange and True Odyssey of Isaac Newton's Manuscripts" [2014] by Sarah Dry Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [3/2014] for $13.19 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [5/2014] for $23.62 |
 | "Newtonian Physics For Babies" [2017] by Christopher Ferrie CreateSpace pb [5/2017] out of print/used Sourcebooks, Inc. / Baby University 8x8 hardcover [5/2017] for $6.56 author's official website |
http://www.amazon.com/Biography----Sir-Isaac-Newton/dp/B001BXTPKQ/
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Sir-Isaac-Newton-VHS/dp/1565019822/
http://www.amazon.com/Me-Isaac-Newton-Paul-Allen/dp/B00005T30J/
http://www.amazon.com/Isaac-Newton-VHS-Paul-Allen/dp/B000059HE4/
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Isaac-Newton-Gravity-Genius/dp/B0002V7NUC/
http://www.amazon.com/Bennett-Catherine-Richard-McMillan-Bristow/dp/B0009NZ6UW/
http://www.amazon.com/Newton-Tale-Two-Isaacs-VHS/dp/B00000K0B4/
http://www.amazon.com/Newton-Mind-That-Found-Future/dp/B001E6RFUW/
"Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton" novel [2002] Crown ISBN 0-609-60981-5
by Philip Kerr [1956-2018]
Announced 6/2012: Producer Gene Kirkwood & director Rob Cohen are developing a feature film about
Sir Isaac Newton as action hero; Cohen will write a script and oversee the design of a graphic novel that
will focus on Newton, the historical figure known for his work in the fields of physics & mathematics, as the
chief detective and head of the British Mint {Newton was indeed warden and then Master of the Mint
from 1696 to 1727) • not listed at IMDb {5/2014)
"Isaac Newton: The Last Magician" TV movie [BBC2 July 2013] /tt2878302/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rwgmw
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(Karl Paul) Reinhold Niebuhr [1892-1971]
A favorite philosopher of Barack Obama, for his thinking on the Christian faith's
relationship to the realities of modern politics & diplomacy.
books •
Wikipedia
'The Niebuhr Legacy' at Elmhurst College
Reinhold Niebuhr Papers at Library of Congress
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Friedrich Nietzsche [1844-1900] Page
Friedrich Nietzsche [1844-1900] Quotations Page
at Working Minds Philosophy website
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Robert Nozick [1938-2002] Page
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philosopher Martha Craven Nussbaum
"one of the preëminent philosophers in America, owing to her groundbreaking studies on subjects ranging from the ancient Greeks
to modern feminism" — per The New Yorker Magazine in 2021
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Wikipedia
Nussbaum’s latest book “Citadels of Pride: Sexual Abuse, Accountability, and Reconciliation”
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British philosopher Anthony O'Hear
professor of philosophy at the University of Buckingham in England, the director of the Royal Institute
of Philosophy (London), and the editor of the journal Philosophy
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Wikipedia
"The School of Freedom: A Liberal Education Reader From Plato To The Present Day" [7/2009] by Anthony O'Hear & Marc Sidwell
http://www.amazon.com/School-Freedom-Liberal-Education-Present/dp/1845401344/
Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset [1883-1955]
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Wikipedia
Fundación José Ortega y Gasset y Gregorio Marañón [est. 1978] in Spain
Fundación José Ortega y Gasset Argentina [est. 1988]
 | "The Revolt of The Masses" [Spanish 1932, English 1934] by José Ortega y Gasset W.W. Norton 8¼x5½ pb [2/94] for $10.85 W.W. Norton 7¾x5 pb [4/64] out of print/many used W.W. Norton 7½x5 hardcover [8/1932] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
physician & astrologer Paracelsus [1493-1541] of Switzerland
born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim; improved medical practices, but also used astrology & talismans as cures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus
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oddball philosopher Derek Antony Parfit, FBA [1942-2017] of U.K.
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Wikipedia
long September 2011 article by Larissa MacFarquhar at The New Yorker Magazine
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mathematician & philosopher Blaise Pascal [1623-62]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pens%C3%A9es important work "Pensées (Thoughts)" [French 1670, English 1688]
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Carol S. Pearson, PhD of Santa Barbara, California
browse books • no entry at Wikipedia
president since 2/2012 at Pacifica Graduate Institute [est. 1971]
Pearson Archetypal System website [est. 1997]
The twelve archetypes on the website are: Caregiver, Creator, Everyperson, Explorer,
Hero, Innocent, Jester, Lover, Magician, Revolutionary, Ruler, and Sage
 | "The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By" [1986 bestseller] The 1986 book lists six archetypes: Innocent, Magician, Martyr, Orphan, Wanderer, and Warrior HarperOne 8x5½ pb [7/98] for $10.19 Harper & Row 7¾x5 pb [1986] out of print/dozens used |
 | "Awakening The Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes To Help Us Find Ourselves and Transform Our World" [1991]
The 1991 book lists twelve archetypes: Caregiver, Creator, Destroyer, Innocent, Jester/Fool, Lover, Magician, Orphan, Ruler, Sage, Seeker, and Warrior Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [7/2012] for $10.67 HarperOne 9¼x7½ pb [7/91] for $12.92 |
 | "The Transforming Leader: New Approaches To Leadership For The Twenty-First Century" [2012] Edited by Carol S. Pearson Kindle Edition from Berrett-Koehler Publrs [6/2012] for $19.99 Berrett-Koehler Publrs 9¼x6 pb [6/2012] for $39.32 |
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Page
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Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
educator Jean Piaget [1896-1980] Page
 | "The Essential Piaget: An Interpretive Reference and Guide" [1977] Edited by Howard E. Gruber & J. Jacques Voneche "The best and most complete of all the anthologies of my work." — Jean Piaget Jason Aronson 9x6¼ 100th Anniversary Edition pb [8/95] for $93.95 Basic Books pb [5/82] out of print/used Basic Books hardcover [2/77] out of print/used |
Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore's
psychologist Steven Pinker [b. 1954] Page
Harvard professor and cognitive psychologist; author of eighteen books
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official website •
Wikipedia
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Greek philosopher Plato [427-347 B.C.E.] Page
 | "Plato: Complete Works" [1997] Edited by John M. Cooper & D.S. Hutchinson
Kindle Edition from Hackett Publng [8/2011] for $33.12 {sic} Hackett Publng 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/97] for $48.84 Described as "the definitive edition in English of the Platonic writings . . . replaces completely the Hamilton-Cairns collection"; 1,800+ pages that include Platonian works and 'non-Platonian works in the Socratic style'; the Table of Contents lists: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo; Cratylus; Theaetetus; Sophist; Statesman; Parmen-ides; Philebus; Symposium, Phaedrus; First & Second Alcibiades; Hipparchus; Rival Lovers; Theages; Charm-ides, Laches; Lysis; Euthydemus; Protagoras; Gorgias; Meno; Greater & Lesser Hippias; Ion; Menexenus; Clitophon; The Republic; Timaeus; Critias; Minos; Laws; Epinomis; Letters; Definitions; On Justice; On Virtue; Demodocus; Sisyphus; Halcyon; Eryxias; Axiochus; and Epigrams |
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Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49]
Edgar Allan Poe is considered by many to have invented the American horror story,
the modern detective story, and science fiction. While Poe is usually taught as a literary master,
he was also an intellectual giant on the level of Michelangelo or Da Vinci or Einstein.
Spirit of America Bookstore's Edgar Allan Poe [1809-49] Page
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French polymath Henri Poincaré [1854-1912]
books •
Wikipedia
 | "The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincaré" [2001] Edited by Stephen Jay Gould Poincaré's three most important books: "Science and Hypothesis" [1903]; "The Value of Science" [1905]; and "Science and Method" [1908] Kindle Edition from Modern Library/Random House [9/2012] for $12.99 Modern Library Science 8½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $25.49 |
Louis Paul Pojman [1935-2005]
teacher & author, wrote 34 books and 100 articles
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official website •
Wikipedia
 | "Philosophy: The Quest For Truth" [orig 1989, rev 2019] by Louis P. Pojman & Lewis Vaughn provides an excellent selection of classical and contemporary readings on nineteen key problems in philosophy Oxford Univ Press 9x7½ 11th edition pb [10/2019] for $87.35 Oxford Univ Press 9x7½ 10th edition pb [9/2016] - overpriced |
Karl Polanyi [1886-1964]
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Wikipedia
Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy [est. 1988] & Digital Archive
 | "The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time" [1944] by Dr. Karl Polanyi Kindle Edition from Beacon Press [2001 edition] for $18.99 Beacon Press 8½x5½ pb [3/2001] for $23.71 Beacon Press 8x5½ pb [6/80] out of print/used Toyo Keizai Japanese-language tankoban hardcover [2001] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
Karl's daughter economist Kari Polanyi Levitt
studied under Friedrich Hayek at the London School of Economics and is now Emerita Professor of Economics
at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada
 | "From The Great Transformation To The Great Financialization: On Karl Polanyi and Other Essays" [2013] by Kari Polanyi-Levitt
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Karl's brother polymath & philosopher Michael Polanyi, FRS [1891-1976]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Polanyi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polanyi%27s_paradox
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philosopher Hilary Whitehall Putnam [1926-2016]
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"Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings" [Prentice-Hall 1964]
Edited with Paul Benacerraf ISBN 0-521-29648-X
"Philosophy of Logic" [Harper and Row, 1971] ISBN 0-04-160009-6
"Meaning and the Moral Sciences" [1978]
"Reason, Truth, and History" [Cambridge Univ Press 1981] 2004 pb ISBN 0-521-29776-1
"The Many Faces of Realism" [1987] ISBN 0-8126-9043-5
"Representation and Reality" [MIT Press, 1988] ISBN 0-262-66074-1
"Renewing Philosophy" [Harvard University Press 1992] ISBN 0-674-76094-8
"Pragmatism: An Open Question" [Blackwell, 1995] ISBN 0-631-19343-X
"The Twin Earth Chronicles: Twenty Years of Reflection on Hilary Putnam's the 'Meaning of Meaning'" [6/1996]
by Andrew Pessin & Sanford Goldberg
https://www.amazon.com/Twin-Earth-Chronicles-Reflection-Putnams/dp/1563248735/
"The Threefold Cord: Mind, Body, and World" [Columbia Univ Press, 1999] ISBN 0-231-10287-9
"Enlightenment and Pragmatism" []
"Ethics Without Ontology" [Harvard Univ Press, 2002] ISBN 0-674-01851-6
"Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein" [Indiana Univ Press, 2008]
"Philosophy in an Age of Science" [Harvard Univ Press, 2012]
edited by Mario De Caro & David Macarthur 9780674050136
"Naturalism, Realism, and Normativity, edited by Mario De Caro" [Harvard Univ Press, 2016] 9780674659698
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James W. Rachels, PhD [1941-2003]
He taught at University of Alabama at Birmingham for 26 years; his specialty was moral philosophy.
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 | "The Elements of Moral Philosophy" [orig 1986, rev 2018] by James Rachels & {son} Stuart Rachels 'firmly established as the standard text for undergraduate courses in ethics' Kindle Edition from McGraw-Hill Education [3/2018] for $25.00 McGraw-Hill Education 8½x5½ 9th edition pb [3/2018] for $71.37 McGraw-Hill Education 8¼x5½ 8th edition pb [10/2014] for $88.00 McGraw-Hill Education 8¾x5¼ 7th edition pb [12/2011] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
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genius mathematician Frank P. Ramsey [1903-30] of Cambridge University, England
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article "The Man Who Thought Too Fast" by Anthony Gottlieb in The New Yorker Magazine, May 2020
article "The Master and The Prodigy" by William Janeway - September 2020
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 | Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers" biography [2020] by Prof. Cheryl Misak of the University of Toronto Kindle Edition from Oxford Univ Press [2/2020] for $14.74 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2020] for $31.67 |
John Bordley Rawls [1921-2002]
award-winning American moral & political philosopher in the liberal tradition
Simon Kuznets entry at Wikipedia
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Wilhelm Reich, MD [1897-1957]
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 | "The Mass Psychology of Fascism" [1933] by Wilhelm Reich, MD [1897-1957], Newly Translated by Vincent R. Carfagno Kindle Edition from FS&G/Macmillan [7/2013] for $10.99 Farrar, Straus & Giroux 8x5½ pb [11/80] for $19.05 original translation by Theodore P. Wolfe, MD Pocket mass pb [8/76] out of print/used Farrar, Straus & Giroux 8¼x5½ hardcover [1970] out of print/used Orgone Institute Press hardcover [1946] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia |
"Character Analysis" [1933]
"The Sexual Revolution" [1936]
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French philosopher Ernest Renan [1823-92]
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French philosopher Charles Bernard Renouvier [1815-1903]
primary concept: "one is made free by acting as if one were free"
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Richard Rorty [1931-2007]
Found opinion: Richard Rorty is no longer regarded as a philosopher by most philosophers but as more of a literary or cultural critic.
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Alfred Rosenberg [1893-1946] 
Rosenberg was seriously wrong-headed, but he is known as 'the official Nazi philosopher' for creating or espousing basic Nazi policies
such as racial and religious persecution; he was tried at Nuremberg and hanged for his war crimes.
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"Der Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts (The Myth of The Twentieth Century)" [1930]
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau [1712-78]
"Rousseau's autobiography is nothing less than a manifesto of modern individualism." — Richard Wolin
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"Reveries of the Solitary Walker" [unfinished 1776-78, publd 1782] new translation by Russell Goulbourne
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"Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers" [1994]
"The Trouble With Testosterone: And Other Essays On The Biology of The Human Predicament" [1997]
"A Primate’s Memoir" [2002]
"Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animals" [2005]
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"Space and Time In Contemporary Physics" [1917]
a philosophical introduction to the new physics of Relativity, which was highly acclaimed by Einstein himself as well as many others.
influential "General Theory of Knowledge" [1918]
 | "The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of The Vienna Circle" [2020] by David Edmonds The leader of the Vienna Circle group was shot dead on the university steps by a deranged former student; that June 1936 event halted further collaboration among the group, which was largely gone by the time that World War II began Kindle Edition from Princeton Univ Press [10/2020] for $9.78 Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2020] for $24.95 |
Carl Schmitt [1888-1985]
Widely acknowledged to be one of the most important and influential political theorists of the XXth Century; a professor of public law under the Weimar Republic, he supported the Nazi regime, including anti-Semitism, during the first years of the Reich, before distancing himself in 1936; also known as 'the crown jurist of the Third Reich'.
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"Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory" (Greenwood Press, 1990) by Paul Gottfried ISBN 0-313-27209-3
"The Challenge of Carl Schmitt" (1999) Edited by Chantal Mouffe
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"A Philosophy of Concrete Life: Carl Schmitt and the political thought of late modernity" [2006] by Mika Ojakangas ISBN 3-03910-963-4
"Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence and Terror" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) by Gabriella Slomp ISBN 978-0-230-00251-7
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Arthur Schopenhauer [1788-1860]
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"Schopenhauer" biography [1909] by Thomas Whittaker
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E.F. Schumacher [1911-77]
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Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca 'The Younger' [c.4 BCE – 65 CE]
The philosophy of Seneca influenced the essays of Montaigne, Elizabethan-era tragedy, the theology of Calvin, and the doctrines of the French Revolution.
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 | "On The Shortness of Life (De Brevitate Vitae): Life Is Long If You Know How To Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)" [circa 58 CE] by Seneca, 1997 Translation by C.D.N. Costa
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 | "Brill's Companion To Seneca: Philosopher and Dramatist" [2013] Edited by Gregor Damschen & Andreas Heil Brill Academic Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2013] out of print/used |
 | "Seneca Six Pack: Six Essential Texts" [2016] contains five works in translation and a modern biography: "On The Happy Life (De Vita Beata)" [circa 58 CE] translated by Aubrey Stewart, 1900; "On Leisure (De Otio)" [fragments circa 62 CE] translated by Aubrey Stewart, 1900; "Letters From A Stoic: Volume I" [First Century CE] translated by Richard Mott Gummere, 1917; "Medea" stageplay [First Century CE] translated by Ella Isabel Harris, 1899; "The Daughters of Troy" stageplay [First Century CE] translated by Ella Isabel Harris, 1899; and "The Stoic: A Biography of Seneca" [1920] by Francis Caldwell Holland Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2016] for 99¢ {sic} CreateSpace 9x6 pb [2/2016] for $18.79 LULU.com 9x6 hardcover [2/2016] for $75.00 {sic} |
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philosopher & economist Henry Sidgwick [1838-1900]
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"The Ethics of Conformity and Subscription" [1870]
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"The Scope and Method of Economic Science" [1885]
"The Elements of Politics" [1891]
"Practical Ethics" [1898]
"Philosophy: Its Scope and Relations" [1902]
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Karl Sigmund
professor of mathematics at the University of Vienna and one of the pioneers of evolutionary game theory
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B.F. (Burrhus Frederic) Skinner [1904-90]
an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher who developed 'behaviorism', based on the conclusion that animals (including humans) initially behave randomly and then repeat those behaviors that get rewarded; he was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974; a June 2002 survey listed Skinner as the most influential psychologist of the XXth Century.
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Society for Experimental Analysis of Behavior [est. 1957]
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celebrity German posthumanist philosopher Peter Sloterdijk
1970s follower of Osho Acharya Rajneesh [1931-90]
spent decades railing against the pieties of liberal democracy, 'now his ideas seem prophetic'
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"Critique of Cynical Reason (Kritik der Zynischen Vernunft)" [1983; Univ Minnesota Press 1988]
translation by Michael Eldred; foreword by Andreas Huyssen, ISBN 0-8166-1586-1
"Der Zauberbaum: Die Entstehung der Psychoanalyse im Jahr 1785" [1985]
"Thinker On Stage: Nietzsche's Materialism (Der Denker auf Der Bühne: Nietzsches Materialismus)" [1986; Univ Minnesota Press, 1989]
translation by Jamie Owen Daniel; foreword by Jochen Schulte-Sasse, ISBN 0-8166-1765-1
"Bubbles: Spheres Volume I - Microspherology (Sphären I: Blasen - Mikrosphärologie)" [1998; Semiotext(e), 2011]
translation by Wieland Hoban ISBN 1-58435-104-7
"Globes: Spheres Volume II - Macrospherology (Sphären II: Globen - Makrosphärologie)" [1999; Semiotext(e), 2014]
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"Nietzsche Apostle (Über die Verbesserung der Guten Nachricht: Nietzsches fünftes Evangelium, Rede zum 100)"
[2000 lecture; Semiotext(e) 2013] translation by Steve Corcoran ISBN 978-1-58435-099-6
"Not Saved: Essays After Heidegger (Nicht Gerettet: Versuche Nach Heidegger)" [2001; Polity Press, 2016]
translation by Ian Alexander Moore & Christopher Turner
"Neither Sun Nor Death (Die Sonne und Der Tod: Dialogische Untersuchungen)" [2001; Semiotext(e) 2011]
interview by German writer Hans-Jürgen Heinrichs, translation by Steven Corcoran ISBN 978-1-58435-091-0
"Terror From The Air (Luftbeben: An den Wurzeln des Terrors)" [2002; Semiotext(e), 2009]
translation by Amy Patton, ISBN 1-58435-072-5
"Foams: Spheres Volume III - Plural Spherology (Sphären III: Schäume - Plurale Sphärologie)" [2004; Semiotext(e), 2016]
translation by Wieland Hoban ISBN 1-58435-187-X
"Inside The World of Capital: Towards A Philosophical Theory of Globalization (Im Weltinnenraum des Kapitals)"
[2005; Polity Press, 2013], translation by Wieland Hoban ISBN 978-0-7456-4769-2
"Rage and Time (Zorn und Zeit: Politisch-psychologischer Versuch)" [2006; Columbia Univ Press, 2010]
translation by Mario Wenning ISBN 978-0-231-14522-0
"Derrida, An Egyptian (Derrida Ein Ägypter)" [2007; Polity Press 2009] ISBN 0-7456-4639-5
"God's Zeal: The Battle of The Three Monotheisms (Gottes Eifer: Vom Kampf der Drei Monotheismen)"
[2007; Polity Press, 2009] ISBN 978-0-7456-4507-0
"Theory of The Post-War Periods: Observations On Franco-German Relations Since 1945 (Theorie der Nachkriegszeiten)"
[2008; Springer, 2008], translation by Robert Payne; foreword by Klaus-Dieter Müller ISBN 3-211-79913-3
"You Must Change Your Life (Du mußt dein Leben ändern)" [2009; Polity Press, 2013]
translation by Wieland Hoban ISBN 978-0-7456-4921-4
"The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom As A Practice (Scheintod im Denken: Von Philosophie und Wissenschaft als Ubung)"
[2010; Columbia Univ Press 2012], translation by Karen Margolis ISBN 978-0-231-15870-1
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eco-journalist David Suzuki
"Fracking is one of the dumbest technologies [that] there is."
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philosopher Olúfémi O. Táíwò [the younger b. circa 1989] is a professor at Georgetown University
Grist.org described him as 'one of America’s most prominent philosophers'
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"Elite Capture: How The Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)" [Haymarket Books 2022] ISBN 978-1-64259-735-6
condemns the 'elite capture' of radical movements
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Paul Tillich [1886-1965]
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futurist Alvin Toffler [1928-2016]
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"The Third Wave: The Classic Study of Tomorrow" [1980] by Alvin Toffler "casts fresh light on our new forms of marriage and family, on today's dramatic changes in business and economics; explains the role of cults [and] the new definitions of work, play, love, and success; points toward new forms of XXIst Century democracy" Bantam mass pb [5/84] for $7.99 Pan Books mass pb [5/81] out of print/used Wm. Morrow 9x6½ hardcover [1980] out of print/100+ used book entry at Wikipedia |
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 | "Revolutionary Wealth: How It Will Be Created and How It Will Change Our Lives" [2006] by Alvin & Heidi Toffler
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The Vienna Circle (Der Wiener Kreis), 1924-36
Among the members were chairman Moritz Schlick [1882–1936], Hans Hahn, Philipp Frank, Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Herbert Feigl, Richard von Mises,
Karl Menger, Kurt Gödel, Friedrich Waismann, Felix Kaufmann, Viktor Kraft, and Edgar Zilsel; in addition, the Vienna Circle was occasionally visited by
Alfred Tarski, Hans Reichenbach, Carl Gustav Hempel, Willard Van Orman Quine, Ernest Nagel, Alfred Jules Ayer, Oskar Morgenstern, and Frank P. Ramsey,
while Ludwig Wittgenstein [1889-1951] and Karl Popper were in close contact with the Vienna Circle, but never participated in the meetings.
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http://www.univie.ac.at/vcs/e_institut/index.htm [est. 1991]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_Vienna_Circle [est. 1991]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkenntnis
| | "Exact Thinking In Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and The Epic Quest For The Foundations of Science" [2017] by Karl Sigmund, Preface by Douglas Hofstadter
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| | "The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of The Vienna Circle" [2020] by David Edmonds The leader of the Vienna Circle group was shot dead on the university steps by a deranged former student; that June 1936 event halted further collaboration among the group, which was largely gone by the time that World War II began Kindle Edition from Princeton Univ Press [10/2020] for $9.78 Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2020] for $24.95 |
philosopher François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire [1694-1778]
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher François-Marie Arouet - known as Voltaire - was famous for his wit,
as well as for his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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philosopher Wang Chong aka Wang Ch'ung
[27 A.D - circa 100 A.D.]
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anarchist/economist Josiah Warren [1798-1874]
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sociologist Maximilian Karl Emil 'Max' Weber [1864-1920]
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"The Essential Weber: A Reader" [2003] Edited by Sam Whimster The book is divided into four sections: Comparing civilizations and the origins of modernity; Structures of power and stratification; The dilemmas of modernity; and Methodology of the social sciences. The author teaches at Guildhall University and is a research fellow at the Global Policy Institute, both in London, U.K. Routledge 9¼x6 pb [12/2003] for $65.50 {sic} Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [12/2003] for $176.59 {sic} |
Alfred North Whitehead, OM FRS [1861-1947]
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Robert Paul Wolff
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 | "PAN-dem-IC!: COVID-19 Shakes The World" [2020]
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