Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496465Description: A church historian addresses questions about church history and Catholicism today, and walks the reader through 2,000 years of the papacy.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496465http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498996Description: 24 and philosophy is a book you just can't do without. It's all here, folks: the reason Presidents trust him; how Jack cuts through the lies and ambiguities; why he puts his life on the line for others; and how he knows which knee cap to blow out to get that all-important next lead. With the help of twenty "24 crazed" philosophers, you'll figure out what makes this guy tick, and much much more. This book is a witty, but philosophical exploration of the popular television series 24, now in its sixth season. It addresses pressing ethical issues relating to torture, terrorism and warfare. It raises fascinating questions about knowledge, loyalty, and suspicion. It explores in-depth the character and behaviour of Jack Bauer. It is written by philosophers who are all serious fans of the show.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498996http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498995Description: An exploration of the philosophy behind NBC's hit TV series, 30 Rock. With edgy writing and a great cast, 30 Rock is one of the funniest television shows on the air{u2014}and where hilarity ensues, philosophical questions abound: Are Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy ethical heroes? Kenneth redefines "goody two shoes", but what does it really mean to be good? Dr. Leo Spaceman routinely demonstrates that medicine is not a science, so what is the role of the incompetent professional in America today?http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498995http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504174Description: Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, Harrison invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the skeptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504174http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489938Description: A comprehensive, rollicking, and timely history of the papacy.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489938http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496466Description: Written in a clear and engaging style, Aesthetics A-Z is an alphabetical and authoritative guide to the main concepts, arguments, problems, and figures of aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Extensively cross-referenced and supplemented with carefully selected suggestions for further reading, entries provide a layered treatment of both the historical background and contemporary debates of aesthetics, highlighting points of intersection between aesthetics and other branches of philosophy or other fields in the arts. An ideal introductory guide for newcomers to the field of aesthetics, Aesthetics A-Z is a handy and useful reference work for advanced students of philosophy, art history, education, media studies, and the performing arts.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496466http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498999Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498999http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504165Description: A bold, insightful book that rejects the myth of America the Unphilosophical, arguing that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace of truth and argument that far surpasses ancient Greece or any other place one can name.Publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504165http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489937Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489937http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489936Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489936http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507568Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507568http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498974Description: The present volume is not intended as a competitor with Brockelmann and Hitti, Gibb and von Grunebaum, Rosenthal and Lewis, Levi-Provenðcal and Spuler and Gabrieli-to name but a few of the brilliant historians whose writings have done so much to recover and reinterpret the record. Its scope is at once more modest and, in a certain way, more fundamental. This book is a series of documents illustrating the development of Islamic civilization, texts translated from the languages in which they were originally composed by famous protagonists of that culture. The intention is to present a panorama of Muslim life and thought and achievement as depicted from within. The translations, a considerable part of which has not been published hitherto, are all the work of a single scholar and represent the gleanings of more than thirty years of assiduous reading. They are meant to throw light on the literary, intellectual and religious movements within Islam, as well as illuminating something of the politics and the sociology, ranging from the origins in the sixth century down to the present day. It should of course be confessed that they constitute the merest fragments of literatures preserved in overwhelming abundance, exceeding many times what has survived from ancient Greece and Rome, a repertory of many tens of thousands of volumes, the majority still in manuscript, not a few of immense length. The passages chosen, however, have been taken from the most highly esteemed and authoritative works; and the attempt has been made to construct a balanced and rounded picture. -- from Introduction (p. [9]-10).http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498974http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504619Description: "Over the past hundred years, average life expectancy in America has nearly doubled, due largely to scientific and medical advances, but also as a consequence of safer working conditions, a heightened awareness of the importance of diet and health, and other factors. Yet while longevity is celebrated as an achievement in modern civilization, the longer people live, the more likely they are to succumb to chronic, terminal illnesses. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 47 years, with a majority of American deaths attributed to influenza, tuberculosis, pneumonia, or other diseases. In 2000, the average life expectancy was nearly 80 years, and for too many people, these long lifespans included cancer, heart failure, Lou Gehrig's Disease, AIDS, or other fatal illnesses, and with them, came debilitating pain and the loss of a once-full and often independent lifestyle. In this compelling and provocative book, noted legal scholar Howard Ball poses the pressing question: is it appropriate, legally and ethically, for a competent individual to have the liberty to decide how and when to die when faced with a terminal illness? At Liberty to Die charts how, the right of a competent, terminally ill person to die on his or her own terms with the help of a doctor has come deeply embroiled in debates about the relationship between religion, civil liberties, politics, and law in American life. Exploring both the legal rulings and the media frenzies that accompanied the Terry Schiavo case and others like it, Howard Ball contends that despite raging battles in all the states where right to die legislation has been proposed, the opposition to the right to die is intractable in its stance. Combining constitutional analysis, legal history, and current events, Ball surveys the constitutional arguments that have driven the right to die debate"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504619http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498994Description: Batman is one of the most complex characters ever to appear in comic books, graphic novels, and on the big screen. What philosophical trials does this superhero confront in order to keep Gotham safe? Combing through seventy years of comic books, television shows, and movies, Batman and Philosophy explores how the Dark Knight grapples with ethical conundrums, moral responsibility, his identity crisis, the moral weight he carries to avenge his murdered parents, and much more. How does this caped crusader measure up against the teachings of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Kierkegaard, and Lao Tzu?--BOOK JACKET. Also includes information on actions, alternate Earths, authenticity, bat as symbol, charity, comparisons, consequentialist ethics, death, deontology, descriptions, duty, ethics, evil, freedom, free will, Martin Heidegger, Hurricane Katrina, identity, insanity, Joker, justice, life, love, moral actions, moral responsibility, moral exemplars, Alfred Pennyworth, Robin, superheroes, Superman, Two Face, utilitarianism, vengeance, etc.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498994http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498978Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498978http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498951Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498951http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496592Description: We've all asked, "What is the world coming to?" But we seldom ask, "How bad was the world in the past?" In this book, the author, a cognitive scientist shows that the past was much worse; and that we may be living in the most peaceable era in our species' existence. Evidence of a bloody history has always been around us: genocides in the Old Testament, gory mutilations in Shakespeare and Grimm, monarchs who beheaded their relatives, and American founders who dueled with their rivals; the nonchalant treatment in popular culture of wife-beating, child abuse, and the extermination of native peoples. The murder rate in medieval Europe was more than thirty times what it is today. Slavery, sadistic punishments, and frivolous executions were common features of life for millennia, then were suddenly abolished. How could this have happened, if human nature has not changed? The author argues that thanks to the spread of government, literacy, trade, and cosmopolitanism, we increasingly control our impulses, empathize with others, bargain rather than plunder, debunk toxic ideologies, and deploy our powers of reason to reduce the temptations of violence.-- From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496592http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504166Description: "Dan Morhaim, a practicing physician and Maryland state legislator, guides readers through the medical and legal maze of end-of-life care. He details the care choices available and demystifies living wills and advance directives. Breaking down the barriers to a difficult but essential topic, he shows the way to a better end."--P. [4] of cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504166http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496593Description: A follow-up to the best-selling "Ethics for a new millennium" outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496593http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498855Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498855http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496467Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496467http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489935Description: John Dewey (1859-1952) was a major figure of the American cultural and intellectual landscape in the first half of the twentieth century. While not the originator of American pragmatism, he was instrumental to its articulation as a philosophy and the spread of its influence beyond philosophy to other disciplines. His prolific writings encompass metaphysics, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, psychology, moral philosophy, the philosophies of religion, art, and education, and democratic political and international theory. The contributors to this Companion examine the wide range of Dewey's thought and provide a critical evaluation of his philosophy and its lasting influence, both elsewhere in philosophy and on other disciplines.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489935http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507569Description: Existentialism exerts a continuing fascination on students of philosophy and general readers. As a philosophical phenomenon, though, it is often poorly understood, as a form of radical subjectivism that turns its back on reason and argumentation and possesses all the liabilities of philosophical idealism but without any idealistic conceptual clarity. In this volume of original essays, a team of commentators discuss the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir and show how their focus on existence provides a compelling perspective on contemporary issues in moral psychology and philosophy of mind, language and history. A further sequence of chapters examines the influence of existential ideas beyond philosophy, in literature, religion, politics and psychiatry. The volume offers an assessment of the continuing vitality of existentialism as a philosophical movement and a cultural phenomenon.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507569http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496620Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496620http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496594Description: "Scientology is one of the wealthiest and most powerful new religions to emerge in the past century. To its detractors, L. Ron Hubbard's space-age mysticism is a moneymaking scam and sinister brainwashing cult. But to its adherents, it is humanity's brightest hope. Few religious movements have been subject to public scrutiny like Scientology, yet much of what is written about the church is sensationalist and inaccurate. Here for the first time is the story of Scientology's protracted and turbulent journey to recognition as a religion in the postwar American landscape. Hugh Urban tells the real story of Scientology from its cold war-era beginnings in the 1950s to its prominence today as the religion of Hollywood's celebrity elite. Urban paints a vivid portrait of Hubbard, the enigmatic founder who once commanded his own private fleet and an intelligence apparatus rivaling that of the U.S. government. One FBI agent described him as "a mental case," but to his followers he is the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind." Urban details Scientology's decades-long war with the IRS, which ended with the church winning tax-exempt status as a religion; the rancorous cult wars of the 1970s and 1980s; as well as the latest challenges confronting Scientology, from attacks by the Internet group Anonymous to the church's efforts to suppress the online dissemination of its esoteric teachings. This book demonstrates how Scientology has reflected the broader anxieties and obsessions of postwar America, and raises profound questions about how religion is defined and who gets to define it."--Book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496594http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504168Description: A philosopher discusses the climate change debate, including the science of greenhouse gasses, offsetting carbon emissions and the choices facing policymakers by filtering the issues through the universal philosophical standards of goodness and justice.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504168http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496468Description: A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496468http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496621Description: This volume presents a survey exploring the profound influence of Socrates on the history of Western philosophy. It also discusses the life of Socrates and key philosophical doctrines associated with him.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496621http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504620Description: From Pulitzer Prize winner Amanda Bennett comes a moving, eye-opening, and beautifully written memoir--a love story of two unusual people, their complex marriage and deep devotion, and finally, Bennett's quest to save her husband's life--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504620http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504169Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504169http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498993Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498993http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489934Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489934http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=355507Description: "In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes's famous Meditations, the book which launched modern philosophy. Drawing on the reinterpretations of Descartes's thought of the past twenty-five years, she shows how Descartes constructs a theory of the mind, the body, nature, and God from a premise of radical uncertainty. She discusses in detail the historical context of Descartes's writings, and their relationship to early modern science, and at the same time she introduces concepts and problems that define the philosophical enterprise as it is understood today. Following closely the text of the Meditations and meant to be read alongside them, this survey is accessible to readers with no previous background in philosophy. It is well suited to university-level courses on Descartes, but can also be read with profit by students in other disciplines."--Jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=355507http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478707Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478707http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496622Description: The author argues that all forms of life are interconnected and that no being, construct, or object can exist independently from the ecological entanglement, nor does "nature" exist as an entity separate from the uglier or more synthetic elements of life. Realizing this interconnectedness is what the author calls the ecological thought. He investigates the philosophical, political, and aesthetic implications of this interconnectedness.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496622http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491217Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491217http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507573Description: "What are the ethical principles underpinning the idea of a just war and how should they be adapted to changing social and military circumstances? In this book, Steven P. Lee presents the basic principles of just war theory, showing how they evolved historically and how they are applied today in global relations. He examines the role of state sovereignty and individual human rights in the moral foundations of just war theory and discusses a wide range of topics including humanitarian intervention, preventive war, the moral status of civilians and enemy combatants, civil war and terrorism. He shows how just war theory relates to both pacifism and realism. Finally, he considers the future of war and the prospects for its obsolescence. His clear and wide-ranging discussion, richly illustrated with examples, will be invaluable for students and other readers interested in the ethical challenges posed by the changing nature of war"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507573http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496623Description: "This book presents an introduction to the diverse and wide-ranging ethical aspects of war and peace. In a fair-minded and engaging analysis, Nigel Dower introduces the different ethical theories in traditional and contemporary debates - realism, just war theory and pacifism - and subjects each to detailed critical scrutiny. The book uses a wide range of examples from across the world, including discussions of nuclear weapons, new wars, terrorism, humanitarian intervention and human security." "Written as a textbook for those who have no prior knowledge of philosophical ethics, The Ethics of War and Peace is designed to help students understand how to engage ethically with the world. At the end of each chapter there is a helpful set of questions for individual reflection or group discussion."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496623http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478666Description: Examines the nature of happiness, discussing how it has been treated in philosophy and religion and by the modern disciplines of psychology, economics, and neurocience, and considers the place of indivdual happiness within the context of modern life.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=478666http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507376Description: Drawing on evolutionary history and the emergent science of human nature, this book argues that humans have an innate sense of fairness. While these impulses can easily be subverted by greed and demagoguery, they can also be harnessed for good. The author brings together the latest findings from the behavioral and biological sciences to propose a new Biosocial Contract including sweeping economic and political reforms based on three principles of fairness--equality, equity, and reciprocity. His conclusion is that the proper response to bank bailouts and financial chicanery isn't to get mad--it's to get fair.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507376http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498992Description: This unique book brings together low-brow, potty-mouthed, cartoon humor and high-brow philosophical reflection to deliver an outrageously smart and entertaining exploration of one of TVs most unrelenting families.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498992http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498991Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498991http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496624Description: A Georgetown University professor and well-known scholar of Islam, Esposito analyzes the current and future practice of Islam in this short but insightful volume. He surveys a number of topics, including identity issues for Muslims living in the West. Esposito highlights the world views of modern Muslim thinkers, such as Tariq Ramadan (Esposito modestly omits mention of his mentorship of some of these scholars). He tackles head-on the myth of Muslim tolerance of 9/11 by pointing to polls showing that the vast majority of Muslims disapproved of the attack and that 358 Muslim employees at the World Trade Center were among the dead. As a senior scientist for Gallup, Esposito has at his command the results of numerous polls of and about Muslims. In this book, he goes beyond the numbers to showcase what Muslims really stand for and want in today's world. Esposito's enthusiasm for his topic makes his book an easy and enlightening read.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496624http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496619Description: A refresher manifesto on the virtues and vulnerable core values of democracy by the feminist political commentator and author of The End of America and The Beauty Myth reveals how everyday citizens can understand and use democracy for the betterment of society.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496619http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504621Description: God's war crimes, Aristotle's sneaky tricks, Galileos creationism, Newton's intelligent design, entropys errors, Einstein's pajamas, John Conway's game of loneliness, Information Theory's blind spot, Stephen Wolfram's New Kind Of Science, and six monkeys at six typewriters getting it wrong. What do these have to do with the birth of a universe and with your need for meaning? Everything, as you're about to see.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504621http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498990Description: Explores the philosophical issues embedded in the Green Lantern Corps' stories and characters, from what Plato's tale of the Ring of Gyges tells us about the Green Lantern ring and the desire for power, to whether willpower is the most important strength.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498990http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498989Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498989http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489933Description: In this book, Dale Allison addresses ongoing historical-theological questions concerning Jesus Christ. What should one think of the modern quest for the historical Jesus when there is such enduring discord among the experts, and when personal agendas play such a large role in the reconstructions? How much history is in the Gospels, and how much history does Christian theology require that there be? How does the quest impinge on conventional Christian beliefs, and what might it contribute to contemporary theological reflection? --From publisher's description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489933http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496469Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496469http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504171Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504171http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498988Description: "Dr. Gregory House is arguably the most complex and challenging antihero in the history of television, but is there more to this self-important genius than gray matter and ego? This book takes a deeper look at House to reveal the philosophical underpinnings of this popular medical drama and its cane-waving curmudgeon's most outrageous behavior. What emerges is a remarkable character who is part Sherlock Holmes, part Socratic philosopher, part Nietzschean superman, part Taoist rhetorician, and not at all as screwed up as you might think."--Jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498988http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507574Description: "The environment has long been the undisputed territory of the political Left, which casts international capitalism, consumerism, and the over-exploitation of natural resources as the principle threats to the planet, and sees top-down interventions as the most effective solution. In How to Think Seriously About the Planet, Roger Scruton rejects this view and offers a fresh approach to tackling the most important political problem of our time. The environmental movement, he contends, is philosophically confused and has unrealistic agendas. Its sights are directed at the large-scale events and the confrontation between international politics and multinational business. But Scruton argues that no large-scale environmental project, however well-intentioned, will succeed if it is not rooted in small-scale practical reasoning. Seeing things on a large scale promotes top-down solutions, managed by unaccountable bureaucracies that fail to assess local conditions and are rife with unintended consequences. Scruton argues for the greater efficacy of local initiatives over global schemes, civil association over political activism, and small-scale institutions of friendship over regulatory hyper-vigilance. And he suggests that conservatism is far better suited to solving environmental problems than either liberalism or socialism. Rather than entrusting the environment to unwieldy NGOs and international committees, we must assume personal responsibility and foster local control. People must be empowered to take charge of their environment, to care for it as they would a home, and to involve themselves through the kind of local associations that have been the traditional goal of conservative politics. Our common future is by no means assured, but as Roger Scruton clearly demonstrates in this important book, there is a path that can ensure the future safety of our planet and our species."--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507574http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493436Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493436http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496625Description: Ideas can, and do, change the world. Just as Marxism, existentialism, and feminism shaped the last century, so fundamentalism, globalization, and bioethics are transforming our world now. In "Ideas that Matter," renowned philosopher A.C. Grayling provides a personal dictionary of the ideas that will shape our world in the decades to come. With customary wit, fire, and erudition, Grayling ranges across the gamut of essential theories, movements, and philosophies--from animal rights to neurophilosophy to war crimes--provoking and elucidating throughout--Book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496625http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498986Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498986http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498953Description: John Dewey, widely known as "America's philosopher," provided important insights into education and political philosophy, but surprisingly never set down a complete moral or ethical philosophy. Gregory Fernando Pappas presents the first systematic and comprehensive treatment of Dewey's ethics. By providing a pluralistic account of moral life that is both unified and coherent, Pappas considers ethics to be key to an understanding of Dewey's other philosophical insights, especially his views on democracy. Pappas unfolds Dewey's ethical vision by looking carefully at the virtues and values of ideal character and community. Showing that Dewey's ethics are compatible with the rest of his philosophy, Pappas corrects the reputation of American pragmatism as a philosophy committed to skepticism and relativism. Readers will find a robust and boldly detailed view of Dewey's ethics in this groundbreaking book.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498953http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498975Description: "The Kingdom of Infinite Space is a journey around the part of our anatomy with which we most closely identify: our heads. Tallis explains the social history of blushing, ponders the curiousness of kissing, and shows how giggling really is infectious. From the production of ear wax, to why we cry, to the evolution of abstract thought, his book is an exploration of the everyday acts performed by our heads. Through his descriptions of sleeping and awakening, and the transformation of breath into speech, laughter or a sneeze, Tallis reveals the head as a place of continuous, vital activity and of extraordinary sophistication."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498975http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504623Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504623http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496578Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496578http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498985Description: This collection of essays takes an unprecedented look at the philosophical issues and themes behind AMC's Emmy Award-winning show, Mad Men,exploring issues ranging from identity to authenticity to feminism, and more.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498985http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498824Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498824http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498984Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498984http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507381Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507381http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496470Description: An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical "fanaticism" of Western moralists, such as Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Rawls, and the utilitarians, Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising from definitions of good. Instead he advances a theory of "moral foolishness," or moral asceticism, extracted from the "amoral" philosophers of East Asia and such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Niklas Luhman. The moral fool doesn't understand why ethics are necessarily good, and he isn't convinced that the moral perspective is always positive. In this way he is like most people, and Moeller defends this foolishness against ethical pathologies that support the death penalty, just wars, and even Jerry Springer's crude moral theater. Comparing and contrasting the religious philosophies of Christianity, Daoism, and Zen Buddhism, Moeller presents a persuasive argument in favor of amorality.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496470http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489932Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489932http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496626Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496626http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498826Description: Notes and introductions % Two-column format % Glossary with 200 key words andconcepts % 8 pages of color maps % Indexes % 2,108 pp.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498826http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498976Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498976http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498983Description: Unites philosophy with one of the best shows ever: The Office. Addressing both the current American incarnation and the original British version, The Office and philosophy brings these two wonders of civilization together for a frolic through the mundane yet curiously edifying worlds of Scranton's Dunder-Mifflin and Slough's Wernham-Hogg.--from Amazon.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498983http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498827Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498827http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507577Description: "The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle reflects the lively international character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, and Japan; it also, appropriately, includes a preponderance of authors from the University of Oxford, which has been a center of Aristotelian studies for many centuries. The volume equally reflects the broad range of activity Aristotelian studies comprise today: such activity ranges from the primarily textual and philological to the application of broadly Aristotelian themes to contemporary problems irrespective of their narrow textual fidelity. In between these extremes one finds the core of Aristotelian scholarship as it is practiced today, and as it is primarily represented in this Handbook: textual exegesis and criticism. Even within this more limited core activity, one witnesses a rich range of pursuits, with some scholars seeking primarily to understand Aristotle in his own philosophical milieu and others seeking rather to place him into direct conversation with contemporary philosophers and their present-day concerns. No one of these enterprises exhausts the field. On the contrary, one of the most welcome and enlivening features of the contemporary Aristotelian scene is precisely the cross-fertilization these mutually beneficial and complementary activities offer one another. The volume, prefaced with an introduction to Aristotle's life and works by the editor, covers the main areas of Aristotelian philosophy and intellectual inquiry: ethics, metaphysics, politics, logic, language, psychology, rhetoric, poetics, theology, physical and biological investigation, and philosophical method. It also, and distinctively, looks both backwards and forwards: two chapters recount Aristotle's treatment of earlier philosophers, who proved formative to his own orientations and methods, and another three chapters chart the long afterlife of Aristotle's philosophy, in Late Antiquity, in the Islamic World, and in the Latin West." -- Publisher's website.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507577http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503945Description: " With the sustained, coherent perspective of an authored text and the diverse, authoritative views typical of an anthology, Philosophy of Art: Aesthetic Theory and Practice by David Boersema provides the context and commentary students need to comprehend the various issues in philosophy of art. Throughout the book, issues are examined using the lenses of the three broad areas of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory. That is, concerns are raised about what is expressed, how it is expressed, and why it is expressed. Chapters on the artist, the audience, and the artwork further break down the discipline and are applied to the final chapters on the specific types of art. The differences between art and science as well as the relationship of art and society provide a refreshing discussion of overlooked areas in philosophy of art"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503945http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496471Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496471http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503946Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503946http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504625Description: "Body scans at the airport, candid pics on Facebook, a Twitter account for your stray thoughts, and a surveillance camera on every street corner--today we have an audience for all of the extraordinary and banal events of our lives. The threshold between privacy and exposure becomes more permeable by the minute. But what happens to our private selves when we cannot escape scrutiny, and to our public personas when they pass from our control? In this wide-ranging, penetrating addition to the Big Ideas//Small Books series, and in his own unmistakable voice, Garret Keizer considers the moral dimensions of privacy in relation to issues of social justice, economic inequality, and the increasing commoditization of the global marketplace. Though acutely aware of the digital threat to privacy rights, Keizer refuses to see privacy in purely technological terms or as an essentially legalistic value. Instead, he locates privacy in the human capacity for resistance and in the sustainable society 'with liberty and justice for all.'"--from cover, p. [2]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504625http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496472Description: "Tariq Ramadan has emerged as one of the foremost voices of reformist Islam in the West, notable for urging his fellow Muslims to participate fully in the civil life of the Western societies in which they live. In this new book, Ramadan addresses Muslim societies and communities everywhere with a bold call for radical reform. He challenges those who argue defensively that reform is a dangerous and foreign deviation, and a betrayal of the faith. Authentic reform, he says, has always been grounded in Islam's textual sources, spiritual objectives, and intellectual traditions. But the reformist movements that are based on renewed reading of textual sources while using traditional methodologies and categories have achieved only adaptive responses to the crisis facing a globalizing world. Such readings, Ramadan argues, have reached the limits of their usefulness." "Ramadan calls for a radical reform that goes beyond adaptation to envision bold and creative solutions to transform the present and the future of our societies. This new approach interrogates the historically established sources, categories, higher objectives, tools, and methodologies of Islamic law and jurisprudence, and the authority this traditional geography of knowledge has granted to textual scholars. He proposes a new geography that redefines the sources and the spiritual and ethical objectives of the law, creating room for the authority of scholars of the social and hard sciences. This will equip this transformative reform with the spiritual, ethical, social, and scientific knowledge necessary to address contemporary challenges. Ramadan argues that radical reform demands not only the equal contributions of scholars of both the text and the context but also the critical engagement and creative imagination of the Muslim masses."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496472http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496627Description: On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes what he calls the "superstitious" view of God held by most atheists and agnostics and offers in its place a revolutionary account of the Christian Gospel. On the other hand, he launches a stinging assault on the betrayal of this revolution by institutional Christianity. There is little joy here, then, either for the anti-God brigade -- Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens in particular -- nor for many conventional believers. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496627http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496473Description: What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton's inspiring book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false--but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world. Religion for Atheists suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it--because the world's religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we look to religion for insights into how to, among other concerns, build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel and reconnect with the natural world.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496473http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496579Description: This is a survey of the whole field of ethics by an international team of contributors. Over 60 chapters are divided into six clear sections: the history of ethics, meta-ethics, perspectives from outside ethics, ethical perspectives, morality, debates in ethics.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496579http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498829Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498829http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496474Description: From the influential and hugely popular "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author of "Bobos in Paradise" comes a landmark exploration of how human beings and communities succeed.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496474http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496595Description: Socrates is often called the father of philosophy. Yet he left no writings, so what we know of his life and ideas comes from the works of his contemporaries. Socrates taught--and strove to embody--that how each of us chooses to live and die has great meaning. By constantly examining one's life and actions, a philosophy of ethics is born. As Plutarch observed, "He was the first person to demonstrate that life is open to philosophy at all times, in every part, among all kinds of people, and in every experience and activity." In this biography, historian Paul Johnson situates Socrates in the life of fifth-century B.C. Athens, and his wide range of acquaintances, from the local grocer to the leading politicians, dramatists, and scholars. By studying his life and times, we benefit from his philosophy, for as Cicero said, "Socrates was the first to call Philosophy down from the skies ... and introduce her into people's homes, and force her to investigate ordinary life, ethics, good and evil."--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496595http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496618Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496618http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493450Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=493450http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496475Description: "How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust , the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights up the world for us and makes us feel special and transcendent. Thus consciousness paves the way for spirituality, and allows us, as human beings, to reap the rewards, and anxieties, of living in what Humphrey calls the "soul niche." Tightly argued, intellectually gripping, and a joy to read, Soul Dust provides answers to the deepest questions. It shows how the problem of consciousness merges with questions that obsess us all--how life should be lived and the fear of death. Resting firmly on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and drawing a wealth of insights from philosophy and literature..."--Jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496475http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498865Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498865http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496580Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496580http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498830Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498830http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498998Description: From the Publisher: Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies? Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us? Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not? Is Judgment Day inevitable? The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivating millions with its edgy depiction of the struggle of humankind for survival against its own creations. This book draws on some of history's philosophical heavy hitters: Descartes, Kant, Karl Marx, and many more. Nineteen leather-clad chapters target with extreme prejudice the mysteries surrounding intriguing philosophical issues raised by the Terminator series, including the morality of terminating other people for the sake of peace, whether we can really use time travel to protect our future resistance leaders in the past, and if Arnold's famous T-101 is a real person or not. You'll say "Hasta la vista, baby" to philosophical confusion as you develop a new appreciation for the complexities of John and Sarah Connor and the battles between Skynet and the human race.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498998http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489541Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489541http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498867Description: Thinking the Twentieth Century maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age onto a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. Tony Judt presents the triumphs and the failures of prominent intellectuals, adeptly explaining both their ideas and the risks of their political commitments.--[book jacket]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498867http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504626Description: Drawing on the full panoply of medieval sources, Guy sheds new light on the relationship between Saint Thomas áa Becket and England's greatest medieval king, Henry II, separating truth from centuries of mythmaking, and casting doubt on the long-held assumption that the headstrong rivals were once close friends. He also provides the fullest accounting yet for Becket's seemingly radical transformation from worldly bureaucrat to devout man of God.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504626http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503947Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503947http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507383Description: Traces the intellectual and social history of wealth in the early Christian church, examining the financial rise of the church and its effects on the waning Roman empire as well as the church's own beliefs on poverty.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507383http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496577Description: Paul Harvey illustrates how black Christian traditions provided theological, institutional, and personal strategies for cultural survival during bondage and into an era of partial freedom. At the same time, he covers the ongoing tug-of-war between themes of "respectability" versus practices derived from an African heritage; the adoption of Christianity by the majority; and the critique of the adoption of the "white man's religion" from the eighteenth century to the present. The book also covers internal cultural, gendered, and class divisions in churches that attracted congregants of widely disparate educational levels, incomes, and worship styles. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496577http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498981Description: In a world where vampires, werewolves, and fairies coexist with human beings, the characters in Harris's books-- and the television show based on them-- wrestle with powerful desires while facing complex issues concerning sex, romance, bigotry, violence, death, and immortality.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498981http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498982Description: With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498982http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498977Description: "Expanded and up-to-date-the ultimate guide that explores meaning and philosophy of all six seasons of Lost Lost is more than just a popular television show; it's a complex examination of meaningful philosophical questions. What does good versus evil mean on the island? Is it a coincidence that characters John Locke and Desmond David Hume are named after actual philosophers? What is the ethics of responsibility for Jack? An action-adventure story with more than a touch of the metaphysical, Lost forces viewers to ask difficult questions of themselves just as the story asks difficult questions of its characters. Ultimate Lost and Philosophy helps you explore the deeper meaning and philosophical questions hidden within every complex twist and turn in the historic show's entire six-season run. Includes every season of Lost, including 2010's final, highly anticipated season Connects events on the show to core philosophical issues such as truth, identity, and morality Explores a host of intriguing topics such as time travel, freedom, love, and loss For fans of Lost who are interested in what the show reveals about ourselves and the human condition, Ultimate Lost and Philosophy is an entertaining, informative, and enlightening resource."--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498977http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507384Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507384http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507591Description: "In 1947 America's premier philosopher, educator, and public intellectual John Dewey purportedly lost his last manuscript on modern philosophy in the back of a taxicab. Now, sixty-five years later, Dewey's fresh and unpretentious take on the history and theory of knowledge is finally available. Editor Phillip Deen has taken on the task of editing Dewey's unfinished work, carefully compiling the fragments and multiple drafts of each chapter that he discovered in the folders of the Dewey Papers at the Special Collections Research Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He has used Dewey's last known outline for the manuscript, aiming to create a finished product that faithfully represents Dewey's original intent. An introduction and editor's notes by Deen and a foreword by Larry A. Hickman, director of the Center for Dewey Studies, frame this previously lost work. In Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy, Dewey argues that modern philosophy is anything but; instead, it retains the baggage of outdated and misguided philosophical traditions and dualisms carried forward from Greek and medieval traditions. Drawing on cultural anthropology, Dewey moves past the philosophical themes of the past, instead proposing a functional model of humanity as emotional, inquiring, purposive organisms embedded in a natural and cultural environment. Dewey begins by tracing the problematic history of philosophy, demonstrating how, from the time of the Greeks to the Empiricists and Rationalists, the subject has been mired in the search for immutable absolutes outside human experience and has relied on dualisms between mind and body, theory and practice, and the material and the ideal, ultimately dividing humanity from nature. The result, he posits, is the epistemological problem of how it is possible to have knowledge at all. In the second half of the volume, Dewey roots philosophy in the conflicting beliefs and cultural tensions of the human condition, maintaining that these issues are much more pertinent to philosophy and knowledge than the sharp dichotomies of the past and abstract questions of the body and mind. Ultimately, Dewey argues that the mind is not separate from the world, criticizes the denigration of practice in the name of theory, addresses the dualism between matter and ideals, and questions why the human and the natural were ever separated in philosophy. The result is a deeper understanding of the relationship among the scientific, the moral, and the aesthetic. More than just historically significant in its rediscovery, Unmodern Philosophy and Modern Philosophy provides an intriguing critique of the history of modern thought and a positive account of John Dewey's naturalized theory of knowing. This volume marks a significant contribution to the history of American thought and finally resolves one of the mysteries of pragmatic philosophy."--book jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507591http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507385Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507385http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507386Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507386http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496596Description: Explains why the human brain has such difficulty dealing with complex global problems and provides a method for surmounting these limitations in order to end the blights of worldwide recession, global warming, fast-spreading viruses, famine, and poverty.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496596http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498980Description: "Watchmen is the most critically acclaimed graphic novel ever published and turned the world of comic superheroes on its head. This masterpiece of realistic storytelling, dialogue, and artwork, courtesy of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, raises a host of compelling philosophical questions. How do Ozymandias and Rorschach justify their actions? What are the political ramifications of the Comedian's work for the government? How do we explain the nature of Dr. Manhattan? And can a graphic novel be considered literature? Whether you're reading Watchmen for the first time or have been a fan for more than twenty years, Watchmen and Philosophy will help you read deeper into the philosophical questions and the revolutionary story that changed comic fiction forever."--BOOK JACKET.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498980http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504627Description: Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars? Auctioning admission to elite universities? Selling citizenship to immigrants willing to pay?http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504627http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496597Description: A U.S. release of an existential work in Germany blends pop culture, cutting-edge research in neuroscience, and traditional philosophy to tour some of today's most relevant philosophical questions, exploring such topics as the nature of truth and the actual value of good behavior.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=496597http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504628Description: Why is there a world rather than nothing at all? This question remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking who insist that science alone is capable of explaining how our cosmos came into being, the author enters this debate as he examines our efforts to grasp the origins of the universe. He takes on the role of cosmological detective, and traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times, suggesting that we might have been too narrow in limiting our suspects to God and the Big Bang theory.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=504628http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507593Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507593http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498979Description: The X-Men are labelled 'mutants' for their powerful and special abilities. These abilities make them more powerful than all other humans, but the measure of a mutant lies in how he or she chooses to use their ability.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498979