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By the authors of the national bestseller Wittgenstein’s Poker, a riveting account of the legendary 1972 chess match between Boris Spassky, the world champion from the Soviet Union, and the American challenger Bobby FischerIn the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at a pivotal point, the Soviet...
Nigel Warburton
Dec 07, 2020In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful a...
Nigel Warburton
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Jane McGonigalIn this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy, the distinguished author of Mortal Questions and The View From Nowhere sets forth the central problems of philosophical inquiry for the beginning student. Arguing that the best way to learn about philosophy is to think about its questions directly, Thomas Nagel considers possible solutions t...
Nigel Warburton
Nov 27, 2020From the author of Wittgenstein's Poker and Would You Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe's historyOn June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot him d...
Nigel Warburton
Nov 25, 2020When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory. Keynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom Wittgenstein treated as an equal. Had he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of th...
Nigel Warburton
Nov 25, 2020Also recommended by
Diane CoyleThe scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousnessDip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent ...
'This is brilliant. A book about women in philosophy by women in philosophy – love it!' Elif ShafakWhere are the women philosophers? The answer is right here.The history of philosophy has not done women justice: you’ve probably heard the names Plato, Kant, Nietzsche and Locke – but what about Hypatia, Arendt, Oluwole and Young?The Philosopher Queen...
"This is the finest kind of travel: not just across continents, but through time, space and our infinite minds. The journey is the joy, and Emily Thomas a terrific guide." - Mike ParkerHow can we think more deeply about our travels?This was the question that inspired Emily Thomas' journey into the philosophy of travel. Part philosophical ramble, pa...
Nigel Warburton
Nov 25, 2020Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent...
Nigel Warburton
Oct 21, 2020Critical Thinking
Your Guide to Effective Argument, Successful Analysis and Independent Study
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Critical thinking is a set of techniques--you just need to learn them. This helpful book is your personal toolkit for demystifying critical engagement. Author Tom Chatfield will show you how to sharpen your critical thinking by developing and practicing this specific set of skills, so you can... Spot an argument and understand why reasoning matter...
Nigel Warburton
Oct 21, 2020An eye-opening, Gladwellian look at the power of a positive attitude toward failure and its profound impact on our success in any field.In the airline industry, failure is taken seriously. Every aircraft is equipped with an almost indestructible black box. When there is an accident, the box is opened, the data is analyzed, and the reason for the ac...
Nigel Warburton
Oct 21, 2020The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures by Eric Schwitzgebel
Galileo's Error by Philip Goff
Becoming Beauvoir by Kate Kirkpatrick
Socrates in Love by Armand D’Angour
A Theory of the Aphorism by Andrew Hui
Sick Souls, Healthy Minds by John Kaag
The Infidel and the Professor by Dennis C. Rasmussen
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright
How to Be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
The Meaning of Belief by Tim Crane
Utilitarianism by Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
Natural Theology by William Paley
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by David Hume
Stig of the Dump by Clive King
Mind's I by Douglas R. Hofstadter
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
Ethics in the Real World by Peter Singer