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  • The Great Philosophers: Wittgenstein

    by Peter Hacker ...
    Series series GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
    This highly accessible account offers an illuminating introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy of mind and to his conception of philosophy. Combining passages from Wittgenstein's writings with detailed interpretation and commentary, Hacker leads us into a world of philosophical investigation in which 'to smell a rat is ever so much easier than to trap it.'Wittgenstein claimed that the role of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • A Beginner's Guide to the Later Philosophy of Wittgenstein

    Seventeen Lectures and Dialogues on the Philosophical Investigations

    by Peter Hacker ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
    In this Beginner’s Guide, Peter Hacker, the leading authority on the philosophy of Wittgenstein and author of a dozen books on his work, introduces the later philosophy of Wittgenstein to those with an enquiring mind. It selects an array of topics that will capture the interest of all educated readers: the nature of language and linguistic meaning, the analysis of necessity and its roots in ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Neuroscience and Philosophy

    Brain, Mind, and Language

    by Maxwell Bennett, Daniel Dennett, Peter Hacker, John Searle ...
    In Neuroscience and Philosophy three prominent philosophers and a leading neuroscientist clash over the conceptual presuppositions of cognitive neuroscience. The book begins with an excerpt from Maxwell Bennett and Peter Hacker's Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience (Blackwell, 2003), which questions the conceptual commitments of cognitive neuroscientists. Their position is then criticized by ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Representational Fallacy in Neuroscience and Psychology

    A Critical Analysis

    by Maxwell R Bennett, Peter M S Hacker ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book traces the history and coherence of the use of the word ‘representations’ from its origins, particularly in the description of artefacts, to its use in the description of so-called mental and neural representations in the mind and in the brain. It is shown that there are no good reasons for this transition. Experimental psychology is confused in taking what one perceives to be a mental ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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    The Moral Powers

    A Study of Human Nature

    by Peter M. Hacker ...
    Narrated by Michael Page ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 2 min

    The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life. It is an essay in philosophical anthropology: the study of the conceptual framework in terms of which we think about, speak about, and investigate homo sapiens as a social and cultural animal. This ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Mind, Method, and Morality

    Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny

    Edited by John Cottingham, Peter Hacker ...
    Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, Kenny's ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

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    Let Them Eat Tweets

    How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality

    by Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson ...
    Narrated by Peter Berkrot ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 33 min

    Does the GOP represent "forgotten" Americans? Or does it represent the superrich?In Let Them Eat Tweets, bestselling political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson offer a definitive answer: the Republican Party serves its plutocratic masters to a degree without precedent in modern global history. Conservative parties, by their nature, almost always side with the rich. But when faced with ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Ultimate Cigar Book

    4th Edition

    by Richard Carleton Hacker ...
    Narrated by Peter Coates ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar-smoking craze. It has been reprinted numerous times in the United States, and is now sold worldwide. No other book contains as much detailed and factual information on virtually every facet of cigar making and cigar smoking. Now we present an ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Secret History of Home Economics

    How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

    by Danielle Dreilinger ...
    Narrated by Rachel Perry ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

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    Unmaking the Presidency

    Donald Trump's War on the World's Most Powerful Office

    by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes ...
    Narrated by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 8 min

    **This program is read by the authors.The definitive account of how Donald Trump has wielded the powers of the American presidency.**The extraordinary authority of the U.S. presidency has no parallel in the democratic world. Today that authority resides in the hands of one man, Donald J. Trump. But rarely if ever has the nature of a president clashed more profoundly with the nature of the office. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Investigating Wittgenstein

    How to Believe

    by Giles Fraser ...
    Series series Guardian Shorts
    Curious, confounding and brilliant, Wittgenstein is a philosopher whom people find it easy to get obsessed with. In Investigating Wittgenstein, Giles Fraser explores the secret of his attraction?The How to Believe series of ebooks explores the teachings, philosophies and beliefs of major thinkers and religious texts. In a short, easy-to-access format, leading writers present new understandings of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

    The Long Reach of the Gene

    by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene 'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene . . . he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books 'Dawkins ... Read more

    $13.99 USD