The Case Against Reality: How Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald D. Hoffman
$26.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science and how we understand the world around us' Steven Pinker 'Is reality virtual? It's a questio ...Show more
Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide by Richard Dawkins
$24.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world's greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn't.Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he'd felt certain they must have had ...Show more
Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: 40th Anniversary Edition by Robert Pirsig
$28.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A book which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.
How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind by Regan Penaluna
$39.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
A timely critique investigating how four women philosophers persevered in a field that often suppressed and disregarded the insights of female thinkers. As a young woman growing up in a small, religious community, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions: Who are we and what is this strange wor ...Show more
How to Be An Existentialist (10thAnniv) by Gary Cox
$31.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
The 10th anniversary edition of a witty classic about the philosophy of existentialism. It is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and the other great existentialist philosophers. An atta ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
$23.00 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinati ...Show more
Philosophy Bites by David Edmonds
$34.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy Bites is a selection of the best interviews from the hugely successful podcast of the same name. Leading philosophers discuss a wide range of philosophical issues, from ethics to aesthetics to metaphysics, in a lively, informal, personal way. Time, infinity, evil, friendship, animals, wine, s ...Show more
On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea by Umberto Eco
$59.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
On Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times. In terms of form and style, On Beauty has been conceived for a vast and diverse readership. Pa ...Show more
Would You Eat Your Cat?: Key Ethical Conundrums, and What They Tell You About Yourself by Jeremy Stangroom
$24.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Are you an authoritarian or a libertarian? Are we morally obliged to end the world? And just what's wrong with eating your cat? Would You Eat Your Cat? challenges you to examine these, and many other questions. This unique collection of classic and modern problems and paradoxes is guaranteed to challeng ...Show more
Philosophy Bites: 25 Philosphers on 25 Intriguing Subjects by David Edmonds
$20.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy Bites is a selection of the best interviews from the hugely successful podcast of the same name. Leading philosophers discuss a wide range of philosophical issues, from ethics to aesthetics to metaphysics, in a lively, informal, personal way. Time, infinity, evil, friendship, animals, wine, s ...Show more
Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt
$67.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
The final book of the brilliant historian and indomitable public critic Tony Judt, "Thinking the Twentieth Century "maps the issues and concerns of a turbulent age on to a life of intellectual conflict and engagement. The twentieth century comes to life as an age of ideas--a time when, for good and for ...Show more