Philosophy, October 2017 | Best Sellers

by LJ Reviews
Oct 26, 2017 | Filed in Reviews+
January 2017 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
January 2017 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
  1. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds Dennett, Daniel C. W.W. Norton 2017. ISBN 9780393242072. $28.95
  2. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion Bloom, Paul Ecco: HarperCollins 2016. ISBN 9780062339331. $26.99
  3. The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone Sloman, Steven A. Riverhead Books 2017. ISBN 9780399184352. $28
  4. On Human Nature Scruton, Roger Princeton University Press 2017. ISBN 9780691168753. $22.95
  5. Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration Bejan, Teresa M. Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674545496. $45
  6. Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher Watts, Edward J. Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 9780190210038. $29.95
  7. Materialism Eagleton, Terry Yale University Press 2016. ISBN 9780300218800. $24
  8. The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking Minnich, Elizabeth Kamarck Rowman & Littlefield 2017. ISBN 9781442275959. $85
  9. The Enigma of Reason Mercier, Hugo Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674368309. $29.95
  10. On Betrayal Margalit, Avishai Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674048263. $26.95
  11. What Do Philosophers Do? Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy Maddy, Penelope Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 9780190618698. $29.95
  12. Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli's Lifelong Quest for Freedom Benner, Erica W.W. Norton 2017. ISBN 9780393609721. $27.95
  13. Faces of Moderation: The Art of Balance in an Age of Extremes Craiutu, Aurelian University of Pennsylvania Press 2017. ISBN 9780812248760. $49.95
  14. When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible Tessman, Lisa Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 9780190657581. $21.95
  15. Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton Iliffe, Rob Oxford University Press 2017. ISBN 9780199995356. $34.95
  16. The Happiness Philosophers: The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians Schultz, Bart Princeton University Press 2017. ISBN 9780691154770. $39.95
  17. What Love Is: and What It Could Be Jenkins, Carrie Basic Books: Perseus 2017. ISBN 9780465098859. $26.99
  18. Thinking with Kant’s Critique of Judgment Chaouli, Michel Harvard University Press 2017. ISBN 9780674971363. $45
  19. The Wrong of Injustice: Dehumanization and Its Role in Feminist Philosophy Mikkola, Mari Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780190601072. $99
  20. Double Bind: Women on Ambition Romm, Robin Liveright: Norton 2017. ISBN 9781631491214. $27.95
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