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A history of silence as a shaper of the human mind, a study of the ways a pursuit of rationality often leads to irrationality, and a biography of a philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world top the list of best-selling philosophy books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 

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A history of silence as a shaper of the human mind, a study of the ways a pursuit of rationality often leads to irrationality, and a biography of a philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world top the list of best-selling philosophy books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO. 

1. Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives
Brox, Jane,
Houghton Harcourt. 2019. ISBN 9780544702486. $27.

2. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
Smith, Justin E.H.
Princeton University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780691178677. $29.95.

3. Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely
Curran, Andrew S.
Other Press. 2019. ISBN 9781590516706. $28.95.

4. Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us
May, Todd
University of Chicago Press. 2019. ISBN 9780226609744. $25.

5. Unwatchable
Baer, Nicholas, ed.
Rutgers University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780813599595. $99.95.

6. Evil: The Science behind Humanity's Dark Side
Shaw, Julia
Harry. N. Abrams. 2019. ISBN 9781419729492. $24.

7. On Freedom.
Sunstein, Cass R.
Princeton University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780691191157. $12.95.

8. Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
University of California Press. 2019. ISBN 9780520331075. $32.95.

9. Power of Cute
May, Simon
Princeton University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780691181813. $18.95.

10. Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent
Mendes-Flohr, Paul R.
Yale University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780300153040. $26.

11. Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition
Churchland, Patricia Smith
W. W Norton. 2019. ISBN 9781324000891. $27.95.

12. Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political
Cassam, Quassim
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780198826903. $34.95.

13. Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic
Khader, Serene J.
Oxford University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780190664190. $99.

14. America The Fair: Using Brain Science To Create a More Just Nation
Meegan, Dan
Cornell University Press. 2019. ISBN 9781501735479. $17.95.

15. Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic
Corngold, Stanley
Princeton University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780691165011. $39.95.

16. Oxford Studies In Ancient Philosophy; V. LV, Winter 2018
Caston, Victor
Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780198836339. $75.

17. Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
Critchley, Simon
Pantheon. 2019. ISBN 9781524747947. $26.95.

18. Dewey for Artists
Jacob, Mary Jane
University of Chicago Press. 2018. ISBN 9780226580302. $85.

19. Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America
Milam, Erika Lorraine
Princeton University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780691181882. $29.95.

20. Catherine & Diderot: The Empress, the Philosopher, and the Fate of the Enlightenment
Zaretsky, Robert
Harvard University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780674737907. $27.95.

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