Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology

Massimo Pigliucci

Jonathan Kaplan

University of Chicago Press

How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

Daniel Kaufman

Skye Cleary

Vintage

How To Be Good: What Socrates Can Teach Us About the Art of Living Well

Basic Books

[*Dedication and Acknowledgements *Read by the author - Massimo Pigliucci][Read by Peter Coleman]An engaging guide to how Stoicism -- the ancient philosophy of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius -- can provide lessons for living in the modern world. Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive. In How to Be a Stoic, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers Stoicism, the ancient philosophy that inspired the great emperor Marcus Aurelius, as the best way to attain it. Stoicism is a pragmatic philosophy that teaches us to act depending on what is within our control and separate things worth getting upset about from those that are not. By understanding Stoicism, we can learn to answer crucial questions: Should we get married or divorced? How should we bank in a world nearly destroyed by a financial crisis? How can we survive great personal tragedy? Whoever you are, Stoicism has something for you -- and How to Be a Stoic is your essential guide.

How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

Parenting & Relationships

Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 per cent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. More and more parents are refusing to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link has been consistently disproved. And about 40 per cent of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated, despite near consensus in the scientific community that manmade climate change is real. Why do people believe bunk? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices? Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and - borrowing a famous phrase from philosopher Jeremy Bentham - the nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on a number of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, how it is disseminated, how it is interpreted, and what it means to our society. The result is in many ways a "taxonomy of bunk" that explores the intersection of science and culture at large. No one - not the public intellectuals in the culture wars between defenders and detractors of science nor the believers of pseudoscience themselves - is spared Pigliucci's incisive analysis. In the end, Nonsense on Stilts is a timely reminder of the need to maintain a line between expertise and assumption. Broad in scope and implication, it is also ultimately a captivating guide for the intelligent citizen who wishes to make up her own mind while navigating the perilous debates that will affect the future of our planet.NOTE: Some editorial changes to the original text have been made with the author’s approval.

Nonsense on Stilts

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

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How To Be A Stoic

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Rider&Co

Engaging, compelling, witty essays that put in perspective some of the most fascinating scientific and pseudo-scientific claims of the 20th century. Includes discussions of: atheism, straw-man arguments, creationism, debating creationists and theists, evolutionary biology, Christian apologetics, critiques of modern science, the search for extraterrestial life, the search for the origins of life, chaos theory, and much more.

Tales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science

Nature & Ecology

Freethought Press

A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control; 52 Week-by-Week Lessons

Business & Money

Gregory Lopez

Business Culture

Blackstone Audio

How to Be a Stoic (Chinese Edition)

Beijing United Publishing co., LTD

Meditations A New Translation, A Guide to the Good Life[Hardcover], How to Be a Stoic 3 Books Collection Set Description: Meditations: A New Translation: Nearly two thousand years after it was written, Meditations remains profoundly relevant for anyone seeking to lead a meaningful life. Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180). A series of spiritual exercises filled with wisdom, practical guidance, and profound understanding of human behavior, it remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written., A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy: One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives., How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life: In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish today Whenever we worry about what to eat, how to love, or simply how to be happy, we are worrying about how to lead a good life. No goal is more elusive.

Meditations A New Translation, A Guide to the Good Life[Hardcover], How to Be a Stoic 3 Books Collection Set

Self-Help

William B. Irvine

Marcus, Aurelius

Anger Management

Modern Library/Oxford University Press/Basic Books

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