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  • Systematic Atheology

    Atheism’s Reasoning with Theology

    by John R. Shook ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
    Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion. This book presents a historical overview of the development of atheology from ancient thought to the present day. It offers in-depth examinations of four distinctive schools of atheological thought: rationalist atheology, scientific ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Discovering Our World

    Humanity's Epic Journey from Myth to Knowledge

    by Paul Singh, John R. Shook ...
    Where did everything come from? What is our place in the universe? Why are humans so biologically similar, and why do we let small differences divide us? What shall determine our destiny? Paul Singh and John R. Shook draw on the latest findings from the physical and biological sciences, astronomy and cosmology, geology and genetics, and prehistory and archeology in search of answers to these and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Neuroscience, Neuroculture, and Neuroethics

    A Broad Overview

    by James Giordano, Roland Benedikter, John R. Shook ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Contemporary brain research is challenging Western societal norms by questioning basic cornerstones such as individuality, freedom, rationality, solidarity, and the concept of the human being in general. It is giving way to profound changes in Western concepts of culture and civilization. This volume provides a broad overview of the cultural changes incurred by neuroscience and neurotechnology, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Bioethics and Brains

    A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics

    by John R. Shook, James Giordano ...
    Series series Basic Bioethics
    How neuroethics can be increasingly relevant and informative for inclusive social policy and political discourse about brain science and technologies.Neuroethics, a field just over two decades old, addresses both ethical issues generated in and by brain sciences and the neuroscientific studies of moral and ethical thought and action. These foci are reciprocally interactive and prompt questions of ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Pragmatism

    by John R. Shook ...
    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.Pragmatism, America’s homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion, politics, science, and culture. In this concise, engagingly ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • American Philosophers Read Scripture

    by Jacob L. Goodson, Ann W. Duncan, Edward F. Mooney, Lawrence Ware, Eric Reitan, David O’Hara, William Elkins, Quinlan C. Stein, Peter Dula, Roger Ward0, Isra Yazicioglu1, William J. Danaher Jr.2, William W. Young III3, John R. Shook4 ...
    This collection introduces readers to the philosophical interpretation of Scripture, specifically within American Philosophy. The purpose of the collection concerns starting a conversation about the practice and task of the philosophical interpretation of Scripture. Reflections on the philosophical interpretation of Scripture have been treated more as a “conversation-stopper” than a conversation ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • The Problem of Evil

    New Philosophical Directions

    by Hugo Strandberg, A. G. Holdier, Neal Judisch, Benjamin W. McCraw, Gregory S. Moss, Jennifer Mei Sze Ang, Edward N. Martin, John R. Shook, James M. McLachlan0, Nathan R. B. Loewen1 ...
    This book engages the problem of evil from a variety of philosophical viewpoints, traditions, methodologies, and interests. For millennia, philosophers, theologians, and people outside of the academy have thought about evil and its relation to religious belief. The Problem of Evil: New Philosophical Directions aims to take this history of thought into evil while also extending the discourse in ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life

    by Jacob L. Goodson, Guy Axtell, Gregory Eiselein, Amy Kittelstrom, Joseph D. John, Roger Ward, Neal A. Tognazzini, Scott F. Aikin, Robert B. Talisse, Scott R. Stroud0, Jaishikha Nautiyal1, Anthony Karlin2, G. Scott Davis3, Eric Silverman4, Lee Yearley5, Frederick J. Ruf6, Gary S. Slater7, Pamela Crosby8, David O’Hara9, Ermine L. Algaier IV0, D. Micah Hester1, John R. Shook2, Sami Pihlström3, Seth Vannatta4 ...
    Series series American Philosophy Series
    Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find his way into these conversations, there is uncertainty about where his thinking fits. While utilitarianism has ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • The God Debates

    A 21st Century Guide for Atheists and Believers (and Everyone in Between)

    by John R. Shook ...
    The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations.Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clear ways for readers at all levelsBrings theological debates up to the present with current ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Audiobook

    Pragmatism

    by John R. Shook ...
    Narrated by Steve Menasche ...
    Series series MIT Press Essential Knowledge

    Unabridged

    7 hours 21 min

    A concise, accessible overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.Pragmatism, America's homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion, politics, science, and culture. In this concise, engagingly ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Real Metaphysical Club

    The Philosophers, Their Debates, and Selected Writings from 1870 to 1885

    Edited by Frank X. Ryan, Brian E. Butler, James A. Good ...
    Series series SUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
    A full account of the Metaphysical Club, featuring the members' philosophical writings and four critical essays.The Metaphysical Club, a gathering of intellectuals in the 1870s, is widely recognized as the crucible where pragmatism, America's distinctively original philosophy, was refined and proclaimed. Louis Menand's bestseller about the group was a dramatic publishing success. However, only ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Dictionary of Early American Philosophers

    Edited by Dr John R. Shook ...
    The Dictionary of Early American Philosophers, which contains over 400 entries by nearly 300 authors, provides an account of philosophical thought in the United States and Canada between 1600 and 1860. The label of "philosopher" has been broadly applied in this Dictionary to intellectuals who have made philosophical contributions regardless of academic career or professional title. Most figures ... Read more

    $797.99 USD