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  • Hypnosis Between Science and Magic

    by Isabelle Stengers ...
    Translated by April A. Knutson ...
    Series series Lines
    What if judgment returned to the craft of magic? How would that relieve the burdens of critique and realign its priorities? These questions regarding the value of magic to thinking are at the very heart of the acclaimed philosopher of science Isabelle Stengers' political and philosophical thought and her insistence that 'the smoke of the burned witches still hangs in our nostrils'.Now, in the ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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  • The Myth of Mental Illness

    Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct

    by Thomas S. Szasz ...
    “The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.” — New York TimesThe 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays.Thomas Szasz's classic book ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Doctor and the Soul

    From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy

    by Viktor E. Frankl ...
    In this classic work, internationally known Viennese psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl, founder of the school of logotherapy, sets forth the principles of existential psychiatry. He holds that man's search for meaning in existence is a primary facet of his being; if the search is unrequited, it leads to neurosis. The role of the therapist, then, is to help the patient discover a purposefulness in life ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Pseudoscience

    Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem

    Edited by Massimo Pigliucci, Maarten Boudry ...
    "A remarkable contribution to one of the most vexing problems in science: the 'demarcation' problem, or how to distinguish science from nonscience." —Francisco J. Ayala, author of Darwin's Gift to Science and ReligionWhat sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? In this volume, the contributors seek to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Drugs

    Psychedelics, Philosophy, and the Nature of Reality

    by Justin Smith-Ruiu ...
    “Like the best psychedelic experiences, On Drugs estranges the familiar, familiarizes the strange, and returns us to reality (whatever that is) with a broadened sense of the possible. Justin Smith-Ruiu is simply one of the most interesting thinkers alive, and he has found an ideal subject for his peculiar brand of brilliance.” —Christopher Beha, author of The Index of Self-Destructive ActsIn the ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

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  • Authors of the Impossible

    The Paranormal and the Sacred

    by Jeffrey J. Kripal ...
    "Outstanding and almost certainly controversial. . . . [Kripal] has promise to revitalize and extend the reach of religious studies." — ChoiceMost scholars dismiss research into the paranormal as pseudoscience, a frivolous pursuit for the paranoid or gullible. Even historians of religion, whose work naturally attends to events beyond the realm of empirical science, have shown scant interest in the ... Read more

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  • The Ontological Self: The Ontological Mathematics of Consciousness

    by Dr. Cody Newman ...
    Everyone has a different answer for what the Self is. But do they have any idea what it really is? Is the Self actually the fundamental unit of existence? Many people are happy to believe that the universe is made of matter. What would it mean to say that the universe is made of mind? If material atoms are made of subatomic particles, what would immaterial minds be made of? The only thing a mind ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Autobiography of Sigmund Freud

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of the Family

    by R.D. Laing ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    In his 1968 CBC Massey Lectures R. D. Laing discusses how and why we value society's notions of family over our own. Using concepts of schizophrenia, R.D. Laing demonstrates that we tend to invalidate the subjective and experiential and accept the proper societal view of what should occur within the family. A psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, Laing worked at the Tavistock Institute of Human ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rewriting the Soul

    Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memory

    by Ian Hacking ...
    Twenty-five years ago one could list by name the tiny number of multiple personalities recorded in the history of Western medicine, but today hundreds of people receive treatment for dissociative disorders in every sizable town in North America. Clinicians, backed by a grassroots movement of patients and therapists, find child sexual abuse to be the primary cause of the illness, while critics ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • Our Grateful Dead

    Stories of Those Left Behind

    by Vinciane Despret ...
    Translated by Stephen Muecke ...
    Series series Posthumanities
    An award-winning exploration of the presence of the dead in the lives of the livingA common remedy after suffering the loss of a loved one is to progress through the “stages of grief,” with “acceptance” as the final stage in the process. But is it necessary to leave death behind, to stop dwelling on the dead, to get over the pain? Vinciane Despret thinks not. In her fascinating, elegantly ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • A (Somewhat Irreverent) Introduction to Philosophy for Medical Students and Other Busy People

    by Niall McLaren ...
    During their careers, many students become aware that, lurking in the background, there are complex and conceptually difficult questions that, all too often, their teachers either can't answer, or can't even understand. These are traditionally the questions addressed by philosophy, and this little primer is the result of another student's journey over many years. Niall McLaren MD has spent over ... Read more

    $4.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus