Book Reviews
From Hunting the Snark
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[edit] Epistemology
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (Advances in Semiotics), Umberto Eco, Indiana University Press, 1986
Truth, A History and a Guide for the Perplexed, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, 1997.
Truth and Truthfulness, Bernard Williams, Princeton University Press, 2002.
[edit] Ethics
Changing the Bully Who Rules the World: Reading and Thinking about Ethics, Carol Bly, Milkweed Edititions, 1996
The Complexity of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod, Princeton University Press, 1997
The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod, Basic Books, 1985
[edit] Logic
The Art of Critical Thinking, Troy Wilson Organ, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965.
Critical Thinking, A Concise Guide, Tracy Bowell and Gary Kemp, New York: Routledge, 2002. Amazon link
Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking, Revised Edition: âWith 101 Ways to Reason Better and Improve Your Mind.â, Steve Allen, Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1998.
How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age, Theodore Schick Jr., Lewis Vaugn, Mayfield Publishing Co., 1994
How to Think Straight: An Introduction to Critical Reasoning, Second Edition, Antony Flew, Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1998.
An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic, Ian Hacking, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Logic: Schaum's Easy Outline, John Nolt, Dennis Rohatyn, Achille Varzi, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Thinking from A to Z, Nigel Warburton, New York, London: Routledge, 1996.
Thinking Games to Play with Your Child: Easy Ways to Develop Creative and Critical Thinking Skills, Cheryl Gerson Tuttle, Penny Hutchins Paquette, Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1991
The Uses of Argument, Stephen E. Toulmin, Amherst: Cambridge University Press, 1958, Updated 2005.
[edit] Philosophy
Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think!, edited by Gary L. Hardcastle and George A. Reisch, Open Court, Chicago, 2006
On Pragmatism, Cornelis De Waal, Thompson/Wadsworth, 2005.
The Open Society and Its Enemies, Karl Popper, Princeton University Press, 1971
The Philosopher's Toolkit, A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods, Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl, Malden: Blackwell Publishing, Ltd., 2003