HNU Library: Philosophy Research Guide: Books/eBooks

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Books are organized on the shelf by subject using Call Numbers

Library Call Numbers for

Philosophy:

# SUBJECT

B - Philosophy (General)

B69-99 - General Works
B790-5802 - Modern Philosophy

BC - Logic

BD - Speculative Philosophy

BH - Aesthetics

BJ - Ethics

Recommended Books/eBooks for Philosophy

Books/eBooks are organized into categories by subject. The library has identified some of those subject categories related to Philosophy below. You can use these subject quick links to find books and ebooks in the HNU library catalog. You can also search our complete catalog through the library homepage.

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Books and eBooks

The Dream of Enlightenment
Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance. The Dream of Enlightenment creates a sweeping account of what the Enlightenment amounted to, and why we are still in its debt.
The Affect Theory Reader
This field-defining collection consolidates and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies. The contributors include many of the central theorists of affect--those visceral forces beneath, alongside, or generally other than conscious knowing that can serve to drive us toward movement, thought, and ever-changing forms of relation.
On the Moral Nature of the Universe
The theological import of contemporary cosmology, they argue, points ultimately to an ethic that centers on self-sacrifice and nonviolence. In ambition, rigor, and scale, in its search for an integrated and coherent worldview at a time of unprecedented complexity and uncertainty, readers will find this volume daring and important.

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Logic in Religious Discourse
Religious discourse does show the road, but it requires a blind faith in return. In this book logicians try to hear Heaven's Call and to analyze religious discourse. As a result, the notion of religious logic as a part of philosophical logic is introduced.
The Consolation of Philosophy
Composed while its author was imprisoned, this book remains one of Western literature's most eloquent meditations on the transitory nature of earthly belongings, and the superiority of things of the mind. Slavitt's translation captures the energy and passion of the original. And in an introduction intended for the general reader, Seth Lerer places Boethius's life and achievement in context.
Cosmology
This book is unique in the detailed, self-contained, and comprehensive treatment that it gives to the ideas and formulas that are used and tested in modern cosmological research.

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A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west.
The Essentials of Philosophy & Ethics
An important resource for those needing to understand the key concepts in philosophy and ethics and their relevance to current issues. It covers a wide range of philosophical ideas including often-neglected non-European traditions such as African philosophies and Islamic ethics.

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Philosophy Research Guide

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Recommended Books/eBooks for Philosophy

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