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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Reviving the living Reviving the living Yair Neuman Modern biology portrays living systems, from the amoeba to the human organism, as mechanical toys shaped by the brute logic of natural selection. In "Reviving the Living": Meaning Making in Living Sy… OL16920336W
Education's end Education's end Anthony T. Kronman The question of what living is for - of what one should care about and why - is the most important question a person can ask. Yet under the influence of the modern research ideal, our colleges and un… OL16969260W
The patterning instinct The patterning instinct Jeremy R. Lent "This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range o… OL19716119W
Driving with Plato Driving with Plato Robert Rowland Smith In this book the author shares an intellectual "drive through" life's milestones, being born, learning to drive, and getting married, all with apropos philosophy. Drawing on philosophy, art, literatu… OL19735979W
The human predicament The human predicament David Benatar "Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortaility be an improvement? Would it be better, all things considered, to hasten our death by suicide? Many p… OL19739868W
What we ache for What we ache for Oriah Mountain Dreamer In her previous books, Oriah Mountain Dreamer has challenged readers to live with passion and honesty, to embrace the true, fallible, human self. What We Ache For is a moving and eloquent call to del… OL1983914W
O's Little Guide to the Big Questions O's Little Guide to the Big Questions Oprah Magazine Staff 183 pages ; 19 cm OL21314189W
Living a life that matters Living a life that matters Val Hale pages cm OL22319158W
Information and meaning Information and meaning Stonier, Tom. xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm OL2665264W
The divine secret The divine secret Joe Kovacs Why are we all here? What is the meaning of life? What in the world is God actually doing with us? And what really happens when we die? These fundamental questions have haunted philosophers and theol… OL27960900W
Education's end Education's end Anthony T. Kronman Anthony T. Kronman is Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Since stepping down as Dean of the Law School in 2004, he has been teaching in the Directed Studies Program at Yale and devoting hims… OL3913392W
Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense Robert E. Innis "Making sense of the world around us is a process involving both semiotic and material mediation - the use of signs and sign systems (preeminently language) and various kinds of tools (technics).". … OL3961143W
The Rule of Metaphor The Rule of Metaphor Paul Ricœur Paul Ricoeur is widely regarded as one of the most distinguished philosophers of our time. In The Rule of Metaphor this intellectual giant of our age seeks 'to show how language can extend itself to … OL8018196W