Mortal Questions
10 best books like Mortal Questions (Thomas Nagel): On Bullshit, The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, Modern Man in Search of a Soul, Ethics, The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory, Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story, The Denial of Death, Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys, Reasons and Persons
| Author | Harry G. Frankfurt |
| ISBN | 0691122946 |
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon...
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
| Author | Jonathan Haidt |
| ISBN | 0307377903 |
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual...
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
| Author | C.G. Jung |
| ISBN | 0156612062 |
A provocative and enlightening look at spiritual unease and its contribution to the void in modern civilization
Considered by many to be one of the most important books in the field of psychology, Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung....
| Author | Baruch Spinoza |
| ISBN | 0140435719 |
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from first principles, providing a coherent picture of reality, and a guide to the meaning of an ethical life. Following a logical step-by-step format, it defines...
| Author | David J. Chalmers |
| ISBN | 0195117891 |
What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have...
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
| Author | Jim Holt |
| ISBN | 0871404095 |
"Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?" remains the darkest and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Following in the footsteps of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose, and even Stephen Hawking, Jim Holt now enters this fractious debate with his lively and deeply informed narrative...
| Author | Ernest Becker |
| ISBN | 0684832402 |
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal...
Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
| Author | Paul Bloom |
| ISBN | 0307886840 |
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as blank moral slates. Many of us take for granted that babies are born selfish and that it is the role of society—and especially parents—to transform them from little sociopaths into civilized...
The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys
| Author | James Fadiman |
| ISBN | 1594774021 |
Psychedelics for spiritual, therapeutic, and problem-solving use
- Presents practices for safe and successful psychedelic voyages, including the benefits of having a guide and how to be a guide
- Reviews the value of psychedelics for healing and self-discovery as well as how LSD...
Challenging, with several powerful arguments, some of our deepest beliefs about rationality, morality, and personal identity, Derek Parfit claims that we have a false view about our own nature. It is often rational to act against our own best interests, he argues, and most of us have moral views that...
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
| Author | Robert Wright |
| ISBN | 1508235406 |
From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.
Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution shaped the human brain. The mind is designed...
| Author | Paul M. Churchland |
| ISBN | 0262530740 |
In "Matter and Consciousness," Paul Churchland clearly presents the advantages and disadvantages of such difficult issues in philosophy of mind as behaviorism, reductive materialism, functionalism, and eliminative materialism. This new edition incorporates the striking developments that...
| Author | Annaka Harris |
| ISBN | 0062906712 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals
As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 0062224689 |
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Step and one of the most respected and celebrated religious leaders in the world, delivers a powerful path to happiness through mastering life's most important skill.
How do we say what we mean in a way that the other person can...
