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Online eBooks on Philosophy

Here are just a few eBook titles available online that may help your research on Philosophy. Search the library catalog for more!

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Aesthetics A-Z by Eran Guter
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780748630066
A concise yet thorough introduction to aesthetics in the form of an alphabetic guide.
Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences by Byron Kaldis
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9781412986892
This work conveys a clear sense of how philosophy looks at the social sciences and marks out a detailed picture of how the two are interrelated: interwoven at certain times but also differentiated and contrasted at others. Entries cover topics of central significance but also those that are both controversial and on the cutting-edge.
If A, Then B: How the World Discovered Logic by Michael Shenefelt; Heidi White
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780231535199
If A, Then B begins with logic's emergence twenty-three centuries ago and tracks its expansion as a discipline ever since. It explores where our sense of logic comes from and what it really is a sense of. It also explains what drove human beings to start studying logic in the first place.
The Powers of Pure Reason by Alfredo Ferrarin
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780226243290
Ferrarin dismantles the common vision of Kant as a philosopher writing separately on epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics and natural teleology, showing that the three Critiques are united by this underlying theme: the autonomy and teleology of reason, its power and ends. The result is a refreshing new view of Kant, and of reason itself.
The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion by John R. Hinnells
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780203868768
It begins by explaining the most important methodological approaches to religion, including psychology, philosophy, anthropology and comparative study, before moving on to explore a wide variety of critical issues, such as gender, science, fundamentalism, ritual, and new religious movements.
The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy by Proudfoot; Lacey; Michael Proudfoot; A.R. Lacey
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9780203428467
Concentrating on the Western philosophical tradition, The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy offers an illuminating and informed introduction to the central issues, ideas and perspectives in core fields such as metaphysics, epistemology, and logic.

Books on Philosophy

Here are just a few titles available for checkout at Cerro Coso to help your research on Philosophy. Search the library catalog for more!

Philosophical Child by Jana Mohr Lone
Call Number: B52.M56 2012
ISBN: 9781442217331
Children enter the world full of questions and wrestle with deep, thoughtful issues, even if they do not always wonder them aloud. Many parents have the desire to discuss philosophical ideas with their children, but are unsure how to do so. The Philosophical Child offers parents guidance on how to gently approach philosophical questions with children of all ages.
Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom by F. W. J. Schelling; Jeff Love (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator); Johannes Schmidt (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator)
Call Number: BJ1463.S345 2006
ISBN: 9780791468739
This translation of Schelling's notoriously difficult and densely allusive work provides extensive annotations and translations of a series of texts, whose presence in the Philosophical Investigations is unmistakable and highly significant. This handy study edition of Schelling's masterpiece will prove useful for scholars and students alike.
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... by Thomas Cathcart; Daniel Klein
Call Number: BD31.C38 2008
ISBN: 9780143113874
Teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons, and limericks, in an irreverent introduction to the great philosophers and philosophical traditions, from Existentialism to Logic.

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Library Call Number Sections

Books at Cerro Coso are shelved by subject using Library of Congress call numbers. Here is a breakdown of where to find books on your topic:

B1 - B5802: Philosophy.
BJ1 - BJ1725: Ethics.
BL1 - BX9999: Religions. Mythology.

Subject Headings

When looking in the catalog (and some databases) for resources, try searching by subject keyword for more refined results. Here are some general subject headings you may wish to try:

Aesthetics
Ethics
Logic
Mythology
Philosophers
Philosophy
Reasoning
Religion
Religions
Thought and thinking
Values

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