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Religion is shown to be distinct from both rationalism and spiritualism but to combine elements of both. It is further shown that modern rationaiism, much like an unregulated economy, collapses into its own antithesis, it being one of the purposes of religion to prevent this collapse.

A must-listen for anyone interested in philosophical psychology, moral epistemology, or Kant-interpretation, this brisk monograph provides a long-overdue alternative to the dreary and opaque tomes on which Kant-aficionados have thus far had to rely.

In this briskly written volume, a case is made that a value is a belief as to how one live one's life if one's psychological architecture is to retain its integrity, and a case is thereby made that intention is an operationalized value. This analysis makes it possible to distinguish between minds that do and minds that do not host selves. (Selves are minds that have values; minds that are not selves do not.) The relationship between weakness of the will and self-deception is made clear, and it is explained how it is that one can knowingly act in self-destructive ways.

The empirical sciences make assumptions that they are not themselves capable of justifying. Philosophy justifies those assumptions; that is its job. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Philosophical Knowledge, and learn about philosophy.

Five classic works of modern analytic philosophy.

Frankenstein's notes end up in the hands of the ambitious, young Dr. Rollar and his friend Dr. Hoyt. The two plan to make their own creature for the purpose of selling it as a laborer. Things go wrong when the creature discovers their intentions for him. The creature slips through their grasp and disappears into the woods. A meeting occurs between the creature and a young woman named Abigail. The two form a lasting friendship, but it doesn't sit well with Abigail's mother, who believes something terrible will follow this strange man. Is she right?