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Cynical theories : how activist scholarship made everything about race, gender, and identity - and why this harms everybody / Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay.

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society? Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay document the evolution of the dogma behind these ideas, from its origins in French postmodernism to its refinement within activist academic fields.
Author: Pluckrose, Helen
Published: Great Britain : Swift, 2021.
351 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 306.0904 PLU - Available - 95100000328554

Vox populi : everything you ever wanted to know about the classical world but were afraid to ask / Peter Jones.

In this tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas that makes the ancient Greeks and Romans so important and influential today. For over 2,000 years these ideas have gripped Western imagination and been instrumental in the way we think about the world. Covering everything from philosophy, history and architecture to language and grammar, Jones uncovers their astonishing intellectual, political and literary achievements.
Author: Jones, P. V. (Peter V.)
Published: London : Atlantic Books, 2019.
xvi, 303 pages ; 22 cm

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 938 JON - Available - 95100000253692
Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 938 JON - Available - 95100000253658
Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 938 JON - Onloan - Due: 25 May 2024 - 95100000253949

Artificial intelligence : a guide for thinking humans / Melanie Mitchell.

No recent scientific enterprise has been so alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intelligence. How intelligent are the best of today's AI programs? To what extent can we entrust them with decisions that affect our lives? How human-like do we expect them to become, and how soon do we need to worry about them surpassing us in most, if not all, human endeavours? Flavoured with personal stories and a twist of humour, this book illuminates the workings of machines that mimic human learning, perception, language, creativity and common sense. Weaving together advances in AI with cognitive science and philosophy, Melanie Mitchell probes the extent to which today's 'smart' machines can actually think or understand, and whether AI requires such elusive human qualities in order to be reliable, trustworthy and beneficial.
Author: Mitchell, Melanie (Computer scientist)
Published: UK : Pelican, 2019.
xxvi, 419 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 006.3 MIT - Available - 95100000252218

Evolutions : fifteen myths that explain our world / Oren Harman.

We may no longer think that the world was hatched from an egg, as the ancient Chinese did, or that our fate is ruled by a capricious Zeus and a resentful Hera. We now use genes to explain desire, and physics to explain the mechanics of the universe and earthly disasters. But are we any the wiser? Has science provided protection from the fires of jealousy and love? Is there no room now for the comforts of mythology? Oren Harman creates grand modern myths and fables out of the materials of the latest science. The earth and moon present a cosmological view of motherhood, the lonelieness of consciousness emerging from the memory of an octopus, the birth of language beginning humanity's struggle with truth. Science may not heal our deepest confusions and impulses, but its magical discoveries can help us in our never-ending search for knowledge.
Author: Harman, Oren Solomon
Published: London : Head of Zeus, 2018.
242 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 201.3 HAR - Available - 95100000198053

The daily stoic [electronic resource] : 366 meditations on self-mastery, perseverance and wisdom / Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman.

The Stoics' unique blend of practicality and wisdom has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman emperors to Barack Obama, and most recently via Ryan Holiday's bestselling 'The Obstacle Is The Way'. If that book introduced readers to the idea that what is in the way is the way, 'The Daily Stoic' widens our view on the stoic philosophy and shows that it can be applied to any problem. From how to manage failure to getting what you want, the ideas of Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius and others continue to be vitally relevant to today's doers and thinkers. Here, in bold new translations, language is stripped down to reveal powerful aphorisms that cut straight to the heart of our day-to-day challenges.
Author: Holiday, Ryan
Published: London : Profile Books, 2016.
1 online resource (416 pages)

eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 171.2 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 30 Nov 2017) - EDZ0001787288BUCCS

Language and problems of knowledge : the Managua lectures / Noam Chomsky.

Author: Chomsky, Noam
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ;London : MIT Press, c1988.
x,205p. ; 22cm.
Current studies in linguistics series ; 16

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 410 - Adult non fiction - Available - 140204753

Directory of open access journals [electronic resource]

Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Aims to cover all subjects and languages.
Published: Lund : Lund University Libraries, 2003-
Resource available online

Contemporary philosophy : philosophy in English since 1945 / Thomas Baldwin.

This survey introduces central debates of English-language philosophy since 1945. After discussions of philosophers of the 1950s, the book describes the key philosophical debates that have shaped discussions from the 1960s until the present day.
Author: Baldwin, Thomas
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
x, 294p. ; 20 cm.
A history of Western philosophy ; 8

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 190 - Adult non fiction - Available - 137343283

I see a voice : a philosophical history of language, deafness and the senses / Jonathan Rée.

This volume uses fable and anecdote to examine the extraordinary treatment through the ages of the mute in Western culture. Rée spins these observations and stories together to create a new genre: philosophical history.
Author: Rée, Jonathan, 1948-
Published: London : HarperCollins, 1999.
xvi, 399p. : ill., facsims. ; 24 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 149.94 - Adult non fiction - Available - 134456054

After writing : on the liturgical consummation of philosophy

Pickstock shows how Platonic philosophy did not assume a primacy of metaphysical presence, as had been previously thought, but a primacy of liturgical theory and practice. She also provides a significant rethinking of Christian views on language and life.
Author: Pickstock, Catherine
Published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1997.
256p. ; 23 cm.
Challenges in contemporary theology

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 190 - Adult non fiction - Available - 128400288

The sayings of Confucious

Confucious dealt with issues surrounding morality and politics rather than eschatological themes and much of what he taught was noted perhaps 100 years after he died. This translation is up to date and accessible using 20th century style language.
Author: Confucius
Published: New York ; London : Barnes & Noble, 2000.
236p. ; 23 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 181.112 - Adult non fiction - Available - 126506526

The meaning of language / Robert M Martin.

Author: Martin, Robert M.
Published: The MIT Press, 1987.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 401 - Adult non fiction - Available - 112839551

The philosophy of religious language : sign, symbol and story / Dan R. Stiver.

Author: Stiver, Dan R.
Published: Blackwell, 1996.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 291 - Adult non fiction - Available - 114152365

Philosophy of language / William Alston.

Author: Alston, William
Published: 1964.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 401 ALS - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000124685

Teaching secondary English / David Curtis.

What are the needs of secondary school students and teachers and how can they be met? What is it that makes English a unique experience on the school curriculum? How should the English curriculum be planned? Answering questions of this sort, this book offers a view of English, underpinned by an explicit philosophy and illustrations and examples.
Author: Curtis, David, 1943-
Published: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1993.
viii,118p. : ill. ; 23cm.
English language and education series

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 420.7 - Adult non fiction - Available - 113092305

Phenomenology, language and the social sciences / Maurice Roche.

Author: Roche, Maurice
Published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973.
x, 361 p. ; 23 cm.
International library of sociology

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 142'.7 - Adult non fiction - Available - 001193046

Wittgenstein's philosophy of language : some aspects of its development / James Bogen.

Author: Bogen, James, 1935-
Published: London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972.
[12],244p. : ill. ; 23cm.
International library of philosophy and scientific method

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 149'.94:WIT - Adult non fiction - Available - 001159202

Electric language : a philosophical study of word processing / Michael Heim.

In this book Michael Heim provides the first consistent philosophical basis for critically evaluating the impact of word processing on our use of and ideas about language. This edition includes a new foreword by David Gelernter, a new preface by the author and an updated bibliography.
Author: Heim, Michael, 1944-
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c1987.
[319]p. ; 21cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 652.5 HEI - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000124690

Mauthner's critique of language / Gershon Weiler.

Author: Weiler, Gershon
Published: London : Cambridge University Press, 1970.
xiii,346p.,plate : 1port. ; 22cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 401 MAU WEI - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000124681

Witcha : a book of cunning / Nathaniel J. Harris.

'Witcha' presents many secrets of English witchcraft in plain language, giving details of widdershins and deosil circle casting, spell-craft, divination, spiritism, sabbats and esbats, sacrifice, entheogens, philosophy, history and more.
Author: Harris, Nathaniel J.
Published: Oxford : Mandrake, 2004.
300 p. : ill. ; 22.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 133.430942 - Adult non fiction - Available - 144936338

Conceptual art and painting : further essays on Art & Language / Charles Harrison.

In 'Conceptual Art and Painting', a companion to his 'Essays on Art and Language', Charles Harrison reconsiders Conceptual Art in light of renewed interest in the original movement and of the various forms of 'neo-Conceptual' art.
Author: Harrison, Charles, 1942-
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2001.
xiii, 234 p. : ill., facsims. ; 26 cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 709.04075 - Adult non fiction - Available - 143668529

The coherence of theism / Richard Swinburne.

This book investigates what it means, and whether it is coherent, to say that there is God.
Author: Swinburne, Richard
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977.
[7],302p. ; 23cm.
Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 211 - Adult non fiction - Available - 013086221

Writing in motion : body - language - technology / Kenneth King.

Kenneth King is one of America's most inventive postmodern choreographers. Spanning more than 30 years, this book includes essays, performance scripts, art criticism, philosophy and cultural commentary. Dancing, to King, is 'writing in space', and writing is a dance of ideas.
Author: King, Kenneth
Published: Hanover, N.H. : Wesleyan University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2003.
256 p. : ill.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 792.809 - Adult non fiction - Available - 144636548

The Islamic world / [edited by] Andrew Rippin.

Exploring the history, philosophy, politics and practice of one of the world's greatest religious traditions, this book is suitable for both introductory-level study and as a reference source.
Published: London : Routledge, c2008.
xx, 678 p. : ill., maps, music ; 26 cm.

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult reference - R909.09767 ISL - Adult non fiction - Item not loanable (Set: 23 Jan 2009) - 06267379X

Moral philosophy / D.D. Raphael.

This enlarged edition of a standard introduction to moral philosophy shows in simple language the connections between abstract ethics and practical problems in law, government, medicine and the social sciences in general. Two new chapters bring it up to date, and deals with medical ethics.
Author: Raphael, D. D. (David Daiches), 1916-
2nd enl. ed.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994.
152p. ; 20cm.
OPUS book

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 170 RAP - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000124677

A dictionary of philosophical quotations / edited by A. J. Ayer and Jane O'Grady.

Throughout history, philosophers have grappled with questions of how we should live and why, of politics, of science, of language. This dictionary anatomizes the philosophical tradition and shows the thoughts, paradoxes, errors and breakthroughs that underline human speculation.
Published: Oxford : Blackwell, 1992.
xvi,528p. ; 24cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 100 - Adult non fiction - Available - 041653576

Real presences : is there anything in what we say? / George Steiner.

The assertion that "God is dead" has profoundly affected theories of meaning and underwritten arguments of emptiness and absence in language and form. Steiner asks whether the creation and experience of a major work of art in itself posits a sense that is ultimately theological.
Author: Steiner, George, 1929-
Published: London : Faber, 1989.
[240]p. ; 22cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 111.6 STE - Available - 95100000102126

Sartre / Arthur C. Danto.

Offers a reconstruction of the Sartrean system, and in particular Sartre's analysis of the nature of language, consciousness, knowledge, self, and values. A new postscript takes into account investigations into the life, work and philosophy of France's greatest post-war philosopher.
Author: Danto, Arthur Coleman, 1924-
2nd ed.
Published: London : Fontana, 1991.
150p. ; 20cm.
Fontana modern masters

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 843:SAR - Adult non fiction - Available - 035116423

Problems of knowledge and freedom / Noam Chomsky.

Author: Chomsky, Noam
Published: London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1972.
95p. ; 23cm.
Bertrand Russell memorial lectures ; 1971

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 191 - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000122602

The imagery and poetry of Lucretius / by David West.

Author: West, David Alexander
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh U.P, 1969.
viii,142p. ; 21cm.

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 871 LUC - Adult non fiction - Onloan - Due: 06 Jun 2024 - 95100000177077