PHILOSOPHY/SOCIOLOGY
Campbell, James, THE COMMUNITY RECONSTRUCTS, THE MEANING OF PRAGMATIC SOCIAL THOUGHT, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1992. The author explores the contributions of Pragmatists' to American social thought by drawing on the writings of James, John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, James Hayden Tufts, and other various critics.147 pages.
Hall, George M.; THE INGENIOUS MIND OF NATURE: DECIPHERING THE PATTERNS OF MAN, SOCIETY AND THE UNIVERSE, plenum Publishing, New York, New York, 1997- Draws from the physical and social sciences, from logic and communications to medical pathology, military science and geopolitics…Hall shows how concepts central to Chaos Theory and Systems Theory find solid expression in the welter of everyday life, thus demonstrating how an understanding of these new disciplines can aid in the understanding of how one can gain and exert control over one’s life. Hard cover 450 pages including index.
Hill Geoffrey, THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY; WORDS, CONTEXTURE, AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES OF LANGUAGE, Stanford University Press, 1991, Concerned with the ways in which judgment is conveyed through language, and with the difficulty of clearing the terms of judgment not from but for the pressures of circumstance so that what is said may be fitting. 150 pages
Kozody, Neal, Editor, WHAT TO DO ABOUT... , Harper Collins, NYC, 1995 – A collection of essays from Commentary Magazine. Includes essays by William Bennett, Robert Bork, Linda Chavez, Eliot Cohen, Joseph Epstein, Chester Finn, Jr., David Frum, Gertrude Immelfarb, Robert Kagan, Charles Murray, Richard Pipes, Arch Puddington, and James Q. Wilson. Hard cover, 306 pages
Kuhn, Robert Lawrence, CLOSER TO TRUTH: CHALLENGING CURRENT BELIEF, McGraw-Hill, NYC, 2000- The author harnesses the energy of more than 50 of today’s most influential minds to offer a broad exploration of today’s important trends in science, philosophy, and human understanding in 28 lively roundtable discussions. Hard Cover. 401 pages.
Langiulli, Nino, POSSIBILITY, NECESSITY, AND EXISTENCE: ABBAGNANO AND HIS PREDECESSORS, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1992, Themes in the History of Philosophy. Langiulli analyzes and debates Abbagnano's treatment of necessity as secondary to possibility, and he addresses the philosopher's conversation with his predecessors as well as his European and American contemporaries. 200 pages
Moody, Raymond, M.D., REUNIONS: VISIONARY ENCOUNTERS WITH DEPARTED LOVED ONES, Villard Books, NYC, 1993, The first medical doctor to investigate the near-death experience and establish its scientific legitimacy. Shares findings with readers. 211 pages
Morse, Melvin, M.D., PARTING VISIONS:USES AND MEANINGS OF PRE-DEATH, PSYCHIC, AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES Random House, Toronto, Canada, 1994, Examines premoonitions, angelic encounters, mystical experiences, and deathbed visions can empower the dying and living. 204 pages
O'Neill, John, THE COMMUNICATIVE BODY: STUDIES IN COMMUNICATIVE PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND SOCIOLOGY, Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL 1989, Essays explore the thesis that the human body is the exemplary ground of all other communicative processes. 264 pages
Perot, Ross, NOT FOR SALE AT ANY PRICE, Hyperion, NYC, 1993 - Explains how we can save America for our children; examines the problems and offers political and economic reforms. Soft cover, 158 pages
Sharma, Arvind, Editor, FRAGMENTS OF INFINITY: ESSAYS IN RELIGION AND
PHILOSOPHY, Prism Press, Dorset, UK, 1991, Shows that through all the religions of the
world a single primordial tradition is at work, of which they are the various
manifestations. 300 pages
Vos Savant, Marilyn, THE POWER OF LOGICAL THINKING, St. Martins Press, NYC, 1996- Easy lessons in the art of reasoning and hard facts about its absence in our lives including how our own minds can work against us; how numbers and stqatistics can mislead and how politicians exploit our innocence. Soft Cover. 203 pages includes index.