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Cours de philosophie positive Auguste Comte · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Auguste Comte publie de 1830 à 1842 son Cours de philosophie positive, dont les quatre volumes constituent un système philosophique englobant l’ensemble des branches de la connaissance, parmi lesquelles la science ultime, la nouvelle « physique sociale », ou « sociologie », qui envisage de manière globale l’évolution de l’esprit humain. Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1979 · ★ 4.3 · 777p · ≈ 25h · Moderate Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of "maps" or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the… Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

La valeur de la science Henri Poincaré · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Challenging La recherche de la verite doit etre le but de notre activite ; c'est la seule fin qui soit digne d'elle. Sans doute nous devons d'abord nous efforcer de soulager les souffrances humaines, mais pourquoi ? Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

La science et l'hypothèse Henri Poincaré · 1900 "Science and Hypothesis is a classic text in history and philosophy of science. Widely popular since its original publication in 1902, this first new translation of the work in over a century features unpublished material missing from earlier editions. Addressing errors introduced by Greenstreet and Halsted in their early 20th-century translations, it incorporates all the changes, corrections and… Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Arcadia Tom Stoppard · 1993 · ★ 3.7 · 103p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Arcadia moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly… Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Metamagical Themas Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1985 · ★ 4.2 · 852p · ≈ 28h · Moderate Toen 'Godel, Escher, Bach' verscheen in 1979 was Hofstadter in een klap wereldberoemd. Het is maar weinigen gegeven zo met taal en kennis te spelen: briljant, erudiet, creatief, humoristisch, en didaktisch van zeer hoog niveau. Dezelfde kwaliteiten bepalen het gezicht van 'Metamagische thema's'. Het is een bundeling van artikelen die in de jaren 1981-1983 in de Scientific American verschenen en… Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares: Philosophy

Kant; a collection of critical essays Robert Paul Wolff · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This book analyses and explains the central passage of Kant's philosophy, the "Transcendental Analytic" of the Critique of Pure Reason. It proceeds in the manner of a textual commentary, discussing and explaining each section of the Analytic in turn. The purpose, however, is not merely to comment chapter by chapter on what Kant has written, but rather to reorganise and interpret his argument so… Shares: Philosophy

Philosophical essays Bertrand Russell · 1910 · ★ 3.8 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "This collection was first published in 1917 in Great Britain." Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

The common sense of science Jacob Bronowski · 1951 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable. Shares: Philosophy

The Master Algorithm Pedro Domingos · 2015 · ★ 3.7 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we even ask. In The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos lifts the veil to give us a peek inside the learning machines that power Google, Amazon, and your smartphone. He assembles a blueprint for the future… Shares: Mathematics, Philosophy

Feeling is the Secret Neville Goddard · 2004 · ★ 4.4 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Your thoughts shape your life, create your reality, and ultimately limit or expand your true potential. This book describes how our thoughts and feelings affect who we become and what we achieve. When we have the power to change them, we gain the power to change our circumstances, our health, and our life's purpose. "The world, and all within it, is man's conditioned consciousness objectified.… Shares: Philosophy

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche · 1909 · 18p · ≈ 36m · Challenging "The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche" is an indispensable philosophical collection encompassing the full scope of one of history’s most groundbreaking and provocative thinkers, whose insights dramatically reshaped modern intellectual thought. Nietzsche, known for his penetrating critique of traditional morality, religion, and philosophical ideals, challenged foundational assumptions about… Shares: Philosophy

Le neveu de Rameau Denis Diderot · 1862 · 159p · ≈ 5h · Challenging In a famous Parisian chess café, a down-and-out, HIM, accosts a former acquaintance, ME, who has made good, more or less. They talk about chess, about genius, about good and evil, about music, they gossip about the society in which they move, one of extreme inequality, of corruption, of envy, and about the circle of hangers-on in which the down-and-out abides. The down-and-out from time to time… Shares: Philosophy

Koukaku Kidoutai Masamune Shirow · 2017 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A mediados del siglo XXI, las personas dependen de implantes mecánicos y los robots reciben tejido humano como mejora. En este contexto, la mayor Motoko Kusanagi tiene la tarea de perseguir a los más peligrosos terroristas y cibercriminales, incluyendo a unos hackers capaces de explotar la interfaz humano/máquina y reprogramarlos para transformarlos en sus marionetas. Shares: Philosophy

Κρατύλος Plato · 1931 · ★ 3.6 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Με τη λογοτεχνία αιώνων, είναι αναπόφευκτο ότι κάποιοι θα πέσουν στα σκαλιά. Κυνηγάμε έργα δημόσιου τομέα και τα αποκαθιστούμε για να μην χαθούν στον κόσμο. Ποιοι είμαστε; Είμαστε η Cairn Press. Το υπόβαθρό μας είναι στο σχέδιο, τις εκδόσεις, την τυπογραφία και την τεχνολογία. Αυτές οι δεξιότητες τροφοδοτούν την αποστολή μας να δημιουργήσουμε τα υψηλότερης ποιότητας ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία δημόσιου… Shares: Philosophy

Novacene James Lovelock · 2019 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A fascinating new study from the originator of the Gaia Theory, “who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since Charles Darwin” (Independent)One of the world’s leading scientific thinkers offers a vision of a future epoch in which humans and artificial intelligence unite to save the Earth. James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental… Shares: Philosophy

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