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Metaphysics

    The best books on Immanuel Kant, recommended by Adrian Moore

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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    Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Critique of the Power of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of the Power of Judgement
    by Immanuel Kant

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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
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    The best books on Immanuel Kant - The Bounds of Sense by Peter Strawson

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    The Bounds of Sense
    by Peter Strawson

The best books on Immanuel Kant, recommended by Adrian Moore

Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg, lived in Königsberg, and never travelled very far from Königsberg—but his mind ranged across vast territories, says Oxford philosophy professor, Adrian Moore. He selects five key texts for coming to grips with the work of “the greatest philosopher of all time.”

    The best books on Metaphysics, recommended by Tim Crane

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    The best books on Metaphysics - A Survey of Metaphysics by Jonathan Lowe

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    A Survey of Metaphysics
    by Jonathan Lowe

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    The best books on Metaphysics - Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

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    Meditations on First Philosophy
    by René Descartes

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    The best books on Metaphysics - Real Time II by Hugh Mellor

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    Real Time II
    by Hugh Mellor

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    The best books on Metaphysics - Discourse on Metaphysics, Correspondence With Arnauld, and Monadology by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz

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    Discourse on Metaphysics, Correspondence With Arnauld, and Monadology
    by Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz

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    The best books on Metaphysics - Sameness and Substance Renewed by David Wiggins

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    Sameness and Substance Renewed
    by David Wiggins

The best books on Metaphysics, recommended by Tim Crane

It’s abstract and not everyone’s cup of tea but, in many ways, inescapable. Philosopher Tim Crane introduces the best books on metaphysics.

    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism

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    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism - The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

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    The Blind Watchmaker
    by Richard Dawkins

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    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism - Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean B Carroll

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    Endless Forms Most Beautiful
    by Sean B Carroll

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    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism - Evolution by Carl Zimmer

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    Evolution
    by Carl Zimmer

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    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism - Creationism's Trojan Horse by Barbara Forrest and Paul R Gross

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    Creationism's Trojan Horse
    by Barbara Forrest and Paul R Gross

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    Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism - The Devil in Dover by Lauri Lebo

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    The Devil in Dover
    by Lauri Lebo

Kenneth Miller recommends the best Arguments against Creationism

Biology professor—and Catholic—Kenneth Miller tells us what we should read to understand the battle being fought between scientists and creationists.

    The best books on Time and Eternity, recommended by Carlos Eire

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    The best books on Time and Eternity - The Confessions by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

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    The Confessions
    by Augustine (translated by Maria Boulding)

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    The best books on Time and Eternity - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

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    Slaughterhouse Five
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    The best books on Time and Eternity - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

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    The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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    The best books on Time and Eternity - A Treatise on the Difference between Temporal and Eternal by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg

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    A Treatise on the Difference between Temporal and Eternal
    by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg

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    The best books on Time and Eternity - From Whom God Hid Nothing by Meister Eckhart

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    From Whom God Hid Nothing
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The best books on Time and Eternity, recommended by Carlos Eire

The Yale historian recommends some of the books of the past millennia that deal with the complicated concept of time and eternity.

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