Bestsellers in Philosophy

-- Library Journal, 10/9/2008 12:47:00 PM

Bestsellers in  Philosophy
February, 2008, to date, as identified by YBP Library Services

1) Craftsman
Sennett, Richard
Yale University Press
2008. ISBN 0300119097 [9780300119091]. $27.50

2) True Enough: Learning To Live In a Post-Fact Society
Manjoo, Farhad
John Wiley
2008. ISBN 0470050101 [9780470050101]. $25.95

3) Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
Gross, Neil
University of Chicago Press
2008. ISBN 0226309908 [9780226309903]. $32.50

4) Made With Words: Hobbes on Language, Mind, and Politics
Pettit, Philip
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691129290 [9780691129297]. $29.95

5) Theological Origins of Modernity
Gillespie, Michael
University of Chicago Press
2008. ISBN 0226293459 [9780226293455]. $35.00

6) Moral Demands of Memory
Blustein, Jeffrey
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 052188330x [9780521883306]. $80.00 

7) Kant and Skepticism
Forster, Michael N.
Princeton University Press
2008. ISBN 0691129878 [9780691129877]. $29.95

 8) On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
Burton, Robert
St Martin's Press
2008. ISBN 0312359209 [9780312359201]. $24.95

9) Human Goodness
Tuan, Yi-Fu
University of Wisconsin Press
2008. ISBN 0299226700 [9780299226701]. $24.95

10) Jewish Philosophy as a Guide to Life: Rosenzweig, Buber, Levinas, Wittgenstein
Putnam, Hilary
Indiana University Press
2008. ISBN 0253351332 [9780253351333]. $19.95

11) In Defense of Lost Causes
Zizek, Slavoj
Verso
2008. ISBN 1844671089 [9781844671083]. $34.95

12) Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists
Neiman, Susan
Harcourt Trade
2008. ISBN 0151011974 [9780151011971]. $27.00

13) Life and Action: Elementary Structures of Practice and Practical Thought
Thompson, Michael
Harvard University Press
2008. ISBN 067401670x [9780674016705]. $39.95

14) War: Essays in Political Philosophy
May, Larry
Cambridge University Press
2008. ISBN 0521876370 [9780521876377]. $85.00

15) Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing
Rowe, C.J.
Cambridge University Press
2007. ISBN 0521859328 [9780521859325]. $99.00

16) On Shame
Morgan, Michael L.
Routledge
2008. ISBN 0415396220 [9780415396226]. $90.00

17) Accident: A Philosophical and Literary History
Hamilton, Ross
University of Chicago Press
2007. ISBN 0226314847 [9780226314846]. $35.00

18) Evolution and the Big Questions: Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters
Stamos, David N.
Wiley Blackwell Publishing
2008. ISBN 1405149027 [9781405149020]. $84.95

19) Philosophy of Edmund Husserl: A Historical Development
Mohanty, Jitendranath
Yale University Press
2008. ISBN 0300124589 [9780300124583]. $55.00

20) Understanding Philanthropy: Its Meaning and Mission
Payton, Robert L.
Indiana University Press
2008. ISBN 0253350492 [9780253350497]. $24.95 

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