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Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
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📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 95%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
by Ernst Cassirer • 1932
The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.
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258
💡 Intellectual History🌅 Enlightenment Studies🏛️ Western Philosophy🔬 Scientific Revolution⚖️ Natural Law Theory
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment 95%
The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.
by Ernst Cassirer 1932
4.11
258 ratings
💡 Intellectual History🌅 Enlightenment Studies🏛️ Western Philosophy🔬 Scientific Revolution⚖️ Natural Law Theory
The Passion of the Western Mind
by Richard Tarnas • 1991
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts⛪ Faith And Reason🏰 Western Civilization
The Passion of the Western Mind Summary
The Passion of the Western Mind 95%
Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.
by Richard Tarnas 1991
4.24
2k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Western Philosophy🌍 Worldview Shifts⛪ Faith And Reason🏰 Western Civilization
Awakening From the Meaning Crisis
by John Vervaeke • 2024
The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.
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📜 Intellectual History🧠 Cognitive Science🔍 Attention And Flow🌱 Secular Spirituality🕯️ Wisdom Traditions
Awakening From the Meaning Crisis Summary
Awakening From the Meaning Crisis 95%
The West's loss of meaning has a 40,000-year history. Tracing it reveals the exit.
by John Vervaeke 2024
4.70
69 ratings
📜 Intellectual History🧠 Cognitive Science🔍 Attention And Flow🌱 Secular Spirituality🕯️ Wisdom Traditions
The Frontiers of Knowledge
by A.C. Grayling • 2021
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
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🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science
The Frontiers of Knowledge Summary
The Frontiers of Knowledge 94%
Physics, history, brain science: three frontiers where every answer opens a bigger question.
by A.C. Grayling 2021
3.99
344 ratings
🧪 Philosophy Of Science📚 Intellectual History📜 Historiography🌍 Big History🔬 Popular Science
Humanly Possible
by Sarah Bakewell • 2023
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
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📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism💡 Freethought🎓 Enlightenment Thought
Humanly Possible Summary
Humanly Possible 94%
Humanism's 700-year bet: that reason and kindness, not gods or ideologies, will save us.
by Sarah Bakewell 2023
4.01
2k+ ratings
📜 Intellectual History🏛️ Renaissance Humanism🌍 Secular Humanism💡 Freethought🎓 Enlightenment Thought
A Culture of Growth
by Joel Mokyr • 2016
What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.
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427
💰 Economic History📜 Intellectual History🧬 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Knowledge Networks🔬 Philosophy Of Science
A Culture of Growth Summary
A Culture of Growth 94%
What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.
by Joel Mokyr 2016
3.94
427 ratings
💰 Economic History📜 Intellectual History🧬 Cultural Evolution🕸️ Knowledge Networks🔬 Philosophy Of Science
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
by George Berkeley • 1988
Tables vanish when you look away, but God keeps watching. A bishop's case against matter.
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📜 Early Modern Philosophy🇬🇧 British Empiricism💡 Idealism🧠 Philosophy Of Mind📚 Epistemology
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary
Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous 93%
Tables vanish when you look away, but God keeps watching. A bishop's case against matter.
by George Berkeley 1988
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1k+ ratings
📜 Early Modern Philosophy🇬🇧 British Empiricism💡 Idealism🧠 Philosophy Of Mind📚 Epistemology
The Master and His Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist • 2009
Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.
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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition📖 Phenomenology🌍 Cultural Evolution
The Master and His Emissary Summary
The Master and His Emissary 93%
Your brain's two halves build opposing worlds. Western civilization chose the wrong one.
by Iain McGilchrist 2009
4.36
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🔮 Consciousness Studies👁️ Embodied Cognition📖 Phenomenology🌍 Cultural Evolution
The Polymath
by Peter Burke • 2020
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
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🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath 93%
From Leonardo to the web: how polymaths weathered information overloads, and why we need them again.
by Peter Burke 2020
3.27
387 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🔬 Polymathy🎨 Renaissance Humanism🕯️ Enlightenment🔭 History Of Science
A Natural History of Human Emotions
by Stuart Walton • 2005
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
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23
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind🏗️ Social Construction😇 Moral Emotions
A Natural History of Human Emotions Summary
A Natural History of Human Emotions 93%
Six universal feelings evolved to keep us alive. Culture twisted each one.
by Stuart Walton 2005
3.61
23 ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cultural History💭 Philosophy Of Mind🏗️ Social Construction😇 Moral Emotions
Great Thinkers
by The School of Life • 2016
From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy☸️ Eastern Philosophy🛠️ Practical Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Political Theory
Great Thinkers Summary
Great Thinkers 93%
From Plato's cave to Freud's couch: the ideas that built our world, made practical for yours.
by The School of Life 2016
4.35
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy☸️ Eastern Philosophy🛠️ Practical Philosophy📜 Intellectual History⚖️ Political Theory
The Great Agnostic
by Susan Jacoby • 2013
The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.
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720
🏛️ American History📚 Intellectual History🙏 Religious Criticism🔬 Reason And Science🗽 American Freethought
The Great Agnostic Summary
The Great Agnostic 93%
The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.
by Susan Jacoby 2013
4.04
720 ratings
🏛️ American History📚 Intellectual History🙏 Religious Criticism🔬 Reason And Science🗽 American Freethought
A Little History of Psychology
by Nicky Hayes • 2024
Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.
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225
🏛️ History Of Psychology🧭 Schools Of Thought🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence
A Little History of Psychology Summary
A Little History of Psychology 93%
Psychology's biggest insights grew from its bitterest feuds and its most embarrassing mistakes.
by Nicky Hayes 2024
3.90
225 ratings
🏛️ History Of Psychology🧭 Schools Of Thought🧬 Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence
Beyond the Robot
by Gary Lachman • 2016
A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.
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🧠 Intellectual Biography📚 Existential Philosophy👁️ Consciousness Studies🌱 Human Potential🔍 Phenomenology
Beyond the Robot Summary
Beyond the Robot 93%
A philosopher who used the occult, crime, and desire to map consciousness most people never reach.
by Gary Lachman 2016
4.42
109 ratings
🧠 Intellectual Biography📚 Existential Philosophy👁️ Consciousness Studies🌱 Human Potential🔍 Phenomenology
The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue
by Rob Anderson • 1997
The Buber-Rogers dialogue shaped modern therapy. For forty years, the transcript was wrong.
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humanistic Psychology💬 Dialogic Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🤝 Therapeutic Relationship🧠 Philosophical Psychology
The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue Summary
The Martin Buber–Carl Rogers Dialogue 93%
The Buber-Rogers dialogue shaped modern therapy. For forty years, the transcript was wrong.
by Rob Anderson 1997
4.16
31 ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Humanistic Psychology💬 Dialogic Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🤝 Therapeutic Relationship🧠 Philosophical Psychology
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie • 2008
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
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📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy🤔 Faith And Reason📖 Scholasticism
The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity 93%
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008
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270 ratings
📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy🤔 Faith And Reason📖 Scholasticism
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes • 1976
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
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🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Consciousness Evolution🧩 Neurological Models🔗 Metaphor Theory🧐 Heterodox Psychology
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Summary
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 93%
Before introspection, humans heard gods. A theory of history explaining our search for certainty.
by Julian Jaynes 1976
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6k+ ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies🧬 Consciousness Evolution🧩 Neurological Models🔗 Metaphor Theory🧐 Heterodox Psychology
The Order of Things
by Michel Foucault • 1966
Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.
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🏛️ Continental Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🔍 Epistemology🧩 Structuralism🗂️ Knowledge Systems
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things 93%
Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.
by Michel Foucault 1966
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10k+ ratings
🏛️ Continental Philosophy📜 Intellectual History🔍 Epistemology🧩 Structuralism🗂️ Knowledge Systems
A Little History of Philosophy
by Nigel Warburton • 2011
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
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🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
A Little History of Philosophy Summary
A Little History of Philosophy 93%
Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.
by Nigel Warburton 2011
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16k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Philosophy💡 History Of Ideas📘 Introductory Philosophy🧭 Philosophy For Beginners🧠 Great Thinkers
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
by Arthur Herman • 2001
From a poor nation on Europe's edge came free markets, social science, and the American character.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment📚 Intellectual History🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History🏛️ Western Civilization🗽 Classical Liberalism
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World 93%
From a poor nation on Europe's edge came free markets, social science, and the American character.
by Arthur Herman 2001
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7k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment📚 Intellectual History🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History🏛️ Western Civilization🗽 Classical Liberalism
A Human History of Emotion
by Richard Firth-Godbehere • 2021
Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.
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🎭 History Of Emotions🌍 Cultural Psychology🧱 Constructed Emotion⚖️ Emotional Regimes👥 Social History
A Human History of Emotion Summary
A Human History of Emotion 93%
Your six basic emotions are a modern Western fiction, and projecting them backward changed history.
by Richard Firth-Godbehere 2021
3.71
701 ratings
🎭 History Of Emotions🌍 Cultural Psychology🧱 Constructed Emotion⚖️ Emotional Regimes👥 Social History
The Upright Thinkers
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2015
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
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🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution🧪 Scientific Method📚 Intellectual History
The Upright Thinkers Summary
The Upright Thinkers 93%
What connects bipedal apes to quantum physics? A single, stubborn habit of asking why.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2015
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2k+ ratings
🏛️ Big History🔬 History Of Science🧬 Human Evolution🧪 Scientific Method📚 Intellectual History
Psych
by Paul Bloom • 2023
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
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🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Psych Summary
Psych 93%
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
by Paul Bloom 2023
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2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
A Dark Muse
by Gary Lachman • 2003
The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.
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🔮 Western Esotericism📚 Intellectual History🕯️ Occult Revival🎨 Art And The Occult⚗️ Hermeticism
A Dark Muse Summary
A Dark Muse 93%
The hidden lineage of poets and magicians who mapped the interior worlds that science denied.
by Gary Lachman 2003
3.76
235 ratings
🔮 Western Esotericism📚 Intellectual History🕯️ Occult Revival🎨 Art And The Occult⚗️ Hermeticism
Magnificent Rebels
by Andrea Wulf • 2022
A handful of quarrelsome friends in a German backwater invented the way you think about yourself.
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🧠 Intellectual History🌹 Romantic Movement📖 German Idealism👥 Group Biography💡 Enlightenment Critique
Magnificent Rebels Summary
Magnificent Rebels 93%
A handful of quarrelsome friends in a German backwater invented the way you think about yourself.
by Andrea Wulf 2022
4.19
2k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🌹 Romantic Movement📖 German Idealism👥 Group Biography💡 Enlightenment Critique
10 Books That Screwed Up the World
by Benjamin Wiker • 2008
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
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🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism⚠️ Dangerous Ideas🔗 Totalitarianism Origins
10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary
10 Books That Screwed Up the World 93%
Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.
by Benjamin Wiker 2008
3.43
1k+ ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⛪ Critique Of Secularism⚠️ Dangerous Ideas🔗 Totalitarianism Origins
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
by Daniel C. Dennett • 2013
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 93%
A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.
by Daniel C. Dennett 2013
3.78
4k+ ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind💭 Thought Experiments🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧫 Cultural Evolution🕊️ Free Will Debate
Everything Is Predictable
by Tom Chivers • 2024
The math behind your spam filter also reveals that your brain is hallucinating reality.
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🧮 Bayesian Thinking🎲 Probability Theory🧠 Predictive Processing🔮 Superforecasting🔬 Metascience
Everything Is Predictable Summary
Everything Is Predictable 93%
The math behind your spam filter also reveals that your brain is hallucinating reality.
by Tom Chivers 2024
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧮 Bayesian Thinking🎲 Probability Theory🧠 Predictive Processing🔮 Superforecasting🔬 Metascience
The Matter With Things
by Iain McGilchrist • 2021
Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.
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🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Attention And Perception🌌 Beyond Materialism🔄 Process Philosophy
The Matter With Things Summary
The Matter With Things 93%
Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.
by Iain McGilchrist 2021
4.76
567 ratings
🧠 Consciousness Studies💭 Philosophy Of Mind👁️ Attention And Perception🌌 Beyond Materialism🔄 Process Philosophy
American Therapy
by Jonathan Engel • 2008
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
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🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Biological Psychiatry✊ Anti-Psychiatry
American Therapy Summary
American Therapy 93%
America's century in therapy: why the couch lost to the pill, the clipboard, and the meeting.
by Jonathan Engel 2008
3.39
70 ratings
🛋️ Psychotherapy History🇺🇸 American Cultural History🗣️ Talk Therapy🧠 Biological Psychiatry✊ Anti-Psychiatry
Sigmund Freud's Mission
by Erich Fromm • 2013
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
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🧠 Intellectual Biography⚡ Freudian Critique🔍 Personality And Theory🔮 Cultish Movements⚖️ Reason And Unreason
Sigmund Freud's Mission Summary
Sigmund Freud's Mission 93%
A psychoanalyst maps how Freud's childhood wounds became the blueprint for psychoanalysis itself.
by Erich Fromm 2013
3.74
349 ratings
🧠 Intellectual Biography⚡ Freudian Critique🔍 Personality And Theory🔮 Cultish Movements⚖️ Reason And Unreason
The Story of Philosophy
by Will Durant • 1991
Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.
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📜 History Of Philosophy🧭 Introductory Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💡 The Enlightenment🧪 Modern Philosophy
The Story of Philosophy Summary
The Story of Philosophy 93%
Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.
by Will Durant 1991
4.15
18k+ ratings
📜 History Of Philosophy🧭 Introductory Philosophy🏛️ Ancient Philosophy💡 The Enlightenment🧪 Modern Philosophy
Why?
by Mario Livio • 2017
Knowledge gaps itch. Discoveries delight. They are not the same drive.
3.53
790
🧠 Cognitive Science🔍 Intellectual Curiosity🎯 Intrinsic Motivation📚 Learning Science🧬 Human Evolution
Why? Summary
Why? 93%
Knowledge gaps itch. Discoveries delight. They are not the same drive.
by Mario Livio 2017
3.53
790 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Science🔍 Intellectual Curiosity🎯 Intrinsic Motivation📚 Learning Science🧬 Human Evolution
Desperate Remedies
by Andrew Scull • 2022
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
4.09
448
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
Desperate Remedies Summary
Desperate Remedies 93%
For two centuries, psychiatry's cures have caused more harm than the illnesses they target.
by Andrew Scull 2022
4.09
448 ratings
🏥 History Of Psychiatry🏛️ Institutional Critique💉 Medical Hubris🏷️ Diagnostic Controversy💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics
Descartes' Error
by António Damásio • 1994
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
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10k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition🔗 Body-Mind Connection🌌 Consciousness Studies
Descartes' Error Summary
Descartes' Error 93%
A railroad foreman's brain injury revealed that reason depends on emotion, not pure logic.
by António Damásio 1994
3.95
10k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🦵 Embodied Cognition🔗 Body-Mind Connection🌌 Consciousness Studies
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
by Gary Lachman • 2017
Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.
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246
🌐 Western Esotericism🔍 Modes Of Knowing💭 Imagination As Cognition🌿 Romantic Science🏛️ Perennial Philosophy
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Summary
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination 93%
Before science, imagination was a legitimate way of knowing. The case for taking it back.
by Gary Lachman 2017
4.25
246 ratings
🌐 Western Esotericism🔍 Modes Of Knowing💭 Imagination As Cognition🌿 Romantic Science🏛️ Perennial Philosophy
维特根斯坦传：天才之为责任
by 英] 瑞·蒙克
His philosophy solved logic. His life proved logic was never his real subject.
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19
🧠 Philosophical Biography📖 Intellectual History🏛️ Viennese Modernism💬 Limits Of Language🛋️ Philosophy As Therapy
维特根斯坦传：天才之为责任 Summary
维特根斯坦传：天才之为责任 93%
His philosophy solved logic. His life proved logic was never his real subject.
by 英] 瑞·蒙克
4.68
19 ratings
🧠 Philosophical Biography📖 Intellectual History🏛️ Viennese Modernism💬 Limits Of Language🛋️ Philosophy As Therapy
Looking for Spinoza
by António Damásio • 2001
A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.
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2k+
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Consciousness Science🫀 Interoception🚶 Embodied Cognition
Looking for Spinoza Summary
Looking for Spinoza 92%
A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.
by António Damásio 2001
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧠 Affective Neuroscience🤔 Philosophy Of Mind🧬 Consciousness Science🫀 Interoception🚶 Embodied Cognition
The Empathic Civilization
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2009
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
4.03
937
🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Empathic Civilization Summary
The Empathic Civilization 92%
Every energy revolution expanded human empathy. Now that same engine threatens to undo us all.
by Jeremy Rifkin 2009
4.03
937 ratings
🏛️ Big History🫂 Empathy Studies📈 Moral Progress⚡ Energy And Civilization🌍 Ecological Philosophy
The Great Guide
by Julian Baggini • 2021
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
3.86
197
🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning🌿 The Good Life🕯️ Death Acceptance
The Great Guide Summary
The Great Guide 92%
The philosopher who said reason is only passion's servant also had a recipe for a good life.
by Julian Baggini 2021
3.86
197 ratings
🧭 Practical Philosophy🔍 Empiricism❤️ Emotional Reasoning🌿 The Good Life🕯️ Death Acceptance
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
by Don Lattin • 2010
Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.
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2k+
🍄 Psychedelic History✌️ Counterculture Movement🧠 Altered States✨ Mystical Experience🌿 Integrative Medicine
The Harvard Psychedelic Club Summary
The Harvard Psychedelic Club 92%
Four men, one Harvard LSD study, a breakup that gave America a counterculture and new spirituality.
by Don Lattin 2010
3.92
2k+ ratings
🍄 Psychedelic History✌️ Counterculture Movement🧠 Altered States✨ Mystical Experience🌿 Integrative Medicine
On Human Nature
by Roger Scruton • 2017
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
3.73
642
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📖 Narrative Identity🏛️ Virtue Ethics
On Human Nature Summary
On Human Nature 92%
Genes and memes don't explain why you honor your dead, laugh, or hold someone accountable.
by Roger Scruton 2017
3.73
642 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Mind⚖️ Moral Philosophy🧬 Evolutionary Psychology📖 Narrative Identity🏛️ Virtue Ethics
Great Myths of the Brain
by Christian Jarrett • 2014
10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.
3.83
161
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Great Myths of the Brain Summary
Great Myths of the Brain 92%
10% usage, right-brain creativity, five senses: all myths. The brain behind them is far weirder.
by Christian Jarrett 2014
3.83
161 ratings
🧠 Popular Neuroscience💥 Myth Debunking📜 Brain History🏃 Embodied Cognition⚕️ Medical History
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks • 1985
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
4.05
249k+
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales 92%
When brains break, the self bends but doesn't vanish: clinical tales of what persists.
by Oliver Sacks 1985
4.05
249k+ ratings
🩺 Narrative Medicine🧠 Popular Neuroscience🤝 Clinical Empathy🧩 Brain And Identity📋 Case Histories
Authors of the Impossible
by Jeffrey J. Kripal • 2010
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
4.15
289
🔮 Psychical Research💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Consciousness Studies🌊 Depth Psychology👥 Sociology Of Belief
Authors of the Impossible Summary
Authors of the Impossible 92%
Ghosts, telepathy, UFOs: four scholars who read the impossible as a message, not a mistake.
by Jeffrey J. Kripal 2010
4.15
289 ratings
🔮 Psychical Research💡 History Of Ideas🧠 Consciousness Studies🌊 Depth Psychology👥 Sociology Of Belief
A History of Histories
by J.W. Burrow • 2007
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
3.78
456
📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History🔬 Historical Method✒️ Narrative Craft
A History of Histories Summary
A History of Histories 92%
From Greek inquiry to the modern archive: 2,500 years of historians bending the past to their age.
by J.W. Burrow 2007
3.78
456 ratings
📜 Historiography🧠 Intellectual History🔭 Philosophy Of History🔬 Historical Method✒️ Narrative Craft
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
by Sam Kean • 2014
History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.
4.25
14k+
🧠 Neuroscience📜 History Of Science🏥 Medical History📖 Clinical Tales🧩 Neurological Disorders
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons Summary
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons 92%
History's most bizarre brain traumas, and what each one revealed about your mind.
by Sam Kean 2014
4.25
14k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroscience📜 History Of Science🏥 Medical History📖 Clinical Tales🧩 Neurological Disorders
Exploring Happiness
by Sissela Bok • 2010
Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.
3.66
199
🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness📜 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry😊 Positive Psychology
Exploring Happiness Summary
Exploring Happiness 92%
Too complex for one discipline: what philosophy and brain science find when they meet on happiness.
by Sissela Bok 2010
3.66
199 ratings
🧠 Philosophy Of Happiness📜 History Of Ideas⚖️ Moral Philosophy🔬 Multidisciplinary Inquiry😊 Positive Psychology
Mad in America
by Robert Whitaker • 2002
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
4.18
3k+
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness🧬 Eugenics🔬 Scientific Fraud
Mad in America Summary
Mad in America 92%
Schizophrenia patients recover more often without medication. American psychiatry hides this data.
by Robert Whitaker 2002
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏛️ History Of Psychiatry💊 Pharmaceutical Industry⚠️ Iatrogenic Illness🧬 Eugenics🔬 Scientific Fraud
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