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| "When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes." ~ Desiderius Erasmus |
Listed below are
textbooks, essays and tape
series recommended for a comprehensive
understanding of the material covered on this
website. The material is categorized under
three headings: Logic, Philosophy
and
Science.
Introduction to Logic
Tenth Edition
by Irving M. Copi & Carl Cohen (Prentice Hall)
This long-standing standard introducton to logic textbook explains the central principles and techniques of the study of logic accurately and comprehensively, in interesting style, illuminated by examples and reinforced by a wide array of meaningful exercises. Available with 252 page study guide and Logic Review software to reinforce the understanding of the main points of the text. If you're only going to have one book on logic, this is the one.
Come, Let Us Reason
An Introduction to Logical Thinking
By Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks (Baker Book House)
After defining logic and delineating its value, the authors focus on two types of reasoning: deductive and inductive. They articulate rules to form syllogisms and list formal and informal fallacies to be avoided. They then outline a strategy for converting everyday reading into logical arrangements and conclude with a discussion on the scientific method of inductive reasoning. Numerous charts and diagrams illustrate the authors' principles, and a glossary explains the technical terminology.
Norman L. Geisler, one of evangelicalism's most prolific writers, has over thirty books to his credit. These include Christian Ethics and Philosophy of Religion. He is the dean of the Liberty Center for Christian Scholarshp at Liberty University. Ronald M. Brooks is the president and director of X-press Ministries.
Introductory Logic
A twelve part audio tape seriesby R.C. Sproul (Ligonier Ministries)
Topics covered in this series of lectures include: Informal Fallacies, Major Ideas, Formal Propositions, Using Venn Diagrams to Test Validity, and Testing Syllogisms.
R.C. Sproul, author of nearly thirty books, more than forty video series and more than eighty audio series, teaches on the daily radio broadcast "Renewing Your Mind" and has taught at numerous colleges and seminaries. He holds degrees from Westminster College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the Free University of Amsterdam.
Informal Logic
A Handbook for Critical Argumentation
by Douglas N. Walton (Cambridge University Press)The purpose of this handbook is to furnish the reader with the basic methods of critical analysis of arguments as they occur in natural language in the real marketplace of persuasion on controversial issues in politics, law, science, and all aspects of daily life.
The Story of PhilosophyBy Will Durant (Simon & Schuster)
~ covers the lives and opinions of the world's greatest philosophers from Plato to John Dewey, chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew.
The Oxford Companion To PhilosophyEdited By Ted Honderich (Oxford Uiversity Press)
The comprehensive one volume Companion to Philosophy contains 1,932 entries by 249 contributors and aims, according to the editor, to "...bring philosophy together between two covers better than ever before." 1009 pp, an excellent reference tool.
Ted Honderich is Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London, where he has been a member of the department of Philosophy since 1964.He has authored several books, written extensively on political philosophy, edited a number of widely successful philosophical readers and published many articles in learned journals from the American Philosophical Quarterly to the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Introduction to PhilosophyA Christian Perspective
By Norman L. Geisler and Paul D. Feinberg (Baker Book House)
~ Makes the broad field of philosophy accessible to beginning students. This well-written, concise textbook is a fine reference tool with well-organized presentations of most of the significant philosophical positions and areas of interest.
Norman Geisler, formerly professor of apologetics at Dallas Theological Seminary, is now dean of the Liberty Center for Christian Scholarship, Liberty University. Paul D. Feinberg is professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Philosophical Explanations
By Robert Nozick (Harvard University Press)
~ Robert Nozick's Philosophical Explanations has been hailed by the critics as a notable intellectual event, establishing his position as a major thinker of our time.
Robert Nozick is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and CultureBy Francis A. Schaeffer
Drawing upon forty years of study in theology, philosophy, history, sociology and the arts, Dr. Schaeffer contemplates the reasons for modern society's sorry state of affairs and argues for total affirmation of the Bible's morals, values, and meaning.
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The Four Loves By C.S. Lewis (Word Publishing) ~ Word audio Books on Cassette
Read By the Author The only Published Recording of the Voice of C.S. Lewis
In this two-tape production, Lewis explores the nature of the four Greek words translated love ~ storge (affection), philia (friendship), eros (sexual love), and agape (selfless love). As in his writing Lewis doesn't merely tell, he shows these loves in action with vivid and often humorous illustrations. The images are so realistically drawn and so alive you are sure to recognize someone you know or live with - or maybe even yourself.
C.S. Lewis was a professor at Oxford and Cambridge. He wrote more than forty books, including The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters.
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Fashionable Nonsense : Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Scienceby Alan D. Sokal, Jean Bricmont
A hilarious satiric essay by a well-known scientist shows how contemporary intellectuals misuse and abuse scientific concepts in their writings.
At once provocative and measured, Fashionable Nonsense explores the crucial question of what science is and is not, and suggests both the abilities and the limits of science to describe the conditions of existence.
The following from The New York Times Book Review: As physicists, Sokal and Bricmont have done reason a modest service by exposing a species of intellectual quackery.
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Not A Chance: The Myth of Chance in Modern Science and Cosmologyby R C Sproul, Jr.
"Not A Chance warns of the destruction of science by scientists' and others' abuse of philosophy, ontology, and epistemology. R. C. Sproul offers a cure, a cure that is both easy to understand and easy to apply" ~ Hugh Ross, author of The Creator and the Cosmos
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When Science Meets Religion
Enemies, Strangers, or Partners?by Ian G. Barbour
The definitive introduction to the relationship between religion and science.
Over the centuries and into the new millennium, scientists, theologians, and the general public have shared many questions about the implications of scientific discoveries for religious faith. Nuclear physicist and theologian Ian Barbour, winner of the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for his pioneerig role in advancing the study of religion and science, presents a clear, contemporary introduction to the essential issues, ideas and solutions in the relationship between religion and science. In simple, straightforward language Barbour explores the fascinating topics that illuminate the critical encounter of the spiritual and quantitative dimensions of life.
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