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Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life

Categories: Atheism, PhilosophyAuthor: Louise M. AntonyGenres: Atheism, PhilosophyPublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 10/1/2010Title: Philosophers without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular LifeFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 315Goodreads Rating: 4.01Goodreads ID: 9639632ISBN13: 9780199743414ISBN: 978-0199743414Book URL: GoodReads.comAtheists are frequently demonized as arrogant intellectuals, antagonistic to religion, devoid of moral sentiments, advocates of an “anything goes” lifestyle. Now, in Read more

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Secularism: Politics, Religion, and Freedom

Category: HumanismAuthor: Andrew CopsonPublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 12/1/2017Title: Secularism: Politics, Religion, and FreedomFormat: HardcoverPage Count: 176Goodreads Rating: 4.00Goodreads ID: 34927510ISBN13: 9780198809135ISBN: 0198809131Book URL: GoodReads.comUntil the modern period the integration of church (or other religion) and state (or political life) had been taken for granted. The political order was always tied to an official religion

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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense

Author: Michael ShermerPublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 9/1/2002Title: The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets NonsenseFormat: PaperbackPage Count: 368Goodreads Rating: 3.59Goodreads ID: 83584ISBN13: 9780195157987ISBN: 9780195157987Book URL: GoodReads.comIn The Borderlands of Science, Michael Shermer takes us to the place where real science, borderline science–and just plain nonsense–collide. Shermer argues that while science is the best lens

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The Selfish Gene

Author: Richard DawkinsPublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 8/1/2016Title: The Selfish GeneFormat: PaperbackEdition: 40th Anniversary EditionPage Count: 496Goodreads Rating: 4.13Goodreads ID: 29807115ISBN13: 9780198788607ISBN: 9780198788607Book URL: GoodReads.comThe million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of

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Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud

Author: Robert L. ParkSeries: Voodoo SciencePublishers: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 11/1/2001Title: Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to FraudFormat: PaperbackSeries Number: 1Page Count: 240Goodreads Rating: 3.93Goodreads ID: 157288ISBN13: 9780195147100ISBN: 9780195147100Book URL: GoodReads.comIn a time of dazzling scientific progress, how can we separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? From Deepak Chopra’s “quantum

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