Cardiff Philosophy Summer Reading

A Listmania! list by Jonathan Webber (Bristol, UK)
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Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations
1.  Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations by Julian Baggini
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  "A philosophical dissection of popular wisdom."
£6.59   Used & New from: £3.60

Illness (Art of Living)
2.  Illness (Art of Living) by Havi Carel
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  "What everyone should know about how illness is experienced. Nominated for the 2010 Wellcome Book Award."
£9.89   Used & New from: £5.07
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

How to be an Existentialist: or How to Get Real, Get a Grip and Stop Making Excuses
3.  How to be an Existentialist: or How to Get Real, Get a Grip and Stop Making Excuses by Gary Cox
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  "Argumentative, sophisticated, and entertaining introduction to existentialism."
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On Bullshit
4.  On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt
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  "A short sharp contemporary classic."
£6.26   Used & New from: £1.60
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On Truth
5.  On Truth by Harry G. Frankfurt
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  "Another short sharp contemporary classic."
£7.59
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The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love & the Meaning of Life
6.  The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love & the Meaning of Life by Alison Gopnik
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  "Things philosophers should learn from the minds of babies and infants."
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The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness
7.  The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness by Mark Rowlands
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  "What a professional philosopher learned from living with a wolf. An actual wolf."
£5.12   Used & New from: £1.87
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
8.  Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya Sen
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  "Nobel prize winner on the perils and illusions of identity politics."
£6.99   Used & New from: £2.63
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine
9.  Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine by Jancis Robinson
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  "Philosophers discuss aesthetics and the nature of experience. And wine."
£11.30   Used & New from: £7.29
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Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
10.  Candide and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) by Voltaire
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  "Vintage philosophical fiction."
£3.47   Used & New from: £0.01
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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