Robert Nozick, Author . Harvard/Belknap $35 (432p) ISBN 978-0-674-00631-7
An ambitious, stimulating effort to revitalize the notions of truth and objectivity in a way that takes account of contemporary physics and biology, Nozick's latest book lays out an agenda at once bold and tentative: to propose "new and...
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Robert Nozick, Author Simon & Schuster $15 (320p) ISBN 978-0-671-72501-3
Everyday emotions and events including romance, sex, self-worth and creativity are not often the focus of formal philosophy, but are questioned and analyzed here by Harvard social thinker Nozick. PW found this ``an accessible, novel discourse.'' (Dec
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Robert Nozick, Author Princeton University Press $55 (226p) ISBN 978-0-691-07424-5
To Harvard philosophy professor Nozick, rationality and belief are each an evolutionary adaptation to a world that changes in nonregular ways. Our acts resonate with symbolic meanings and ``stand for'' our principles and beliefs. In this boldly...
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Robert Nozick, Author Simon & Schuster $21.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-671-47218-4
Nozick meditates on sex as the realm of one's strongest emotions, the ``we'' of a romantic couple, accepting death, the holiness in simple everyday acts, the need of each person to feel important, to feel she or he makes a difference. In 27 informal,
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