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Library Record 01

A System of Logic by John Stuart Mill

A philosophical guide to John Stuart Mill's A System of Logic (1843) — the great empiricist treatise on reasoning — covering induction, the methods of experimental inquiry, and the logic of the moral sciences.

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Library Record 02

Against Method by Paul Feyerabend

A philosophical guide to Paul Feyerabend's Against Method (1975) — the anarchist critique of universal scientific method — covering the case of Galileo, the argument that "anything goes," and the debate with Popper and Kuhn over how science actually changes.

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Library Record 03

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

A philosophical guide to Ben Goldacre's Bad Science (2008) — the landmark exposure of pseudoscience in medicine and the media — covering the placebo effect, randomized trials, the publication bias, and the defense of honest evidence.

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Between Facts and Norms: Habermas on Law and Democracy

Explore Jürgen Habermas's Between Facts and Norms, his discourse theory of law and democracy, the relationship between popular sovereignty and human rights, and the role of communicative power in constitutional democracy.

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Library Record 05

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy

A philosophical guide to Karl Marx's Capital, examining the critique of political economy, commodity fetishism, surplus value, the theory of accumulation, and the contemporary relevance of Marx's analysis of capitalism for understanding modern economic life.

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Capitalism and Freedom

A philosophical guide to Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom, examining the relationship between economic freedom and political liberty, the limited role of government, free-market capitalism, and the application of economic principles to social and political questions.

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