Books Recommended by David Deutsch
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The Science of Can and Can't
A Physicist's Journey through the Land of Counterfactuals
Chiara Marletto
Source: "Will open the doors to a dazzling, deep set of new concepts and ideas that will change and affect deeply the way you look at the world." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
The Moral Landscape
How Science Can Determine Human Values
Sam Harris
Source: "[The author] wrote [this book] to defend civilisation from two dangers: religious dogmatism and moral relativism." - David Deutsch
2 recommenders
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters
Daniel Hannan
Source: "Gives a minor but telling example of amazing differences between Euro/Anglo inheritance law." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
Source: "There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book." - David Deutsch
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
J. H. Patterson
Source: "Has more on [the history of Palestine 1917-20] plus a very interesting perspective on Gallipoli." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Source: "It's pretty clear from [this book] that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy." - David Deutsch
2 recommenders
On Numbers and Games
John H. Conway
Source: "See [this book] for how one can nevertheless reason consistently about such monsters." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
TED Talks
The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking
Chris Anderson
Source: "In [this book], [the author] describes the role The Fabric of Reality played in TED." - David Deutsch
2 recommenders
With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign
J. H. Patterson
Source: "Anyone interested in the history of Palestine 1917-20 [read this book]." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
Objective Knowledge
An Evolutionary Approach
Karl Popper
Source: "See Popper’s essay *Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject* in [this book]." - David Deutsch
1 recommender
I Am a Strange Loop
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
The Lunar Men
A Story of Science, Art, Invention and Passion
Jenny Uglow
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
Just Six Numbers
The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe
Martin Rees
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
Enlightenment
Britain and the cCeation of the Modern World
Roy Porter
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
The World of Parmenides
Essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment
Karl Popper
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
In Search of a Better World
Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years
Karl Popper
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender- 1 recommender
Popper
Bryan Magee
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
William Godwin
Source: David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
1 recommender
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