Just Released
Deleting the State: An Argument about Government
Aeon J. Skoble
Is the state a necessary evil? Or can we hope to evolve beyond it? This book, in the tradition of Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, sheds new light on persistent philosophical questions about the nature and justification of political authority.
Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy
Edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson
Vol. 32 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series
In this collection of metaphysical probes, a gang of E-street philosophers will undress Bruce's deeper mysteries like irresistible Jersey girls. So, drop those brats at your mom's, come down to the river, and learn how to step in it twice.
Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation
Bill Martin
Vol. 1 in the Creative Marxism series
". . . a theoretical tour de force, and a giant leap on the path of rethinking everything of worth in Marxism."
—Steven Best, author of The Politics of Historical Vision
Johnny Cash and Philosophy
Edited by John Huss and David Werther
Vol. 31 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series
"If Socrates were alive today he would certainly have weighed in on the Johnny Cash phenomenon. In Johnny Cash and Philosophy we have the next best thing."
— Michael Streissguth, author of Johnny Cash: The Biography (2006)
The Concept of Probability in the Mathematical Representation of Reality
Hans Reichenbach
Translated and edited by Frederick Eberhardt and Clark Glymour
Vol. 3 in Full Circle: Publications of the Archive of Scientific Philosophy
Reichenbach's lucid and original doctoral thesis, never before translated.
Pop Goes Philosophy Column
In the latest installment of Pop Goes Philosophy, a prominent philosopher argues that you, me, and everyone you know may be an artificial computer-simulation of a person.
Open Court Podcasts
Just posted:
"Quentin Tarantino and the Ex-Convict's Dilemma" from Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy
Coming Soon
Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up?
Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin
Vol. 33 in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series
". . . required reading for fans of science fiction."
—Kate Boulay, Professor of Cultural Studies, Dublin Institute of Technology
Is There a Universal Grammar of Religion?
Henry Rosemont, Jr., and Huston Smith
This insightful exploration of the most essential basis of religion provides a new direction for comparative-religion scholars everywhere.

