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.

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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.