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Philosophy, Western
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Aesthetics
Adorno, Theodor. Trans. and ed. Robert Hullot-Kentor. Aesthetic Theory. University of Minnesota Press, 1997. A defense of modernism by a renowned German philosopher.
Feagin, Susan, and Patrick Maynard, eds. Aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 1998. A collection of writings on aesthetics by various philosophers.
Graham, Gordon. Philosophy of the Arts: An Introduction to Aesthetics. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2000. Presents an accessible introduction to aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
Kelly, Michael, ed. Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 1998. Comprehensive reference work.
Santayana, George. The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory. MIT Press, 1988. First published in 1896, this classic work analyzes elements of beauty, form, and expression.
Epistemology
Audi, Robert. Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2003. An introduction from one of the leading epistemologists.
Bateson, Gregory. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. Dutton, 1979; Hampton, 2001., An unconventional thinker's view.
Dancy, Jonathan, and Ernest Sosa, eds. A Companion to Epistemology. Blackwell, 1992. Topics include people, terms, and phrases in Anglo-American epistemology.
Everson, Stephen, ed. Epistemology. Cambridge University Press, 1990. Essays on ancient epistemological thought from Aristotle to Zeno.
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Ethics
Blackburn, Simon. Being Good: An Introduction to Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2001. A sparkling meditation on why humans should behave well.
Chadwick, Ruth, ed. The Concise Encyclopedia of the Ethics of New Technologies. Academic Press, 2000. Examines potential ethical conflicts arising from new technologies.
Foucault, Michel. Ed. Paul Rabinow. The Essential Works of Michel Foucault, 1954-1984. New Press, 1997-1999. A collection of the writings of the French philosopher.
Rosenstand, Nina. The Moral of the Story: An Introduction to Ethics. McGraw-Hill, 2002. Popular text that uses examples from both film and fiction to demonstrate how ethical theories can be applied.
Wekesser, Carol, ed. Ethics. Greenhaven, 1995. Presents a wide range of opinions on topics of current concern. Appropriate for high school students.
Logic
Carroll, Lewis. Symbolic Logic and The Game of Logic. Dover, 1958. For students of logic and fans of Alice; first published in 1896.
Copi, Irving M. Introduction to Logic. Prentice Hall, 1998. College text includes the uses of language, symbolic logic, and probability.
Dummett, Michael. Frege and Other Philosophers. Oxford University Press, 1991. Scholarly essays on major issues in symbolic and mathematical logic.
Kneale, William and Martha Kneale. The Development of Logic. Oxford University Press, Reprint, Clarendon, 1974. 1985. Historical treatment from its ancient beginnings.
Lear, Jonathan. Aristotle and Logical Theory. Cambridge University Press, 1980. Presents Aristotle's logic from the perspective of modern logical theory.
Levy, David A. Tools of Critical Thinking. Allyn & Bacon, 1997. Guide to problem solving, with particular application to the field of psychology.
Ruggiero, Vincent Ryan. The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought. Addison-Wesley, 1997. A practical guide to reasoning.
Metaphysics
Aune, Bruce. Metaphysics: The Elements. University of Minnesota Press, 1985. Introduction to contemporary metaphysics.
Ayer, A. J. Metaphysics and Common Sense. Freeman, Cooper, Reprint, Macmillan, 1970. 1994. Concept of a scientific framework for philosophy.
Heidegger, Martin. Trans. William McNeill and Nicholas Walker. The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude. Indiana University Press, 1995. History of metaphysics, with an elaboration of a philosophy of life and nature.
Taylor, Richard. Metaphysics. Prentice Hall, 1992. Brief introduction to the problems of metaphysical knowledge.
Philosophy, Western
Durant, Will. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers. Simon & Schuster, 1983. Biographic approach to philosophy.
Hamlyn, D. W. A History of Western Philosophy. Viking, 1987. Clear, wide-ranging coverage of ideas and individuals.
Kaufmann, Walter. Discovering the Mind. McGraw, 1980, 1992. Three volumes: the first covers Goethe, Kant, and Hegel; the second, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Buber; the third contrasts Freud with Adler and Jung.
Maritain, Jacques. An Introduction to Philosophy. Sheed & Ward, Reprint, Christian Classics, 1930. 1989. Outline intended for beginners; written from a scholastic point of view.
Nagel, Thomas. What Does it All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 1987. 
Stumpf, Samuel. Socrates to Sartre: A History of Philosophy. McGraw, 1999. An introduction.
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