Philosophy audiobooks

Die Zeiten des Gehirns

By: Thomas Knoefel, Detlef B. Linke & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Detlef B. Linke

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Der Hirnforscher Detlef B. Linke ist ein Ausnahmedenker - nur selten gelingt, wie hier mit souveränem Gestus, der Brückenschlag zwischen den Disziplinen: so spannen sich seine Gedanken beweglich und ungemein unterhaltsam, den ganzen Reichtum der Verbindungen ausschöpfend, zwischen Neurobiologie und Philosophie, Evolution und Ethik. Der Rhythmus... Read more

Europa und die Marsianer

By: Detlef B. Linke & Klaus Sander

Narrated by: Detlef B. Linke

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Was macht denn den Menschen aus, aus Sicht der Neurobiologie heute - nicht nur gegenüber Außerirdischen, sondern auch in Abgrenzung tierischer Lebensformen? Wie sichern wir die Einheit der Menschheit? Denken wir an Europa, so haben wir ja auch die Fragen der Abgrenzung vor uns, diesmal innerhalb der Menschheit, aber nicht ohne Virulenzen wie... Read more

Beobachtungsmanagement

By: Christoph Jacke, Sebastian Krüger, Klaus Sander...

Narrated by: Siegfried J. Schmidt

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosophie, Linguistik, Texttheorie, Literaturwissenschaft, Kommunikationswissenschaft und schließlich Medienkulturwissenschaft: Siegfried J. Schmidt hat alle diese Disziplinen universitär (u.a. in Karlsruhe, Bielefeld, Siegen und Münster) durch- und erlebt, sie miteinander verwoben, niemals nur addiert, sondern stets integriert. Ebenso... Read more

Faktor X

By: Anne von der Heiden, Thomas Knoefel, Klaus Sand...

Narrated by: Slavoj Zizek

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit Zizek wird eine Stimme laut, die man, inmitten heutiger Harmlosigkeiten, kaum überhören kann: ein entfesselter Querdenker, ein Irrwisch auf der Bühne, ein explosives Gemisch aus Provokation und Pointenfeuerwerkerei - Zizek ist ein Ereignis! Im Faktor X geht es um den tieferen Sinn, um jene theologische Dimension, die sich in der Leere auftut... Read more

Half Empty

By: David Rakoff

Narrated by: David Rakoff

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The inimitably witty David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Get Too Comfortable, defends the commonsensical notion that you should always assume the worst, because you’ll never be disappointed.

In this deeply funny (and, no kidding, wise and poignant) book, Rakoff examines the realities of our sunny,  gosh­... Read more

Philosophy of Mind

By: Andrew Pessin

Narrated by: Andrew Pessin

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The nature of the mind lies at the heart of the eternal human quest for understanding. What does it mean to think? What is the relation between mind and body, and where do we draw the line between physical and mental? With an enthusiastic and scholarly approach, Professor Andrew Pessin of Connecticut College addresses these and other questions,... Read more

The Story of Philosophy

By: Will Durant

Narrated by: Grover Gardner

Length: 19 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman.Durant lucidly... Read more

It's The Questions Not The Answers That Make Life Exciting

By: Jonathan Stedall

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As a filmmaker, Stedall has worked with people from all walks of life, including scientists, artists and poets. He has found it quite exciting to come at the question of "where is heaven?" from many different angles and perspectives. Read more

The Cosmic Blueprint

By: Paul Davies

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In the preface to the 2004 edition, Paul Davies writes, "If the laws of the universe really are a sort of cosmic blueprint, as I suggest, they may also be a blueprint for survival." This critically acclaimed book explains how recent scientific advances are transforming our understanding of the emergence of complexity and organization in the... Read more

Give Us Liberty

By: Dick Armey & Matt Kibbe

Narrated by: Pete Larkin

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and leading organizer of the Tea Party movement, Dick Armey offers a Tea Party Manifesto: Give Us Liberty. Written with Matt Kibbee, President and CEO of FreedomWorks, Give Us Liberty defines the issues and agenda of the wildfire grassroots movement that is electrifying the nation, as... Read more

God Theories

By: Ken Ungerecht

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Never discuss religion or politics, as the saying goes, if you want to keep the peace. But it's clear that old adage hasn't really been too effective. Prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, and wars all in the name of God have been an integral part of the human condition for at least as long as that condition has been recorded. But the price on... Read more

Philosophy and Real Politics

By: Raymond Geuss

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 3 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from... Read more

Primates and Philosophers

By: Frans de Waal

Narrated by: Alan Sklar

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

"It's the animal in us," we often hear when we've been bad. But why not when we're good? Primates and Philosophers tackles this question by exploring the biological foundations of one of humanity's most valued traits: morality.In this provocative audiobook, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim... Read more

Truth and Truthfulness

By: Bernard Williams

Narrated by: Ralph Cosham

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

What does it mean to be truthful? What role does truth play in our lives? What do we lose if we reject truthfulness? No philosopher is better suited to answer these questions than Bernard Williams. Writing with his characteristic combination of passion and elegant simplicity, he explores the value of truth and finds it to be both less and more... Read more

Reason and Rationality

By: Jon Elster

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short audiobook, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the idea of reason to assess human behavior from a normative point of view... Read more

Why Not Socialism?

By: G. A. Cohen

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise audiobook, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated.There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for... Read more

Quantum

By: Manjit Kumar

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Quantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you aren’t shocked by quantum theory, you don’t really understand it. For most people, quantum theory is synonymous with mysterious, impenetrable science. And in fact for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this tour de force of science history, Manjit Kumar gives a... Read more

Meeting Every Moment Without Fear Or Worry

By: Guy Finley

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

We all get into ruts of the mind. Our mind turns a thought around and around without going any place. We often have regrets and we repress our feelings. Philosopher and teacher, Guy Finley encourages us not to turn away from accepting those things we don't like about ourselves and shares how we may cultivate the courage to wake up, let go, and... Read more

This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording

By: David Foster Wallace

Narrated by: Author

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the... Read more

The Book of Five Rings

By: Miyamoto Musashi

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his... Read more

Wild Justice

By: Marc Bekoff & Jessica Pierce

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German zoo who spent days mourning the death of her baby? Or a wild female elephant who cared for a... Read more

The Dialogues of Plato

By: Plato

Narrated by: Pat Bottino

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Dialogues of Plato, written between 427 and 347 BC, rank among the most important and influential works in Western thought. Most famous are the first four, in which Plato casts his teacher Socrates as the central disputant in colloquies that brilliantly probe a vast spectrum of philosophical ideas and issues, among them art, beauty, virtue,... Read more

A Wild and Crazy Time

By: Don Lattin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

As the 1950s came to a close, a new era of social, spiritual, sexual, political and psychological revolution was beginning. Here in this provocative dialogue, you will meet some of the wild characters who made the 1960s the most memorable decade of the 20th century. Lattin says, "[The] big question at the time was: are these experiences people... Read more

The Music Lesson

By: Victor L. Wooten

Narrated by: Victor L. Wooten, Chuck Rainey, Sam Hunter, Rad...

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

"Boy, do I have a lot to learn!" Anyone who's ever picked up a musical instrument of any kind—from the first caveman banging rocks to that little kid at the guitar shop—has though that. I know I did. I'd been trying for years to break in to the music scene, to show everyone my chops, to make my mark. And I was good. But I wasn't great. I knew... Read more