The Social Construction of What?11 reviews Ian Hacking Harvard University Press, 2000 Balanced and helpful, but also frustrating + Hacking muses on social construction and philosophy of science + An Impolite Feud Properly Gerrymandered + Are the Science Wars a Social Construction?             Addiction Is a Choice31 reviews Jeffrey A. Schaler Open Court, 1999 Stunning insights on "addiction" Amazing book. Certainly changes the paradigm of "addiction" ; the book reveals overwhelming evidence that people are responsible for their deliberate and conscious behavior. This will have great repercussions on how we have been handling people with "addiction". The author is awfully harsh ...             The Last Time I Wore A Dress30 reviews Daphne Scholinski Riverhead Trade, 1998 First Hand + if you've ever felt different... + An an examination of an era in America mental health treatment it disturbs me when people read memoirs, especially those geared at or focused in psychology, and take it upon themselves to diagnose the writer. that is not dylan's(daphne's) intent (dylan is fTm and is currently living in washington dc). this is a memoir, most importantly...a first-hand ...             Attention Deficit Democracy17 reviews James Bovard Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 Politician's Lies and Citizen Docility. + Great Book! + Think you know all about democracy ? + Useful discussion of what democracy would be like             Rant in E-Minor91 reviews Bill Hicks Rykodisc, 1997 Billy Ray Cyrus cannot hide... + "Welcome to no sympathy night" Excellent collection for Hicks fans old and new, this is a complilation of brutal, angry, ranting clips (in E minor) from the brutal, angry, ranting, and insightful late comic. My favorite Hicks album, it has the funniest and angriest clips as he screams, raves, and opines on topics just as ...             A Nation Of Meddlers2 reviews Charles Edgley, Dennis Brissett Westview Press, 2000 the rot is deeper than you thought Why does everything in America face its greatest challenge from the moralizers and the moral crusades that tilt in all directions here? This book will not answer exactly that question, but it will open your eyes to the incredible extent to which Americans have lost all sense for when it is ...             The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot188 reviews Naomi Wolf Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007 Concise and compelling + History Repeats Itself? + an eye opener + Great book, but.....             A Nice Derangement of Epistemes: Post-positivism in the Study of Science from Quine to Latour John H. Zammito University Of Chicago Press, 2004 Since the 1950s, many philosophers of science have attacked positivism—the theory that scientific knowledge is grounded in objective reality. Reconstructing the history of these critiques, John H. Zammito argues that while so-called postpositivist theories of science are very often invoked, they actually provide little support for fashionable postmodern approaches to science studies. ...             Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy14 reviews Michael Polanyi University Of Chicago Press, 1974 Polanyi In Context + Superb (and it's not at all difficult to read or understand) + really good but difficult read + In response to "Good for it's time, but..."             Atheism: The Case Against God (Skeptic's Bookshelf)251 reviews George H. Smith Prometheus Books, 1980 The Magnum Opus of Atheism + The Gospel of Atheism + Excellent + You've read the New Atheists. Now try an 'old' one + If you only read one book on atheism, this is the one             Scientism: Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science (International Library of Philosophy) Tom Sorell Ltd Routledge, 1994 Now available in paper, this acclaimed work shows how Western philosophy has been dominated by an identification with the aims of science and the rationality of its methods. This has resulted in attempts to either dismiss the unscientific or put it on a scientific footing. Tom Sorell attempts to increase the value placed on the arts and humanities, rather than devalue science. He insists that ...             Human Action: A Treatise on Economics36 reviews Ludwig von Mises Liberty Fund Inc., 2007 Masterful - permit me to add a bit of humble insight however... + The best economic treatise ever written + human action + An unknown gem + The magnum opus of Austrian economics             A Dose of Sanity: Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis5 reviews Sydney Walker Wiley, 1997 This book should be required reading by psychiatrists + Informative, but left me wanting more + Much more sensible than most books critical of the field. + A brilliant,and compassionately written book. + Fascinating and Terrifying             Mark Crispin Miller in A Patriot Act9 reviews CustomFlix, 2004 Smart, Insightful, Slightly Frightening + thought provoking + Excellent, at times quite brilliant + Smart, Funny, Scathing + Most enlightening oratory             The Untamed Tongue: A Dissenting Dictionary3 reviews Thomas Stephen Szasz Open Court Publishing Company, 1990 The entire mental health profession is a load of crap! + Excellent + For people who dare to think Szasz is a psychiatrist who realized that the entire mental health profession is a load of crap - and so are politics, religion, and American sexual morality. In "The Untamed Tongue," Szasz dissects the language of almost every single field of human "knowledge," exposing hypocrisy and obfuscation ...             A Question of Values : Six Ways We Make the Personal Choices That Shape Our Lives1 review Hunter Lewis Axios Press, 2000 Great book on values Very easy to read. Helps the reader understand where his or her own values come from as well as other people's values. Great framework for analysis of self and others.             The Mismeasure of Desire: The Science, Theory, and Ethics of Sexual Orientation (Ideologies of Desire)14 reviews Edward Stein Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 The most groundbreaking work on the subject yet + Seriously? Anglo-American Philosophy? + A Critical Look at Sexuality + Challenging and well done             Against Method15 reviews Paul Feyerabend Verso, 1993 Why science and why not astrology or voodoo? + Beautiful critique of so-called rationality + A classic read + Antidote to Big Science + A superb philosopher             America: Freedom to Fascism113 reviews Michael Ruppert, Sheldon Cohen Cinema Libre, 2006 A Must See REGARDLESS of your Party! + perfect stepping stone film + America is still with their eyes closed + Would you like your microchip in your hand or forehead?? + Aaron's finest work             You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression3 reviews Matthew Rothschild New Press, 2007 Reality Check + Yikes + An Important Book For Everyone The author has captured chilling examples of government intimidation of citizens expressing their views. As Americans we face new threats to our freedom of thought and expression. Rothschild cites many examples of government repression that are hard to read. There is good reason to be afraid of ...