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Works involving James Beattie

  • James Beattie

    Selected Philosophical Writings
    (Author)

    The first part of this selection — the first ever made from Beattie's prose writings — includes several key chapters from the Essay on Truth, along with extracts from all of Beattie's other works on moral philosophy. The second part of the selection is devoted to Beattie's contributions to literary criticism and aesthetics.

Featured Titles

  • Illusionism
    as a theory of consciousness

  • The 'Other' Psychology of Julian Jaynes
    Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities
    Brian J. McVeigh

  • Seeing
    Beyond Dreaming to Religious Experiences of Light
    George Gillespie

  • The Jaynes Legacy
    Shining New Light Through the Cracks of the Bicameral Mind
    Lawrence Wile

  • SCAM
    So-Called Alternative Medicine
    Edzard Ernst

  • Democracy in Crisis
    Lessons from Ancient Athens
    Jeff Miller

  • The Icelandic Adventures of Pike Ward

  • Michael Oakeshott as a Philosopher of the "Creative"
    And Other Essays
    Wendell John Coats, Jr.

  • Arthur Balfour's Ghosts
    An Edwardian Elite and the Riddle of the Cross-Correspondence Automatic Writings
    Trevor Hamilton

  • At Our Wits' End
    Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future
    Edward Dutton