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Understanding Kant: Concepts and Intuitions    by Hercules Bantas
Price: Free! 2960 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

This guide examines Kant's theory of knowledge, specifically his arguments for separating human thought into concepts and intuitions.
An Introduction to Western Philosophy    by Matt McGinniss
Price: $2.99 USD. 12840 words. Published on March 20, 2011. .

Biographies and key ideas of twenty of the most important western philosophers, from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche, Foucault and Derrida.
Scientific Introspection: A Method For Investigating the Mind    by William A. Adams
Price: $0.99 USD. 65720 words. Published on June 3, 2011. .

Scientific Introspection calls for psychologists to use introspection to investigate the mind. What researchers do now is study the brain and behavior then try to guess what the mind must be like. But why guess? We have the ability to look directly into our minds. Scientific Introspection is an adjunct to traditional cognitive psychology, an investigative tool to discover how the mind works.
Our Experience, Ourselves    by Lyn Relph
Price: $9.99 USD. 90850 words. Published on June 24, 2012. .

Sub-title: How Experience Came to be Valued so Highly by People in the West. A chronological account of how authority figures in Western Civilization first considered experience unimportant but in time came to value it very highly. Readers will spend time with many of these authority figures and 'hear' what they have to say for themselves.
Between the Shadow and the Flame    by Geoffrey Lee Hodge
Price: $4.95 USD. 281100 words. Published on June 27, 2012. .

Epic in scope, "Between the Shadow and the Flame" is the allegorical retelling of the history of philosophy, religion and science, as seen through the journey of its three main characters. As they investigate the conspiracy behind a catastrophic war, Sophia, Hyle and Newman tackle larger questions about free will, God and the nature of reality itself.