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Redefining Reality
- The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
- By: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Steven Gimbel
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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No subject is bigger than reality itself, and nothing is more challenging to understand, since what counts as reality is undergoing continual revision and has been for centuries. The quest to pin down what's real and what's illusory is both philosophical and scientific, a metaphysical search for ultimate reality that goes back to the ancient Greeks. For the last 400 years, this search has been increasingly guided by scientists, who create theories and test them in order to define and redefine reality.
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mind = blown
- By Bailey on 09-13-15
- Redefining Reality
- The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science
- By: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Steven Gimbel
A comprehensive review of all scientific paradigms since the Greeks
Reviewed: 05-07-25
This course covers a lot in a compressed way, yet with some detail and is entertaining, even humorous at times. Good choice for the intellectually curious.
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The Darkwater Bride
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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Late Victorian London. When James Miller, the most respectable of Scottish businessmen, is pulled, dead, from the Thames, his daughter is drawn into an investigation which reveals a whole world of secrets and corruption. Alongside local detective Culley, Catriona’s search for her father’s killer leads all the way to the tragic truth behind the ghostly legend of The Darkwater Bride and the power of her deadly kiss. The Darkwater Bride combines the genres of the Victorian mystery thriller with the equally classic Victorian mode of the ghostly tale.
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Well that was uncomfortable
- By East Coast Buyer on 04-11-19
- The Darkwater Bride
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Marty Ross
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Donal Finn, Jamie Glover, Freya Mavor, Adrian Scarborough
Great performance
Reviewed: 11-07-24
It sounds like a theater play. The story is made interesting by the actors performance, and not a long audio book.
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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
- By: Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
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This philosophical essay is the development of a lecture on probabilities which I delivered in 1795 to the normal schools whither I had been called, by a decree of the national convention, as professor of mathematics with Lagrange. I have recently published upon the same subject a work entitled The Analytical Theory of Probabilities. I present here without the aid of analysis the principles and general results of this theory, applying them to the most important questions of life, which are indeed for the most part only problems of probability.
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Painful to listen to. Like watching paint dry.
- By BARRY on 10-17-24
- A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
- By: Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
Pure science
Reviewed: 08-09-24
The as for the mathematics, very hard to follow in audio format at least to me. But the true philosophical passages are enlightening. Interesting that the knowledge displayed seems to be ahead of its time.
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El dinosaurio disfrazado
- By: Macario Schettino
- Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
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Un libro que plantea el problema y la solución para lograr la verdadera transformación de México. En 2024, y en un marco institucional degradado, México tendrá la elección más grande de su historia: elegirá a un nuevo presidente, renovará el Congreso y se elegirán nueve gobernadores, así como miles de presidentes municipales y legisladores locales.
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Aburrido, sin planteamientos nuevos
- By Humberto on 05-24-24
- El dinosaurio disfrazado
- By: Macario Schettino
- Narrated by: Horacio Castelo
Buena herramienta para entender
Reviewed: 10-27-23
Las inercias del sistema político mexicano, un buen repaso de historia reciente e incluso universal combinada con sociología para entender que está pasando en nuestro país y porqué el interludio democrático de 30 años ha sido interrumpido. Advierto que este audio libro demanda atención, ya que el argumento no es muy simplista, aunque las conclusiones son claras. A fin de cuentas, el futuro no está escrito pero depende mucho de nosotros.
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Demonic Foes
- My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal
- By: Richard Gallagher
- Narrated by: Kevin Collins
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Successful New York psychiatrist Richard Gallagher was skeptical yet intrigued when a hard-nosed, no-nonsense Catholic priest asked him to examine a woman for a possible exorcism. Meeting her, Gallagher was astonished. The woman’s behavior defied logic. This remarkable case was the first of many that Gallagher would encounter. Sought after today by leaders of all faiths—ministers, priests, rabbis and imams, Gallagher has spent a quarter-century studying demonic activity and exorcisms throughout history and has witnessed more cases than any other psychiatrist in the world today.
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An Exceptional Book for Reference and Debate
- By SecretOktober on 10-15-20
- Demonic Foes
- My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal
- By: Richard Gallagher
- Narrated by: Kevin Collins
Explorations of an alternate reality
Reviewed: 10-18-23
In a convincingly scientific manner by an experienced and reputable specialist. Very engaging descriptions of the cases he dealt with, abundant with insights and sobering information. Hard to put down.
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Algorithms to Live By
- The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- By: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.
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Great listen, just don't expect tips!
- By Adam Hosman on 08-07-17
- Algorithms to Live By
- The Computer Science of Human Decisions
- By: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
- Narrated by: Brian Christian
What otherwise would be dry subjects
Reviewed: 10-05-23
And also interminable boring, is made into a fun, easy to follow (close attention required, though) useful and practical narrative. I was pleasantly surprised.
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On the Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena
- By: Carl Jung
- Narrated by: Joe Gomez
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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Carl Jung held an interest in occult phenomena from the start of his professional career. After working as an assistant physician at the Burghölzli Hospital in Zürich, in 1902 he published his doctorate titled The Psychology and Pathology of So-Called Occult Phenomena. In it, he describes various clinical cases of split consciousness, twilight states, and somnambulism, and presents the case of an adolescent medium whose séances he had attended in the 1890s.
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Food for a good dose of rational schepticism
- By R Durero on 09-16-23
Food for a good dose of rational schepticism
Reviewed: 09-16-23
A short audiobook, highly technical but still fairly comprehensible to me, a lay person in psychology. Thanks be to Google, and Bing, for that. The book is a set of interesting descriptions of several clinical cases of people with apparent supernatural experiences from ghost sightings to spiritism practice and the like, which Jung could trace back to mental states induced by a series of mental abnormalities or diseases. Terms like histeria, somnambulism, epilepsy, twilight mental states, cryptomnesia, automatisms, subconscious personalities and others are used in the case descriptions. Apparently all cases were cured or were manageable, some even with simple overwork and stress relief or simply in time. The explanations in the book are good support for a rational skepticism about supernatural phenomena.
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The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
- By: The Great Courses, Kathleen M. Higgins, Robert C. Solomon
- Narrated by: Kathleen M. Higgins, Robert C. Solomon
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Who was Friedrich Nietzsche? This lonely and chronically ill, yet passionate, daring, and complex man is perhaps the most mysterious and least understood of all contemporary philosophers. Why are his brilliant insights so relevant for today? How did he become the most misinterpreted and unfairly maligned intellectual figure of the last two centuries?
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Some strong points, but...
- By Anonymous User on 05-07-19
Am I now a Nietzschean?
Reviewed: 08-21-23
Not quite, but thanks to this brilliant exposition I have a much, much better understanding of his philosophy. This is true discovery of Nietzsche without having to go over all, or most, of his works. Professors Higgins and Solomon make a brilliant unveiling here.
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Stop Missing Your Life
- How to Be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World
- By: Cory Muscara
- Narrated by: Cory Muscara
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
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In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness teacher Cory Muscara takes us on a journey into the heart of what is required for real change, growth, and happiness. He exposes how the phrase "be present" has become little more than a platitude, imbued with the misguided message to be present just for the sake of being present, and reveals how to achieve true Presence: a quality of being that is unmistakably attractive about a person, and one that only comes when we've peeled back the layers of guarding that prevent us from being our full, honest, and integrated selves in the world.
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it's a meditation book
- By Vimby 210 on 02-11-20
- Stop Missing Your Life
- How to Be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World
- By: Cory Muscara
- Narrated by: Cory Muscara
Not just another mindfulness book
Reviewed: 02-09-23
This is different, since Cory is a professional meditator with first hand experience in a real Buddhist monastery. He keeps you interested all the way, even if much of the stuff has been said before. He points to good resources to aid in meditation practice.
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The World as Will And Idea, Volume 1
- By: Arthur Schopenhauer
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 20 hrs and 26 mins
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Schopenhauer was just 30 when his magnum opus, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, a work of considerable learning and innovation of thought, first appeared in 1818.
Much to his chagrin and puzzlement (so convinced was he of its merits), it didn't have an immediate effect on European philosophy, views and culture. It was only decades later that it was recognised as one of the major intellectual landmarks of the 19th century.
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Easy to follow, better than today's fluff
- By Gary on 04-04-17
- The World as Will And Idea, Volume 1
- By: Arthur Schopenhauer
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
Long and difficult, but rewarding
Reviewed: 04-03-22
It is certainly a long audiobook, and the only 19 century stile of the author does not help. Even though is hard to follow for the most part, they an important or beautiful insight pops up here and there. The book requires patience, but such patience I found rewarding. Definitely worth a second and thorough listen to discover more.
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