Vaunella's "A Rationalist's Required Reading List - by T. Fuller Dean"

1. 1. The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov Drag me to re-order

2. 2. Maybe Yes, Maybe No: A Guide for Young Skeptics by Dan Barker Drag me to re-order

3. 3. Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong: A Guide for Young Thinkers by Dan Barker Drag me to re-order

4. 5. The Twilight of American Culture by Morris Berman Drag me to re-order

5. 6. Dictatorship of Virtue: How the Battle over Multiculturalism Is Reshaping Our Schools, Our Country, and Our Lives by Richard Bernstein Drag me to re-order

6. 7. The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom Drag me to re-order

7. 8. Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking (8th Edition) by Neil Browne Drag me to re-order

8. 9. The Crisis of Reason: European Thought, 1848-1914 by J. W. Burrow Drag me to re-order

9. 10. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain by Antonio Damasio Drag me to re-order

10. 13. Climbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins Drag me to re-order

11. 14. Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins Drag me to re-order

12. 15. A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love by Richard Dawkins Drag me to re-order

13. 17. The Illusions of Postmodernism by Terry Eagleton Drag me to re-order

14. 20. Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities by John M. Ellis Drag me to re-order

15. 21. Against Deconstruction by John M. Ellis Drag me to re-order

16. 22. The Dark Side of the Left: Illiberal Egalitarianism in America (American Political Thought) by Richard J. Ellis Drag me to re-order

17. 23. Beyond All Reason: The Radical Assault on Truth in American Law by Daniel A. Farber Drag me to re-order

18. 29. Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus by Martin Gardner Drag me to re-order

19. 30. Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science (Popular Science) by Martin Gardner Drag me to re-order

20. 31. The New Age: Notes of a Fringe-Watcher by Martin Gardner Drag me to re-order

21. 32. Weird Water & Fuzzy Logic: More Notes of a Fringe Watcher by Martin Gardner Drag me to re-order

22. 33. The Night Is Large: Collected Essays, 1938-1995 by Martin Gardner Drag me to re-order

23. 34. How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich Drag me to re-order

24. 36. Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age by A. C. Grayling Drag me to re-order

25. 38. The Flight from Science and Reason (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) Drag me to re-order

26. 39. In Defense of Elitism by William A. Henry Drag me to re-order

27. 41. Science and Anti-Science by Gerald Holton Drag me to re-order

28. 43. ? The Possible and the Actual (Jessie and John Danz Lectures) by Francois Jacob Drag me to re-order

29. 44. ? Dogmatic Wisdom by Russell Jacoby Drag me to re-order

30. 45. The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe by Russell Jacoby Drag me to re-order

31. 46. Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials: The Rise of Irrationalism and Perils of Piety by Wendy Kaminer Drag me to re-order

32. 47. Experiments Against Reality: The Fate of Culture in the Postmodern Age by Roger Kimball Drag me to re-order

33. 48. Tenured Radicals, Revised: How Politics has Corrupted our Higher Education by Roger Kimball Drag me to re-order

34. 49. Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism by Philip Kitcher Drag me to re-order

35. 50. Advancement of Science: Science Without Legend, Objectivity Without Illusions by Philip Kitcher Drag me to re-order

36. 51. Science, Truth, and Democracy (Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science) by Philip Kitcher Drag me to re-order

37. 53. A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science Drag me to re-order

38. 54. What Is Atheism?: A Short Introduction by Douglas E. Krueger Drag me to re-order

39. 55. Social Constructivism and the Philosophy of Science (Philosophical Issues in Science) by Andre Kukla Drag me to re-order

40. 56. ? Moral Problems in Contemporary Society: Essays in Humanistic Ethics, by Paul W., Kurtz Drag me to re-order

41. 57. ? The Humanist Alternative: Some Definitions of Humanism by Paul W. Kurtz Drag me to re-order

42. 58. Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

43. 59. In Defense of Secular Humanism by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

44. 60. The Courage to Become: The Virtues of Humanism by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

45. 61. Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism (16261) by Paul W. Kurtz Drag me to re-order

46. 62. Embracing the Power of Humanism by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

47. 63. The Fullness of Life by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

48. 66. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay Drag me to re-order

49. 77. Unintelligent Design by Mark Perakh Drag me to re-order

50. 78. Tales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science by Massimo Pigliucci Drag me to re-order

51. 80. The Creation of the Modern World: The Untold Story of the British Enlightenment by Roy Porter Drag me to re-order

52. 81. The Enlightenment (Studies in European History) by Roy Porter Drag me to re-order

53. 82. ? Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future by Neil Postman Drag me to re-order

54. 83. Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions by James Randi Drag me to re-order

55. 84. Clear Thinking: A Practical Introduction by Hy Ruchlis Drag me to re-order

56. 85. How Do You Know It's True?: Discovering the Difference Between Science and Superstition by Hyman Ruchlis Drag me to re-order

57. 86. How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age by Theodore Schick Drag me to re-order

58. 87. Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer Drag me to re-order

59. 88. Why I Am Not a Christian: And Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects by Bertrand Russell Drag me to re-order

60. 89. Religion and Science by Bertrand Russell Drag me to re-order

61. 90. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan Drag me to re-order

62. 91. Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences Drag me to re-order

63. 93. How We Believe: The Search for God in an Age of Science by Michael Shermer Drag me to re-order

64. 94. The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense by Michael Shermer Drag me to re-order

65. 95. The Science of Good and Evil : Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer Drag me to re-order

66. 96. Atheism: The Case Against God (Skeptic's Bookshelf) by George H. Smith Drag me to re-order

67. 97. Why Atheism? by George H. Smith Drag me to re-order

68. 99. Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal Drag me to re-order

69. 100. The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society by Arthur M. Schlesinger Drag me to re-order

70. 101. Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women by Christina Hoff-Sommers Drag me to re-order

71. 102. ? Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge by Bruce S. Thornton Drag me to re-order

72. 103. Creationism's Upside-Down Pyramid: How Science Refutes Fundamentalism by Lee Tiffin Drag me to re-order

73. 104. Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition by Stuart A. Vyse Drag me to re-order

74. 105. Dumbing Down: Essays on the Strip Mining of American Culture Drag me to re-order

75. 106. Facing Up: Science and Its Cultural Adversaries by Steven Weinberg Drag me to re-order

76. 107. The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists are Murdering Our Past by Keith Windschuttle Drag me to re-order

77. 108. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson Drag me to re-order

78. 109. Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction : Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins by Charles M. Wynn Drag me to re-order

79. 115. Secular Humanist Declaration by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

80. 116. Humanist Manifestos One and Two by P. Kurtz Drag me to re-order

81. 117. Humanist Manifesto 2000: A Call for New Planetary Humanism by Paul Kurtz Drag me to re-order

82. 125. Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby Drag me to re-order

83. 126. Freedom: Quotes and Passages from the World's Greatest Freethinkers by Leonard Roy Frank Drag me to re-order

84. 127. Humanist Anthology: From Confucius to Attenborough Drag me to re-order

85. 130. The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose Drag me to re-order

86. 135. Missing Links: Evolutionary Concepts and Transitions Through Time (Jones and Bartlett Series in Biology) by Robert A. Martin Drag me to re-order

87. 139. The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author by Richard Dawkins Drag me to re-order

88. 146. In Search of Nature by Edward O. Wilson Drag me to re-order

89. 147. On Human Nature by Edward O. Wilson Drag me to re-order

90. 154. Evolutionary Origins of Morality : Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives Drag me to re-order

91. 155. Unto Others: The Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior by Elliott Sober Drag me to re-order

92. 156. ? Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind by Mortimer J. Adler Drag me to re-order