Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

Abbott, E. A. . New York: Dover
Publications, 1992. A charming Victorian-era tale of a square who comes to
learn about the third dimension and speculates about a fourth dimension.
Aquinas, Thomas. . Indianapolis: Hackett, 2002. Saint
Thomas’s masterwork, in which he sets out a theological foundation for
Christianity based on Aristotle’s thought, including his famous proofs for the
existence of God.
Arendt, Hannah.
. New York: Penguin Books, 1994. Arendt’s most famous work. Here,
she argues that evil can be hidden within institutional structures such that
individuals feel that they are doing nothing wrong—just doing their jobs—
while contributing to malicious, immoral ends.
Ariely, Dan.
Decisions. New York: Harper, 2008. A popular account of the ways in
which environment affects our neurological systems, leading us to make
decisions we might not otherwise make, while nevertheless maintaining the
sense that we are making choices based on nothing but our own free will
and personal desires.
Aristotle. Physics. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1962.
Aristotle’s masterwork, in which he sets out his picture of the universe as
guided by internal causes in each thing trying to actualize its inner potential.
Asch, Solomon. “Opinions and Social Pressure.” 193,
experiment on groupthink. He sets out his methodology and results and
and economic decisions.
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