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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 44,112 ratings — published 2004
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 115,076 ratings — published 2007
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 83,585 ratings — published 1995
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The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism The God Delusion: A Study of Religious Belief and Skepticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 288,915 ratings — published 2006
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Letter to a Christian Nation Letter to a Christian Nation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 43,161 ratings — published 2006
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 33,126 ratings — published 2018
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The Enigma of Reason The Enigma of Reason (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 1,287 ratings — published 2017
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Free Will Free Will (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 39,169 ratings — published 2012
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Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 44,643 ratings — published 1781
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 52,849 ratings — published 2014
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Thinking, Fast and Slow Thinking, Fast and Slow (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 620,785 ratings — published 2011
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Lying Lying (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 22,880 ratings — published 2011
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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 24,712 ratings — published 2010
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The Age of American Unreason The Age of American Unreason (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 3,285 ratings — published 2008
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Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 69,728 ratings — published 2012
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Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,104 ratings — published 1992
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Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 4,699 ratings — published 2003
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Rationality Rationality (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 6,746 ratings — published 2021
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 6,854 ratings — published 2018
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 114,399 ratings — published 2017
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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avg rating 4.04 — 29,790 ratings — published 2007
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Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, #8) Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, #8)
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avg rating 3.84 — 57,094 ratings — published 2003
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
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avg rating 3.78 — 251,271 ratings — published 1974
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The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,106 ratings — published 2013
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 10,316 ratings — published 1994
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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,212 ratings — published 1991
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 13,080 ratings — published 2006
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A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)
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avg rating 3.60 — 7,688 ratings — published 1958
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The Assault on Reason The Assault on Reason (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 7,389 ratings — published
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The Edge of Reason The Edge of Reason (ebook)
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avg rating 3.59 — 1,239 ratings — published 2023
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Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 2,242 ratings — published 2004
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 125,588 ratings — published 2007
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Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 9,480 ratings — published 2020
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Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 3,825 ratings — published 2020
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Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 466 ratings — published 2002
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The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking (Thinker's Guide Library) The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking (Thinker's Guide Library)
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avg rating 3.94 — 217 ratings — published 2003
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Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 5,071 ratings — published 2010
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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 6,745 ratings — published 2016
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 65,577 ratings — published 2016
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Reasons and Persons Reasons and Persons (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,998 ratings — published 1984
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A Rulebook for Arguments A Rulebook for Arguments (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 3,360 ratings — published 1986
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Mere Christianity Mere Christianity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 477,998 ratings — published 1952
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Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6) Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, #6)
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avg rating 4.11 — 75,359 ratings — published 2000
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Confessor (Sword of Truth, #11) Confessor (Sword of Truth, #11)
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avg rating 4.09 — 52,351 ratings — published 2007
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3,889 ratings — published 2003
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The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (Oxford Library of Psychology) The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (Oxford Library of Psychology)
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avg rating 3.89 — 19 ratings — published 2012
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Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 10,458 ratings — published 2000
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
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avg rating 4.08 — 74,008 ratings — published 2001
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 947,124 ratings — published 1946
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Isaac Asimov
“I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long time to say it. I've been an atheist for years and years, but somehow I felt it was intellectually unrespectable to say one was an atheist, because it assumed knowledge that one didn't have. Somehow, it was better to say one was a humanist or an agnostic. I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.”
― Isaac Asimov

Christopher Hitchens
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

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