Philosophy audiobooks

Reason: Books I & II

By: Bo Bennett, PhD

Narrated by: Bo Bennett, PhD

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This book is based on the first five years of The Dr. Bo Show, where Bo takes a critical thinking-, reason-, and science-based approach to issues that matter with the goal of educating and entertaining.

Every chapter in the book explores a different aspect of reason by using a real-world issue or example.

Part one is about how science works even... Read more

Kreativität. Ein Problem? - phil.COLOGNE live (Ungekürzt)

By: Wolfgang Ullrich

Narrated by: Wolfgang Ullrich & Christian Schärf

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Niemals war mehr von Kreativität die Rede als heute. Sie ist nicht mehr Privileg einiger weniger, sondern gilt als menschliches Grundvermögen. Irgendwo zwischen Lyrik und Ausdruckstanz, Bildermalen und Musikauflegen sollte kreativ tätig werden, wer auf der Höhe der Zeit sein will. Aber dieser Kreativitätsimperativ ist für viele eine... Read more

Big Bang Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

There are so many number of questions like how this universe came into existence and what form is it going to be in future always keeps bothering our scholars and scientists and thus in sake of finding answers to which they every time come up with some new theory that can prove out to be perfectly answerable to their queries.And so like many... Read more

Systems Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Systems theory is often referred as system science. It is interdisciplinary study of systems in common terms. Main goal of such studies is to discover new patterns and elucidating principles. Such principles are meant to be derived from and applied to almost any kind of system in all fields of research. These principles can be applied on such... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 5

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

Because We Say So

By: Noam Chomsky

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Because We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky's arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative to official accounts of U.S. politics and policies during global crisis. Find here classic Chomsky on the increasing urgency of climate change,... Read more

On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays

By: Seneca the Younger

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

As former tutor and adviser to Emperor Nero, philosopher and statesman Seneca was acutely aware of how short life can be - his own life was cut short when the emperor ordered him to commit suicide (for alleged involvement in a conspiracy). And Seneca proved true to his words - his lifelong avowal to Stoicism enabled him to conduct himself with... Read more

Assholes: A Theory of Donald Trump

By: Aaron James

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 2 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Make America Great Again? Donald Trump is an asshole is a fact widely agreed upon—even by his supporters, who actually like that about him. But his startling political rise makes the question of just what sort of asshole he is, and how his assholedom may help to explain his success, one not just of philosophical interest but of almost... Read more

On Anger, on Leisure, on Clemency

By: Seneca the Younger

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

'On Anger' is one of Seneca's most important essays. At some length he investigates the nature of anger: how and why it emerges, the effect it has on the individual and those to whom it is directed, and how to manage it and prevent it even from arising. For, Seneca considers, anger simply serves no purpose - it does not bring courage in war,... Read more

The Gay Science

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Michael Lunts

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The Gay Science (The Joyful Wisdom) is one of Nietzsche's greatest books. His wonderfully fertile mind roams over mankind, his thoughts, his emotions, his behaviour and his weaknesses with remarkable clarity, with insight - but also with humour!

In this work are 383 separate paragraphs, some short, some long, but all singular observations - the... Read more

Siddhartha's Brain

By: James Kingsland

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking exploration of the “science of enlightenment,” told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland.In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in northern India—400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of western science and philosophy were... Read more

Learning Theories

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Sitting inside a class, one student finds it easy to absorb information while another struggles with it. While one learner may excel in a particular subject another may do well in all the subjects. Trainees go through the same training to be graded differently according to the level of information they have absorbed and the understanding they... Read more

Chaos Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Mathematics contains an important study field under the name Chaos theory. Chaos theory studies the concept and behavior of highly insensitive dynamical systems. It also studies behavior of dynamic systems in initial conditions, which often turns out to be super sensitive at a very high level. In Chaos theory, this concept is referred as... Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 4

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

Political Theory

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Doing and evolving with a political theory becomes easier for the students when they are reading the concepts presented here, in this book. Social and political philosophies learning become easier for the students where the mainstream academic political philosophies, take lead in the normative issues, across the nations. Universal content is... Read more

Understanding Karl Marx

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Megan Mateer

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Karl Marx named as socialism father advocated equality for all, sought tribalists rights to operatives and that there were state-owned enterprises to private lives of which profits are distributed to society for the welfare of all. He developed the idea that the nation excluding capitalism that benefited the worker and discards when this is not... Read more

Learn and Understand Philosophy

By: Introbooks Team

Narrated by: Andrea Giordani

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Philosophy is not a "Lifestyle". Each individual does not have his or her own "Logic". Philosophy is not just a hypothesis about something. Nor is Philosophy a conviction or a wish. Logic is an action: a mission after intelligence. Philosophy is a movement of thought. Philosophy is a specific one of a kind sort of thought or style of... Read more

The Internet of Us

By: Michael P. Lynch

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

With far-reaching implications, this urgent treatise promises to revolutionize our understanding of what it means to be human in the digital age.
We used to say "seeing is believing"; now googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world's information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf... Read more

American Character

By: Colin Woodard

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The struggle between individual rights and the good of the community has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention to the fights surrounding the agendas of the Federalists, the Progressives, and the Tea Party. In American Character, Colin Woodard traces these key strands... Read more

Thoughts On Dying Well In A Death-Phobic Culture

By: Stephen Jenkinson

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

What constitutes dying well in a death-phobic culture? Stephen Jenkinson points out that life is a time-limited offer and our “obligation is to obey. Obey doesn’t mean submit; obey means attend to. What is this asking of me now?” There is much to ponder in this dialogue, whether or not you are actively dying. Read more

Philosophy Talk, Vol. 3

By: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Narrated by: John Perry & Ken Taylor

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Host philosophers Ken Taylor and John Perry invite you to join them in conversation on a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition. Philosophy Talk challenges listeners to identify and question their assumptions and to think about things in new ways.Fun,... Read more

¡Me vale madres! Reloaded

By: Prem Dayal

Narrated by: Noé Velázquez

Length: 10 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Prem Dayal regresa con una versión corregida y aumentada de sus inolvidables mantras mexicanos. Con más de 100 mil ejemplares vendidos, el fundador del Osho Meditation Center en México nos regala, en esta edición reloaded de su clásico ¡Me vale madres!, un nuevo mantra: ¡A huevo! Prem Dayal nos ayuda a entender por qué la humanidad está tan... Read more

Rejoining The Community Of Nature Through Personal Totems

By: Lupa

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Lupa is a strong advocate for connecting with animal or plant totems as allies to enhance our spiritual life and help us reconnect with nature. They can provide a “bridge” between us and the rest of the natural world. She cautions us to understand that totems, whether they be animal, plants, or fungi, are not simple one-dimensional helpers... Read more

Human, All Too Human

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated by: Michael Lunts

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

It was with Human, All Too Human, first published in 1878, that Nietzsche developed the aphoristic style that so suited his challenging views and uncompromising style. The text is divided into three main sections: 'Of the First and Last Things', 'History of the Moral Feelings' and 'The Religious Life'. But the style remains the same: he declares... Read more