The Temptation to Exist
by E. M. Cioran | 
The Heart of Things
by A. C. Grayling | 
Concepts and Categories
by Isaiah Berlin | 
On Seeing and Noticing
by Alain de Botton | 
Philosophical Essays
by Bertrand Russell | 
Plato at the Googleplex
by Rebecca Goldstein | 
The World as Will and Idea
by Arthur Schopenhauer | 
Philosophy For Dummies
by Tom Morris | 
Modes of Thought
by Alfred North Whitehead | 
Philosophy: 100 Essential Thinkers
by Philip Stokes | 
An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
by David Hume | 
Major Works: Selected Philosophical Writings
by Ludwig Wittgenstein | 
The Last Word
by Thomas Nagel | 
Matter and Memory
by Henri Bergson | 
Spinoza
by Roger Scruton | 
The Seven Mysteries of Life
by Guy Murchie | 
Against Method
by Paul Feyerabend | 
Bad Astronomy
by Philip Plait | 
Critical Path
by R. Buckminster Fuller | 
Synergetics
by R. Buckminster Fuller |
The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener showcases Martin Gardner as the consummate philosopher, thinker, and great mathematician that he is. Exploring issues that range from faith to prayer to evil to immortality, and far beyond, Garnder challenges the discerning reader with fundamental questions of classical philosophy and life's greater meanings.