Books by David Stove

This work opens with Stove's attacks on irrationalism in the philosophy of science, exposing the roots of this fashionable attitude. The second section contains topical essays on subjects such as feminism, race or the Enlightenment. The text concludes with blistering attacks on Darwinism.

Secession, State & Liberty examines history, political philosophy, ethics, and economic theory of secessionist movements in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It is based on a conference, sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, on the political economy of secession.

Little known outside his native Australia, David Stove was one of the most illuminating and brilliant philosophical essayists of his era

Since its inception in the 1940s, the field of science studies has been the center of controversy and debate. This work shows that Kuhn and Popper share considerable common ground, and identifies the logical mistakes and conceptual allusions made by Kuhn and Popper and their supporters.

An investigation of the political impulse to secede, presenting essays by Donald Livingston, Murray N. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson and Bruce Benson, among others. They include analyses of secessionist movements in the United States, Canada and Europe.

This is a book on philosophy which subjects several theories to critical examination and asks how they relate to our commonsensical notions of reality. Among the celebrated philosophers whom the author tries to debunk are Plato, Hegel, Kant, Foucault, Popper, Nozick, Feyerabend and Goodman.