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which would you recommend for a beginner to read. looks interesting
by shanacarp 10y ago
which would you recommend for a beginner to read. looks interesting
- a_humean 10y agoI would check out Philosophy Bites, which is a podcast interviewing active research philosophers in 15-20 minutes about their topics. http://www.philosophybites.com/ http://www.philosophybites.com/ Check out Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which is free and edited by active research philosophers on pretty much every major topic and figure. http://plato.stanford.edu/ http://plato.stanford.edu/ Naming and Necessity by Kripke is about reference and the causal theory of reference, but it assume a decent amount (in case that is what you were asking for specifically). The Very Short Introductions series have some really good booklets if you want quick ways to jump into a topic. A few other books: B Russell The Problems of Philosophy. OUP (dated, but a classic general introduction) Simon Blackburn Think. Oxford (nice general introduction) Tim Crane The Mechanical Mind. Penguin (Nice introduction to phil of mind) A J Ayer Language, Truth, and Logic. Penguin (dated, but a classic) D Hume Enquiries T Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Univ of Chicago Press
- shanacarp 10y agoKuhn's been on my reading list for a while. I think my fiancé has a copy of Ayer around Plato/stanford is just overwhelming.