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I agree with your call to study logic. There is something systematically empirical about logic & epistemological philosophy[1]. Over the years,I have read a bu
by amortize 7y ago
I agree with your call to study logic. There is something systematically empirical about logic & epistemological philosophy[1].
Over the years,I have read a bunch of critical thinking books and have found myself wanting something at a lower level of abstraction. A recommendation based on recent reading would be "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"[2]
[1]https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Understanding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Un...
- bananamerica 7y agoDid you find Hume's writing approachable? I'm skeptic by nature and always wanted to read him, but nowadays I tend to read articles instead of diving into 18th-century books...
- amortize 7y agoAlthough I had similar apprehensions before I started reading Hume, I have found his writing approachable. For "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding", I found this edition with explanations of certain words/phrases by Jonathan Bennett very useful: https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/hume1748.pdf https://www.earlymoderntexts.com/assets/pdfs/hume1748.pdf
- bananamerica 7y agoThanks!