50 Books like An Introduction to Ontology

Doing Philosophy

by Timothy Williamson • 2018

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

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🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments 🔎 Abductive Reasoning 📐 Logic In Philosophy

Doing Philosophy 95%

Philosophy is a science that tests ideas with thought experiments, and the best explanation wins.

by Timothy Williamson 2018

3.67

213 ratings

🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments 🔎 Abductive Reasoning 📐 Logic In Philosophy

Being And Event

by Alain Badiou • 1988

Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics 🔄 Post-Structuralism ⚡ Political Ontology

Being And Event 93%

Set theory is the science of being itself, and the One is nowhere in it.

by Alain Badiou 1988

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics 🔄 Post-Structuralism ⚡ Political Ontology

Metaphysics

by Aristotle

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

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🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Metaphysics 93%

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

by Aristotle

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18k+ ratings

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Knowledge, Reality, and Value

by Michael Huemer • 2021

A guide to philosophy that swaps jargon for common sense and teaches you to think for yourself.

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📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 💡 Ethical Intuitionism ⚖️ Ethics Survey

Knowledge, Reality, and Value 93%

A guide to philosophy that swaps jargon for common sense and teaches you to think for yourself.

by Michael Huemer 2021

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282 ratings

📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 💡 Ethical Intuitionism ⚖️ Ethics Survey

Wittgenstein

by Anthony Kenny • 1973

He built a perfect logical language, then demolished it. Meaning is public, not private.

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🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind 🕰️ 20th-Century Thought

Wittgenstein 92%

He built a perfect logical language, then demolished it. Meaning is public, not private.

by Anthony Kenny 1973

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197 ratings

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🧩 Philosophy Of Mind 🕰️ 20th-Century Thought

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

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🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Introduction to Phenomenology 92%

Consciousness is always reaching toward the world; phenomenology maps the structures of that reach.

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

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541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 🔍 Epistemology

Philosophy in the Modern World

by Anthony Kenny • 2007

The century when philosophy stopped asking what exists and started asking what words mean.

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📜 History Of Philosophy 🕰️ Modern Philosophy 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🗣️ Linguistic Turn 💬 Philosophy Of Language

Philosophy in the Modern World 92%

The century when philosophy stopped asking what exists and started asking what words mean.

by Anthony Kenny 2007

3.85

191 ratings

📜 History Of Philosophy 🕰️ Modern Philosophy 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🗣️ Linguistic Turn 💬 Philosophy Of Language

Ancient Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2004

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

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🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics ⚖️ Ancient Ethics 🔍 Epistemology

Ancient Philosophy 92%

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

by Anthony Kenny 2004

3.95

580 ratings

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics ⚖️ Ancient Ethics 🔍 Epistemology

A Little History of Philosophy

by Nigel Warburton • 2011

Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas 📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧭 Philosophy For Beginners 🧠 Great Thinkers

A Little History of Philosophy 92%

Forty thinkers, from Socrates to Singer, and the answers they gave to life's hardest questions.

by Nigel Warburton 2011

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16k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas 📘 Introductory Philosophy 🧭 Philosophy For Beginners 🧠 Great Thinkers

The Philosophy Book for Beginners

by Sharon Kaye • 2021

Philosophy is a conversation 2,500 years old and still unfinished. Here's your seat at the table.

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🏛️ Philosophy 101 ❓ Big Questions 💡 History Of Ideas 🧭 Practical Philosophy ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

The Philosophy Book for Beginners Summary

The Philosophy Book for Beginners 92%

Philosophy is a conversation 2,500 years old and still unfinished. Here's your seat at the table.

by Sharon Kaye 2021

4.17

138 ratings

🏛️ Philosophy 101 ❓ Big Questions 💡 History Of Ideas 🧭 Practical Philosophy ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Heidegger

by Michael Watts • 2014

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💀 Death And Mortality ⚙️ Technology Critique

Heidegger 92%

Heidegger demystified: the freedom found in facing death, and the worldview technology imposes.

by Michael Watts 2014

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143 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💀 Death And Mortality ⚙️ Technology Critique

The Construction of Social Reality

by John Rogers Searle • 1995

Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.

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🧱 Social Ontology 📐 Analytic Philosophy 🤝 Social Construction 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 📜 Constitutive Rules

The Construction of Social Reality Summary

The Construction of Social Reality 92%

Money and marriage aren't physical facts. They run on a hidden logic of collective agreement.

by John Rogers Searle 1995

3.89

969 ratings

🧱 Social Ontology 📐 Analytic Philosophy 🤝 Social Construction 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 📜 Constitutive Rules

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book

by Robert M. Martin • 1992

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

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🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book Summary

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 92%

Logic, morality, identity: each cracks under a well-chosen paradox. This book chooses well.

by Robert M. Martin 1992

4.01

247 ratings

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

The Problems of Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell • 1912

Your senses are private. Matter is an inference. Timeless universals hold the rest.

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💡 Epistemology 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Metaphysics 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 👁️ Sense Perception

The Problems of Philosophy 92%

Your senses are private. Matter is an inference. Timeless universals hold the rest.

by Bertrand Russell 1912

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19k+ ratings

💡 Epistemology 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Metaphysics 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 👁️ Sense Perception

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

by Ludwig Wittgenstein • 1921

Language pictures facts but cannot contain ethics, value, or the mystical; these lie beyond words.

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📝 Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Analytic Philosophy ➡️ Meaning And Reference 📐 Logical Form 🚫 Limits Of Thought

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 91%

Language pictures facts but cannot contain ethics, value, or the mystical; these lie beyond words.

by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1921

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23k+ ratings

📝 Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Analytic Philosophy ➡️ Meaning And Reference 📐 Logical Form 🚫 Limits Of Thought

The Art of Nonfiction

by Ayn Rand • 2001

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

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📖 Philosophical Writing 💡 Clarity And Precision 🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining 🧠 Subconscious Creativity ✂️ Editing And Revision

The Art of Nonfiction 91%

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

by Ayn Rand 2001

3.98

537 ratings

📖 Philosophical Writing 💡 Clarity And Precision 🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining 🧠 Subconscious Creativity ✂️ Editing And Revision

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

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🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Aristotle 91%

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023

3.95

232 ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Introduction to Metaphysics

by Martin Heidegger • 1929

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

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🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology ⚫ Nothingness 🔗 Limits Of Logic

Introduction to Metaphysics 91%

Before any science, one question: what does it mean to exist? Philosophy forgot, and reality shrank.

by Martin Heidegger 1929

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🌊 Phenomenology 🌑 Existentialism 🧱 Ontology ⚫ Nothingness 🔗 Limits Of Logic

Scepticism

by Duncan Pritchard • 2019

Radical scepticism makes life meaningless. The ancient remedy is intellectual virtue, not certainty.

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🧠 Epistemology ❓ Philosophical Scepticism 🏛️ Intellectual Virtues 🔬 Scientific Scepticism 🤔 Critical Thinking

Scepticism 91%

Radical scepticism makes life meaningless. The ancient remedy is intellectual virtue, not certainty.

by Duncan Pritchard 2019

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126 ratings

🧠 Epistemology ❓ Philosophical Scepticism 🏛️ Intellectual Virtues 🔬 Scientific Scepticism 🤔 Critical Thinking

The Conscious Mind

by David J. Chalmers • 1996

A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

The Conscious Mind 91%

A zombie physically identical to you feels nothing at all: why consciousness needs its own laws.

by David J. Chalmers 1996

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🌌 Metaphysics 🎨 Qualia 🪞 Property Dualism 🧟 Thought Experiments

Rationality in Action

by John Rogers Searle • 2003

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

3.67

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Practical Reasoning 📝 Analytic Philosophy

Rationality in Action 91%

Between reason and action is a gap no cause can close. Free will lives there.

by John Rogers Searle 2003

3.67

64 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔓 Free Will Debate 💭 Consciousness Studies ⚖️ Practical Reasoning 📝 Analytic Philosophy

Why Does the World Exist?

by Jim Holt • 2011

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

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❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

Why Does the World Exist? 91%

Physics, philosophy, and theology each claim to know why anything exists. None of them agree.

by Jim Holt 2011

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7k+ ratings

❓ Existential Questions 🕳️ Nothingness 🔭 Cosmology 🧠 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Anthropic Principle

Jag är Zlatan

by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Epistemology 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Jag är Zlatan 91%

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011

3.86

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Epistemology 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Objective Communication

by Leonard Peikoff • 1980

Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.

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🧠 Objectivism ✍️ Clear Writing 🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Argumentation 👥 Audience Awareness

Objective Communication 91%

Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.

by Leonard Peikoff 1980

4.22

74 ratings

🧠 Objectivism ✍️ Clear Writing 🎤 Public Speaking 🗣️ Argumentation 👥 Audience Awareness

Fearless

by Max Lucado • 2009

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

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🏛️ Western Philosophy 🗳️ Political Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer 💡 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Fearless 91%

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

by Max Lucado 2009

4.16

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 🗳️ Political Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer 💡 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Why? The Purpose of the Universe

by Philip Goff • 2023

A philosopher's case that the universe itself has a purpose, just not a perfect one.

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🌌 Cosmic Purpose 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ✨ Panpsychism 🎯 Fine-Tuning Argument 💭 Consciousness Studies

Why? The Purpose of the Universe Summary

Why? The Purpose of the Universe 91%

A philosopher's case that the universe itself has a purpose, just not a perfect one.

by Philip Goff 2023

3.72

474 ratings

🌌 Cosmic Purpose 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ✨ Panpsychism 🎯 Fine-Tuning Argument 💭 Consciousness Studies

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar

by Thomas Cathcart • 2007

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

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Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar Summary

Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar 91%

Jokes and philosophy work the same way: both ambush your assumptions. Here's how.

by Thomas Cathcart 2007

3.76

18k+ ratings

How to Think like a Philosopher

by Julian Baggini • 2023

The mental habits philosophy teaches: question yourself, follow evidence, drop the ego.

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🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🙏 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Attention Cultivation

How to Think like a Philosopher 91%

The mental habits philosophy teaches: question yourself, follow evidence, drop the ego.

by Julian Baggini 2023

3.95

429 ratings

🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🧠 Critical Thinking 🎯 Cognitive Biases 🙏 Intellectual Humility 👁️ Attention Cultivation

The Order of Things

by Michel Foucault • 1966

Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🔍 Epistemology 🧩 Structuralism 🗂️ Knowledge Systems

The Order of Things 91%

Thought is governed by hidden rules that have collapsed twice. 'Man' was their latest product.

by Michel Foucault 1966

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🔍 Epistemology 🧩 Structuralism 🗂️ Knowledge Systems

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 91%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Batman and Philosophy

by Mark D. White • 2008

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

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📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis 🏆 Moral Exemplars 🌌 Existentialism

Batman and Philosophy 91%

Batman doesn't have superpowers, but his moral dilemmas are a crash course in Western philosophy.

by Mark D. White 2008

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2k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💥 Comic Book Analysis 🏆 Moral Exemplars 🌌 Existentialism

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten

by Julian Baggini • 2005

100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.

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💭 Thought Experiments 📚 Pop Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal Identity

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten 91%

100 thought experiments that turn morality, identity, and reason inside out.

by Julian Baggini 2005

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5k+ ratings

💭 Thought Experiments 📚 Pop Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🧬 Personal Identity

I am Not a Brain

by Markus Gabriel • 2017

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

I am Not a Brain 91%

Neuroscience keeps looking for the self inside the skull. The real thing lives between people.

by Markus Gabriel 2017

3.49

233 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📜 German Idealism 🔓 Free Will Debate 👥 Social Self 🔗 Mind-Body Problem

Philosophical Investigations

by Ludwig Wittgenstein • 1953

Philosophy's deepest problems dissolve when you stop asking what words mean and watch how they work.

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💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🔄 Linguistic Pragmatics 📏 Rule-Following 🩹 Therapeutic Philosophy

Philosophical Investigations 91%

Philosophy's deepest problems dissolve when you stop asking what words mean and watch how they work.

by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953

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16k+ ratings

💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 🔄 Linguistic Pragmatics 📏 Rule-Following 🩹 Therapeutic Philosophy

Medieval Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2005

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

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📚 Scholasticism ⛪ Faith And Reason 🔭 Metaphysics 🔓 Free Will ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Medieval Philosophy 91%

For a thousand years, philosophy was one long attempt to reconcile reason with revelation.

by Anthony Kenny 2005

3.80

284 ratings

📚 Scholasticism ⛪ Faith And Reason 🔭 Metaphysics 🔓 Free Will ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett • 2013

A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧫 Cultural Evolution 🕊️ Free Will Debate

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Summary

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking 90%

A philosopher's toolbox: learn to think sharper about consciousness, evolution, and free will.

by Daniel C. Dennett 2013

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🧫 Cultural Evolution 🕊️ Free Will Debate

The Matter With Things

by Iain McGilchrist • 2021

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

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🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

The Matter With Things 90%

Your left hemisphere built the modern world. It is also why everything is falling apart.

by Iain McGilchrist 2021

4.76

567 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 💭 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Attention And Perception 🌌 Beyond Materialism 🔄 Process Philosophy

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

by John Allen Paulos • 1985

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

I Think, Therefore I Laugh 90%

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

by John Allen Paulos 1985

3.48

245 ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

The Philosophy of 'as If '

by Hans Vaihinger • 1911

Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.

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🏛️ Neo-Kantianism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📚 Epistemology 🔨 Pragmatism 🔧 Instrumentalism

The Philosophy of 'as If ' 90%

Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.

by Hans Vaihinger 1911

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72 ratings

🏛️ Neo-Kantianism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📚 Epistemology 🔨 Pragmatism 🔧 Instrumentalism

The Passion of the Western Mind

by Richard Tarnas • 1991

Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Western Philosophy 🌍 Worldview Shifts ⛪ Faith And Reason 🏰 Western Civilization

The Passion of the Western Mind 90%

Western thought is a single dramatic story, from ancient archetypes to postmodern doubt.

by Richard Tarnas 1991

4.24

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Western Philosophy 🌍 Worldview Shifts ⛪ Faith And Reason 🏰 Western Civilization

The Concept of Mind

by Gilbert Ryle • 1949

The mind-body split is a logical blunder. Mental life is performance, not private theatre.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ Mind-Body Problem 🔍 Conceptual Analysis 🛠️ Practical Knowledge 🪞 Self-Knowledge

The Concept of Mind 90%

The mind-body split is a logical blunder. Mental life is performance, not private theatre.

by Gilbert Ryle 1949

3.92

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🧠 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ Mind-Body Problem 🔍 Conceptual Analysis 🛠️ Practical Knowledge 🪞 Self-Knowledge

Dialogism

by Michael Holquist • 1990

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

4.09

📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Dialogism 90%

All speech answers prior speech, all selves depend on others: the dialogic philosophy of Bakhtin.

by Michael Holquist 1990

4.09

88 ratings

📖 Literary Theory 💬 Philosophy Of Language 👥 Intersubjectivity 📚 Intertextuality 🇷🇺 Russian Formalism

Stoicism

by John Sellars • 2006

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🏺 Classical Studies ⚖️ Stoic Ethics 🪨 Materialist Philosophy

Stoicism 90%

Stoicism began as a unified system of logic, physics, and ethics, not coping advice.

by John Sellars 2006

4.12

457 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Hellenistic Philosophy 🏺 Classical Studies ⚖️ Stoic Ethics 🪨 Materialist Philosophy

On Bullshit

by Harry G. Frankfurt • 2005

The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.

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🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Social Commentary 🍿 Pop Philosophy 🤥 Post-Truth

On Bullshit 90%

The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.

by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005

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16k+ ratings

🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Social Commentary 🍿 Pop Philosophy 🤥 Post-Truth

The Story of Philosophy

by Will Durant • 1991

Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.

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📜 History Of Philosophy 🧭 Introductory Philosophy 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 💡 The Enlightenment 🧪 Modern Philosophy

The Story of Philosophy 90%

Philosophy's greatest minds, from Plato to Dewey, on the one question science cannot answer.

by Will Durant 1991

4.15

18k+ ratings

📜 History Of Philosophy 🧭 Introductory Philosophy 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 💡 The Enlightenment 🧪 Modern Philosophy

Flatline Constructs

by Mark Fisher • 2018

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

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📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems 📺 Media Theory 🔀 Deleuze Studies

Flatline Constructs 90%

Reality flatlined into the undead where cybernetics, gothic horror, and theory-as-fiction converge.

by Mark Fisher 2018

4.13

345 ratings

📖 Critical Theory 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🤖 Cybernetic Systems 📺 Media Theory 🔀 Deleuze Studies

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness

by Gary Cox • 2011

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

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🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🌀 Absurdism ✨ Meaning Making

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness Summary

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness 90%

You are free in a way you never asked for. This is what that actually costs.

by Gary Cox 2011

4.12

121 ratings

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🚶 Existentialism 🔍 Phenomenology 🌀 Absurdism ✨ Meaning Making

Speech Acts

by John Rogers Searle • 1969

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 💬 Speech Act Theory 🏛️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 📝 Pragmatics 🧠 Analytic Philosophy

Speech Acts 90%

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

by John Rogers Searle 1969

3.89

509 ratings

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 💬 Speech Act Theory 🏛️ Ordinary Language Philosophy 📝 Pragmatics 🧠 Analytic Philosophy

A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life

by Trevor Curnow • 2012

The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.

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🧠 Applied Philosophy 🤔 Critical Thinking ❓ Skepticism ⚖️ Personal Ethics 🪞 Self-Examination

A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life Summary

A Practical Guide to Philosophy for Everyday Life 90%

The philosophy toolkit for life: question everything, spot bad arguments, choose what matters.

by Trevor Curnow 2012

3.87

190 ratings

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On Dialogue

by David Bohm • 1996

Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

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Dialogue is less about talking than about seeing the hidden thought system that runs you.

by David Bohm 1996

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🗣️ Philosophy Of Dialogue 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔄 Systems Thinking ☯️ Nonduality 👥 Group Facilitation

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