-Kant
-Leibniz
-Hume
-Phenomenology
-Cybernetics
-Deleuze
-Whitehead
-Frankfurt
-Habermas
-Godel's modal logic and incompleteness theorem
-Deleuze's books on Kant, Bergson, Spinoza, Nietzsche
-Theological arguments of Paul Davies, Alvin Plantinga, P. F. Strawson, Karl Otto Appel
The vocabulary is very hard for me it's written in old english like from bible english
Cam somebody help me to get the explained version or more understandable english version
Hello, im new to philosophy and almost to reading also and i struggle to find the first understandable book to read , so can you help me choose one, also English is not my first language if that might help
I have read Sophie's world. Now I feel it was too rough introduction. I want some formal book that explains all the philosophies properly with comparisons.
Edit 1: I asked chatgpt. Here is what it gave me.
Now study the historical development of Western thought with much greater understanding of why ideas changed.
It asked me to avoid • Bertrand Russell — A History of Western Philosophy •Frederick Copleston — A History of Philosophy ( If you eventually want to go really deep, this is the monster.)
I've been reading the story of philosophy, not yet completed as I'm moving very slowly and thoroughly. What should I read next, something similar or particular works... I'm very confused, give me specific recommendations.
I would appreciate recommendation from both segment, exploring more, or going deeper.
I picked up the myth of sisyphus because the subject matter interested me however, it feels like everything is going over my head I wanted to read it fully before looking anything up so I could read it without other people opinions impacting how I think about it untill I was done. Is there a easier book I could start with and build up to the myth of sisyphus or should I do some research first about the book and try reading it again? Thanks
Philosophy is the love for wisdom.
Philo means love and Sophia means wisdom.
I was reading about Albert Camus’ work and found one of his famous lines:
“There’s always been war,
But people get quickly accustomed to peace.
So they think it’s normal.
No, war is what’s normal.”
At first, I thought here war meant war between nations, which is what Camus was actually referring to in the literal sense. But I found a deeper philosophical meaning in one of the YouTube videos of philosopher Acharya Prashant.
The deeper meaning I understood is that the war can also be understood as our inner, daily psychological conflict. Peace is not the default, but inner conflict is actually the default state.
If we honestly look at our mind, there is always a pull between “Should I do this or that?” along with guilt, comparison, restlessness, and indecision. This churn inside the mind can be referred to as a kind of war.
In the video, Acharya Prashant’s exact words are even more insightful:
“War is what is normal: conflict, basic inner fragmentation, lack of total flow, indecision, our fractured movements. Basic duality, the presence of two-ness. The mind is split into two, and two means twenty thousand. So there is no smoothness in its functioning………………..”
I found this philosophical interpretation worth reflecting on.
Full video source: https://youtu.be/kikHMAuf_4Q?si=1MzpP-D7xkqlvF4G
Hi everyone
I’m looking for anyone open to being online reading partner on philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke . I can even provide the E-book but basically desperate to find a reading partner to discuss it with.
Hi everyone
I’m looking for anyone open to being online reading partner on philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke . I can even provide the E-book but basically desperate to find a reading partner to discuss it with. Also I’m wondering are there any Emirati professors work you would recommend reading around culture or anything social.
I’m going to be returning to UAE and would love to visit or meet professors from the uae doing in such fields