r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 21h ago

beginner's guide HELP

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 1d ago

Life meaning

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Just a Little thought tonight, feel free to expres how u feel about it.

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Life has no meaning,
and this is beautiful because it allows every individual to explore within themselves what meaning they want to give to life.
So, because it has no meaning, everyone can paint life with their own particular colors


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 2d ago

Anyone know the book name I cannot recall?

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In approximately 1979 I read a compilation of essays or pieces which included authors Kant, Hegel, and Plato (I think but am not certain it was the piece about shadows).
Being a teen then, I recall being very impressed by the ideas, and noting my own (comparative, think I thought) facility with the readings.
The book, a hardcover, was on a shelf in my home, so it must’ve been one of my parents’.
The cover color was faded orange, and had that scratchy rough texture.
I’m thinking it was published in the first few decades of 20th c possibly as late as 1960s.
I would love to read it again but cannot remember its name. Anyone have any idea?


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 3d ago

WHAT ARE YOU'RE THOUGHTS ON SIR REGINALD HARGREAVES PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS?

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 4d ago

Interested in philosophy, critical thinking, and meaningful debates? Join us!

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 4d ago

Favorite obscure Derrida?

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 6d ago

Reading Order

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Is this a good order to tackle these philosophers? (I like having an order of prerequisites so i can go into each one with good prior knowledge and background)
What prerequisites/philosophers would you add?

Plato
Aristotle
Sextus Empiricus
Anselm of Canterbury
Thomas Aquinas
René Descartes
John Locke
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Arthur Schopenhauer
Søren Kierkegaard
Friedrich Nietzsche
Baruch Spinoza
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Jean-Paul Sartre
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Nicolas Malebranche
Edmund Burke
Wilfrid Sellars
Albert Camus
Martin Heidegger
Bertrand Russell
Michel Foucault
Emil Cioran
G. E. Moore
Thomas Henry Huxley
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Alvin Plantinga
Saul Kripke
Brian F. Chellas
George Hughes
Ernest Nagel
James Newman
Graham Oppy
William Lane Craig
Clifford Williams


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 6d ago

Why is knowledge not enough for liberation from suffering?

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Even after knowing about bondages, rebellion and choice for freedom cannot happen because there is lack of love for the freedom.

Without love knowledge is dry.

We all know the constraints in life that prevent us from living freely. The reason why life remains the same even after gaining knowledge is because there is no love. An outsider can only impart knowledge. No one can awaken love for freedom within anyone.

I have read this concept from Acharya Prashant (Indian Philosopher and Author) in his philosophical framework (AP framework) he explains:

Knowledge + Intent = Liberation from suffering

It helped to reduce my suffering. So I wrote this post.


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 5d ago

Is the use of philosophy and logic being misused these days?

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In everything I have seen, read, and heard, I believe that the use of philosophy and logic has deviated from its original purpose, which is to arrive at the truth and to learn how to ask questions to reach it. But on the contrary, I see this period as merely a show of being the smartest, and even most issues are no longer as strong as before or are repetitive. This is my point of view.


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 5d ago

Need help starting with existential philosophy as an agnostic person. PS :Read the body

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 6d ago

Complete beginner here – which ONE book should I start with to get into philosophy?

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 6d ago

尋找對後現代政治/哲學書籍感興趣的夥伴

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 6d ago

New to philosophy, had some questions

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 7d ago

Anyone read Madness and Civilization book by Michel Foucault

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Currently reading this book I am 1/6 of the way done. I am debating if I should keep reading. It’s about the evolution around the concept of madness throughout the western ages. I understand the general points and idea but it’s so in depth that I most feel that I am doing a disservice by not analyzing/note taking and reading it as deeply as I should.

How did you guys read this book?


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 7d ago

Which branch of philosophy do you prefer the most?

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 7d ago

What's the best introduction or interpretation of Bergson's works?

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I'm considering two books: Mark Sinclair's Bergson and William G. Barnard's Living Consciousness: The Metaphysical Vision of Henri Bergson. But I'm skeptical of the authors because they're not widely read. And, of course, there's Deleuze's Bergsonism, but I'm afraid it might have the added complexity of Deleuze's own analysis. I'd appreciate any recommendations.


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 7d ago

Is what we believe is "truth" ... just a media story or a conspiracy formed in our minds without us knowing? And most importantly how do we verify information?

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 7d ago

هل ما نعتقده "حقيقة"... أم رواية إعلامية أو مؤامرة تشكلت في عقولنا دون وعي؟ والأهم كيف نثبت صحة المعلومات؟

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 8d ago

Looking For a Reading/Discussion Club! BA in philosophy and wide range of interests.

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Here's the link to the server for anyone interested: https://discord.gg/kpvXKzDaX

Hey, all. I graduated with a philosophy BA in May. I won’t be going to graduate school anytime soon, so I’m craving to read/talk philosophy with other people.

I have a wide range of interests. Strong background in ethics, Kant, and political philosophy. Good grasp of classical logic/formal semantics, modal logic. So can grapple with logic-heavy works.

Some topics/thinkers I’d be especially interested in exploring with other people:

- Plato; Middle/Neo-Platonism

- German idealism; Hegel esp.

- Philosophy of language; meaning, truth, names, translation

- Epistemology, esp. stuff by Sellars, McDowell

- Feminist philosophy; philosophy of gender

- Reasons/justification/normativity

- Philosophy of science; realism/anti-realism

- Metaphysics; universals, identity, substance, causation

- Texts/traditions outside of the western canon (western esotericism, eastern schools of thought)

Schedule is flexible. I read on the slower side, but love in-depth discussion. Love love LOVE to pick texts apart. It would be a dream if some people with graduate school education joined. But I would love for anyone enthusiastic about philosophy to join.

If interested, please comment below, or PM me on Reddit. I want to see how many people would be interested in doing this.


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 8d ago

I Think of You Constantly with Love: The Letters of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards

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Does anyone have this book? I really wanna read it!
It's not available on Anna's Archive or Z-library, unfortunately.
Would appreciate any help possible!
Regards


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 8d ago

hypatia

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i started really liking her and want to know more.are there any books or resources where i could read about her?


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 8d ago

Modelo mecánico para la doble rendija y el arrastre de marco: fluctuaciones del tiempo de tránsito en medios confinados

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Modelo mecánico para la doble rendija y el arrastre de marco: fluctuaciones del tiempo de tránsito en medios confinados

Lee este documento: 'Dinámica de Medios Confinados'. Aquí no hay magia . Para probar que el medio se modifica sin caer en discusiones filosóficas, la vía es la medición ultraprecisa del tiempo de tránsito. Si el sensor perturba el vacío local, la velocidad de fase efectiva cambia y el tiempo de llegada a la pantalla fluctuará. Ahí tendran la demostración física."

https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B28EW

El mecanismo físico: Interferencia de ondas constructivas

​Campo de fondo: El vacío se trata como un medio electromagnético continuo y elástico en lugar de un espacio vacío pasivo.

​Inyección de energía: Al activar el sensor, este emite una onda electromagnética hacia el medio local.

​Formación del canal de fase: La superposición entre la onda del sensor y el campo de fondo genera patrones de interferencia constructiva. Esto altera el gradiente energético local, abriendo un camino de menor resistencia (canal de fase forzado).

​Trayectoria de la partícula: La partícula conserva su estructura de manera integral. Simplemente transita a través del gradiente de mínima acción recién formado, lo que rompe la coherencia de fase original y suprime el patrón de interferencia en la pantalla.

QUEDO ABIERTO AL DEBATE


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 10d ago

Hey everyone . I just started the book MEDITATIONS by Marcus A.

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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


r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 10d ago

Having trouble understand philosophy books

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r/PhilosophyBookClub • • 11d ago

What book should i start with

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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