📐 Rationalist Philosophy

Works in the tradition that prizes reason as the primary source of knowledge, from Descartes and Spinoza to modern thinkers who insist on logic over intuition.

Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes • 1641

An all-powerful deceiver could control every thought you have. Every thought, except one.

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30k+

🔀 Cartesian Dualism 🧠 Rationalism 🤔 Skepticism

Meditations on First Philosophy 93%

An all-powerful deceiver could control every thought you have. Every thought, except one.

by René Descartes 1641

3.73

30k+ ratings

🔀 Cartesian Dualism 🧠 Rationalism 🤔 Skepticism

Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies

by René Descartes • 1641

By the fire, he resolves to doubt everything, only to find a thought immune to doubt.

3.73

3k+

🗝️ Early Modern Philosophy 🧐 Philosophical Skepticism 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies Summary

Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies 93%

By the fire, he resolves to doubt everything, only to find a thought immune to doubt.

by René Descartes 1641

3.73

3k+ ratings

🗝️ Early Modern Philosophy 🧐 Philosophical Skepticism 🧠 Mind-Body Dualism

The Rise of Modern Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2006

How consciousness replaced the soul, systems replaced commentary, and philosophy became modern.

3.84

274

🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Mind-Body Problem

The Rise of Modern Philosophy 92%

How consciousness replaced the soul, systems replaced commentary, and philosophy became modern.

by Anthony Kenny 2006

3.84

274 ratings

🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🧠 Mind-Body Problem

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes • 1999

Doubt all you know, arrive at the one truth you cannot deny, and build reality from there.

3.77

37k+

💭 Cartesian Philosophy 🤔 Epistemology ❓ Radical Skepticism

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy 92%

Doubt all you know, arrive at the one truth you cannot deny, and build reality from there.

by René Descartes 1999

3.77

37k+ ratings

💭 Cartesian Philosophy 🤔 Epistemology ❓ Radical Skepticism

Ethics

by Baruch Spinoza • 1677

God and nature are one; free will, an illusion. Freedom is grasping the causes that move you.

4.10

22k+

🌌 Pantheism 🔗 Determinism 🧘 Mind-Body Problem

Ethics 92%

God and nature are one; free will, an illusion. Freedom is grasping the causes that move you.

by Baruch Spinoza 1677

4.10

22k+ ratings

🌌 Pantheism 🔗 Determinism 🧘 Mind-Body Problem

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.

4.01

247

🧩 Philosophical Puzzles 💭 Thought Experiments 🔄 Paradoxes

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

There Are Two Errors in the the Title of This Book 91%

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

Fearless

by Max Lucado • 2009

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

4.16

13k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 🗳️ Political Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer

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

Objectivism

by Leonard Peikoff • 1991

Reality comes first, reason is mandatory, and your life is the moral standard. The complete chain.

3.77

5k+

🧠 Rational Self-Interest 🏛️ Systematic Philosophy 📐 Axiomatic Reasoning

Objectivism 91%

Reality comes first, reason is mandatory, and your life is the moral standard. The complete chain.

by Leonard Peikoff 1991

3.77

5k+ ratings

🧠 Rational Self-Interest 🏛️ Systematic Philosophy 📐 Axiomatic Reasoning

Knowledge

by Jennifer Nagel • 2014

A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.

3.85

1k+

🧠 Epistemology 📝 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Cognitive Biases

Knowledge 91%

A concise tour of what it means to know, from Descartes's demon to the broken clock.

by Jennifer Nagel 2014

3.85

1k+ ratings

🧠 Epistemology 📝 Analytic Philosophy 🎯 Cognitive Biases

Doing Philosophy

by Timothy Williamson • 2018

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

3.67

213

🛠️ Philosophical Methodology 🔍 Analytic Philosophy 🧪 Thought Experiments

Doing Philosophy 91%

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

50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Ben Dupré • 2007

Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.

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2k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primers 🤔 Epistemology

50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary

50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know 91%

Fifty essential philosophy ideas, each in minutes: from radical doubt to the problem of evil.

by Ben Dupré 2007

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primers 🤔 Epistemology

Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

by George Berkeley • 1988

Tables vanish when you look away, but God keeps watching. A bishop's case against matter.

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1k+

📜 Early Modern Philosophy 🇬🇧 British Empiricism 💡 Idealism

Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous Summary

Principles of Human Knowledge / Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous 91%

Tables vanish when you look away, but God keeps watching. A bishop's case against matter.

by George Berkeley 1988

3.83

1k+ ratings

📜 Early Modern Philosophy 🇬🇧 British Empiricism 💡 Idealism

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.

3.76

18k+

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

Being And Event

by Alain Badiou • 1988

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

4.01

1k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics

Being And Event 91%

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

by Alain Badiou 1988

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Ontology 📐 Philosophy Of Mathematics

Philosophy

by Nigel Warburton • 1995

Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.

3.84

3k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy ⚖️ Ethical Theories 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Philosophy 91%

Philosophy without the jargon: the big questions, and how to think them through.

by Nigel Warburton 1995

3.84

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy ⚖️ Ethical Theories 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Think

by Simon Blackburn • 1999

Your concepts are a house you never inspected. Philosophy walks you through the foundation.

3.73

5k+

📚 Western Philosophy 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💭 Thought Experiments

Think 91%

Your concepts are a house you never inspected. Philosophy walks you through the foundation.

by Simon Blackburn 1999

3.73

5k+ ratings

📚 Western Philosophy 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💭 Thought Experiments

The Problems of Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell • 1912

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

3.90

19k+

💡 Epistemology 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Metaphysics

The Problems of Philosophy 91%

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

by Bertrand Russell 1912

3.90

19k+ ratings

💡 Epistemology 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Metaphysics

Freedom and Neurobiology

by John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

Freedom and Neurobiology 91%

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

by John Rogers Searle 2005

3.56

246 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments

by Patrick King • 2020

Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.

3.84

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🧪 Thought Experiments 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔍 Critical Thinking

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments Summary

Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments 91%

Your mind needs a gym. Philosophy's greatest thought experiments are the equipment.

by Patrick King 2020

3.84

101 ratings

🧪 Thought Experiments 🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🔍 Critical Thinking

Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

4.32

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning

Rationality 90%

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning

Introduction to Logic

by Irving M. Copi • 1953

How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.

4.07

919

🧮 Formal Logic 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Logical Fallacies

Introduction to Logic 90%

How to spot a flawed argument: the logic toolkit from Aristotle to truth tables.

by Irving M. Copi 1953

4.07

919 ratings

🧮 Formal Logic 🧠 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Logical Fallacies

The Edge of Reason

by Julian Baggini • 2016

Reason is not sterile logic. It depends on judgment, emotion, and the temperament we bring.

3.97

141

🧠 Reason And Judgment ⛓️ Limits Of Reason 💭 Emotion And Reasoning

The Edge of Reason 90%

Reason is not sterile logic. It depends on judgment, emotion, and the temperament we bring.

by Julian Baggini 2016

3.97

141 ratings

🧠 Reason And Judgment ⛓️ Limits Of Reason 💭 Emotion And Reasoning

Pocket Guide to Objectivism

by David Kelley • 2018

Happiness as the moral aim, reason as the only path: the pocket guide to Objectivism.

4.22

🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧠 Rationality

Pocket Guide to Objectivism 90%

Happiness as the moral aim, reason as the only path: the pocket guide to Objectivism.

by David Kelley 2018

4.22

46 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Moral Philosophy 🧠 Rationality

The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch • 2011

All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.

4.17

10k+

🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌅 Rational Optimism

The Beginning of Infinity 90%

All progress runs on one engine: conjecture torn apart by criticism. It never runs out of fuel.

by David Deutsch 2011

4.17

10k+ ratings

🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🌅 Rational Optimism

Scepticism

by Duncan Pritchard • 2019

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

3.56

126

🧠 Epistemology ❓ Philosophical Scepticism 🏛️ Intellectual Virtues

Scepticism 90%

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

by Duncan Pritchard 2019

3.56

126 ratings

🧠 Epistemology ❓ Philosophical Scepticism 🏛️ Intellectual Virtues

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects

by Bertrand Russell • 1957

Religion begins in fear, not truth. A philosopher's case against the foundations of belief.

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⛪ Religious Criticism 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Secular Humanism

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects Summary

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects 90%

Religion begins in fear, not truth. A philosopher's case against the foundations of belief.

by Bertrand Russell 1957

4.00

23k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Criticism 🏛️ Philosophy Of Religion 🌍 Secular Humanism

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

by John Locke • 1690

Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.

3.86

17k+

🔍 Epistemology 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Empiricism

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Summary

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 90%

Words name ideas, not things. Philosophy's longest arguments begin with confusing the two.

by John Locke 1690

3.86

17k+ ratings

🔍 Epistemology 🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🧠 Empiricism

Jag är Zlatan

by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011

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

3.86

19k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy

Jag är Zlatan 90%

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

A History of Western Philosophy

by Bertrand Russell • 1945

A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.

4.13

42k+

🏛️ Western Thought 📜 Intellectual History 🗺️ Philosophical Survey

A History of Western Philosophy 90%

A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.

by Bertrand Russell 1945

4.13

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Thought 📜 Intellectual History 🗺️ Philosophical Survey

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

by Ernst Cassirer • 1932

The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.

4.11

258

💡 Intellectual History 🌅 Enlightenment Studies 🏛️ Western Philosophy

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment Summary

The Philosophy of the Enlightenment 90%

The Enlightenment remade reason: not a storehouse of truths, but a way of discovering them.

by Ernst Cassirer 1932

4.11

258 ratings

💡 Intellectual History 🌅 Enlightenment Studies 🏛️ Western Philosophy

Writing and Difference

by Jacques Derrida • 1967

Structuralism loved the architecture of texts. One philosopher asked where the energy went.

4.00

8k+

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📜 Literary Theory ✍️ Philosophy Of Writing

Writing and Difference 90%

Structuralism loved the architecture of texts. One philosopher asked where the energy went.

by Jacques Derrida 1967

4.00

8k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📜 Literary Theory ✍️ Philosophy Of Writing

Hyperreality

by Mike Hockney • 2012

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

4.61

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

Hyperreality 90%

Reality is a self-solving mathematical equation, and God is the answer, not the author.

by Mike Hockney 2012

4.61

56 ratings

🔢 Mathematical Platonism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy ⚛️ Quantum Consciousness

A Book Forged in Hell

by Steven Nadler • 2011

Spinoza's 1670 treatise denied miracles, called the Bible man-made, and made free thought sacred.

3.99

1k+

🏛️ Early Modern Philosophy 📖 Biblical Criticism ⚖️ Political Philosophy

A Book Forged in Hell 90%

Spinoza's 1670 treatise denied miracles, called the Bible man-made, and made free thought sacred.

by Steven Nadler 2011

3.99

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Early Modern Philosophy 📖 Biblical Criticism ⚖️ Political Philosophy

Soul Machine

by George Makari • 2015

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

3.82

157

🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

Soul Machine 90%

Science couldn't find the soul. So early modern Europe invented the mind to take its place.

by George Makari 2015

3.82

157 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🧪 History Of Psychology 💭 Philosophy Of Mind

A Methodology of Possession

by James Ellis • 2020

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

3.62

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy

A Methodology of Possession 90%

Enlightenment as possession: a philosopher's ritual journey beyond self, time, and the human.

by James Ellis 2020

3.62

81 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⏩ Accelerationism 🔮 Occult Philosophy

The Matrix and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2002

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

3.90

2k+

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism

The Matrix and Philosophy 90%

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

by William Irwin 2002

3.90

2k+ ratings

🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism

A New History of Western Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2007

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

4.22

520

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics

A New History of Western Philosophy Summary

A New History of Western Philosophy 90%

Western philosophy, Thales to Wittgenstein: the rare history that gives the medieval era its due.

by Anthony Kenny 2007

4.22

520 ratings

🏛️ History Of Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Greek Philosophy 🔮 Metaphysics

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.

3.78

4k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

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

3.78

4k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 💭 Thought Experiments 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass

by Christopher W. DiCarlo • 2007

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

3.58

270

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass Summary

How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass 90%

Why the most annoying person in the room is often right, and how to become them.

by Christopher W. DiCarlo 2007

3.58

270 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Fallacy Spotting 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Less Than Nothing

by Slavoj Žižek • 2012

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

4.17

650

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science

Less Than Nothing 90%

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

by Slavoj Žižek 2012

4.17

650 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science

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.

4.12

16k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas 📘 Introductory Philosophy

A Little History of Philosophy 90%

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

by Nigel Warburton 2011

4.12

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas 📘 Introductory Philosophy

On Quality

by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

3.64

387

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

On Quality 90%

Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.

by Robert M. Pirsig 2021

3.64

387 ratings

🏷️ Value Theory ☯️ Nonduality 🌏 Comparative Philosophy

The Last Man Who Knew Everything

by Mike Hockney • 2012

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

4.46

🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy

The Last Man Who Knew Everything Summary

The Last Man Who Knew Everything 90%

The universe is math, not matter, and your mind is a zero with infinite potential.

by Mike Hockney 2012

4.46

90 ratings

🌌 Mathematical Platonism 🧠 Panpsychism 🕯️ Esoteric Philosophy

Madilog

by Tan Malaka • 1946

Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.

4.26

3k+

🔄 Dialectical Materialism ⚒️ Marxism 🇮🇩 Indonesian Philosophy

Madilog 90%

Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.

by Tan Malaka 1946

4.26

3k+ ratings

🔄 Dialectical Materialism ⚒️ Marxism 🇮🇩 Indonesian Philosophy

The Consequences of Ideas

by R.C. Sproul • 1988

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

4.18

2k+

📜 History Of Philosophy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🤝 Faith And Reason

The Consequences of Ideas 90%

Philosophy's stark choice: Kant's closed door or Aquinas's open one. Fallout, from Thales to Sartre.

by R.C. Sproul 1988

4.18

2k+ ratings

📜 History Of Philosophy ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🤝 Faith And Reason

Objective Communication

by Leonard Peikoff • 1980

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

4.22

🧠 Objectivism ✍️ Clear Writing 🎤 Public Speaking

Objective Communication 90%

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

Metaphysics

by Michael J. Loux • 1997

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

3.93

354

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy

Metaphysics 90%

From universals to time: the central problems of metaphysics, mapped for the first-time student.

by Michael J. Loux 1997

3.93

354 ratings

🧱 Analytical Metaphysics 🏷️ Ontology 🎓 Analytic Philosophy

Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski • 1999

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

4.03

541

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy

Introduction to Phenomenology 90%

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

by Robert Sokolowski 1999

4.03

541 ratings

🌀 Phenomenology 🧠 Consciousness Studies 📜 Continental Philosophy

The Logic of Sense

by Gilles Deleuze • 1969

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

4.29

1k+

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic

The Logic of Sense 90%

Sense is not a thing but an event, a surface effect where language meets the world.

by Gilles Deleuze 1969

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧩 Post-Structuralism 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🏛️ Stoic Logic

Philosophy Bites

by David Edmonds • 2012

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

3.69

371

Philosophy Bites 90%

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

by David Edmonds 2012

3.69

371 ratings

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