Davood Gozli
Casual reflections on the question, “What three books do you recommend to beginners in philosophy?” If you have further thoughts on this question, feel free to share them below.
See also:
Greg Sadler’s Desert Island Choices: https://youtu.be/ceqXTtcDwNI
Greg Sadler’s Choice for Beginners: https://youtu.be/-ZPSAVuAo0s
Leaf-by-leaf’s Philosophy Recommendations: https://youtu.be/GlXi2nuu2KM
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Has the color blue always existed? How much of philosophy is linguistics and wordplay and how much is concerned with actual Truth or truths? Is it human experience with words that matters, and which cultures dominate those discussions, or the fact that blue things have always existed despite the fact that some people in history didn't have a word for blue? 🙂
Interesting I have that Wittgenstein book on my shelf. A few years ago I was obsessed with language as well and was able to take an introductory course in linguistics as part of a program to get into university. I think maybe the course burned me out a bit when it came to language so I never got around to it. I've grabbed it off my shelf and will hopefuly start reading it!
I just went over some of the reviews in the Ray Monk book and thought of something interesting I would like your thoughts on: The ways biographers present people. There is one review in the first few pages talking about how Wittgenstein has been shown as "bodiless", "saintly", and "tortured" by different authors and Monk is has written the "real" one.