Hey guys, filthy uninformed weeb here. I know next to nothing about philosophy at all, I have read nothing and have no comprehension of any actual issues.
What would be some books/texts you might recommend as essential to a beginner in the field? How would you start wading into the ocean?
Not OP. Is this an intimidating, 1000-page volume?
Luis Anderson
start with the greeks
Levi Martin
Def start with Greek philosophy. I went from Plato directly into elightenment it was a solid enough bridge literally just start reading anything though.
Austin Cook
This.
Jason Green
existentialcomics.com Russel's history of western philosophy
Joshua Hill
sokolowski - phainomenology
Tyler Sullivan
the holy bible
anime is blasphemous idolatry
Kayden Lopez
Nagel's "What does it all mean?".
Don't hit source material until you understand generally what's going on in the source.
Bentley Ramirez
No, it's an intimidating 2000 page volume.
Christian Diaz
the greeks not a bad thing to read through, but are legitimately skippable, as a majority of their arguments are flawed. they are more of a "history of philosophy" thing, which isn't bad. you can begin modern philosophy with hume, and all you need to know from descartes is his most popular quotation.
I would recommend hume, then husserl or stirner, and by then you should understand phenomenological reasoning, what "knowledge" is, non-cognitivism, things of this nature. technically these are the most logically grounded views in interpreting reality, one that only science can truly expand upon if possible at this point. until then, interpreting reality is likely as "solved" as it can be, since the mid eighteen hundreds by german phenomenologists.
this might seem like a joke but it's actually true. a vast majority of philosophical material makes jumps in reasoning in their bases, is based off of subjective reasoning or derives an "ought" from an "is". this is why the greeks aren't necessarily relevant to understanding philosophy. it's like learning wrong math to help you understand correct math. wtf why?
Joseph White
FPBP
Austin Morgan
i actually wasn't joking. i shout out spooks in real life.
Gavin Stewart
The whole of Western philosophy is your oyster if you devote a couple of years to Plato and Aristotle
Gavin King
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Michael Murphy
just know that Marx is the final boss.
Sebastian Long
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Lincoln Hill
The Social Contract by Rousseau
Bentley Parker
Weebs aren't welcome on Veeky Forums
Justin Wright
But this is support for real communism though, because eventually there were mean that created real aircraft.
Connor Mitchell
He's not wrong, people CAN fly.
It took thousands of years of trial and error, but they did it.
Carson Reed
STAY AWAY FROM OUR FLUIDS
Ayden Flores
Read Thus Spoke Zarathustra. You should notice that it makes no fucking sense.
Then read it again in a couple of years after you've read a bunch of other philosophy and notice how it makes perfect sense.
Dylan Diaz
START
WITH
GREEKS
Henry Garcia
Start Spinoza Then Kant Then Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Calmut, Sartre Then Husserl End with Heidegger
Leo Fisher
>I do this too
Andrew Morris
Second for this. Great little introduction, and it's only like 70 pages.
After that, I'd get your hands on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Wittgenstein.
Once you're done with them, feel free to branch out. Most of these suggestions from other people are very niche philosophers, and reading them in vacuum does no good.
Benjamin Butler
Watch s1 of Psycho Pass and search up the philosophers that the villain cites.