ebullientocelot

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Comment · 5 years ago

So a lot of philosophical writing references a sort of general canon, at least as far as western thinking is concerned. Other traditions I'm sure have their own details but I can't speak intelligently to them. The field is enormous, and without more specific information regarding your goals it is difficult to pinpoint the classics in subfields that may interest you. That said, there are a few highlights I think you're bound to come across reference or allusion to in many, many other works that would benefit you to get some exposure to. I am strongly biased toward a western analytical philosophy tradition--you'll want to check into things far more broadly than I'm recommending to find your own path. My little list is not meant to be exhaustive and is coming from personal memory of "aha!" moments in my own life, but will perhaps serve as a useful beach head for your own investigations:

* Descartes' Meditations

* Locke Essay Concerning Human Understanding

* Hobbes Leviathan

* Kant Critique of Pure Reason

* Kant Prolegomena

* Kuhn Structure of Scientific Revolution

* Hegel Phenomenology of Spirit

* Foucault Discipline & Punish

* Sellars Epistemology and the Philosophy of Mind

* Sellars The Scientific Image of Man

* Quine Word & Object

* Davidson On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme

* Nagel What is it like to be a bat?

* Searle Minds, Brains, and Programs

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [0] has a ton of great summary articles and bibliographies that could definitely keep you busy for a few decades or so. I've never been tremendously into ancient or non-western philosophy, which is a deficiency I aim to correct one day, but there are a ton of great essays there as well.

[0] https://plato.stanford.edu/

Comment · 5 years ago

While not as cool as getting this done in 1969 with people I think it's nice to see that this sort of thing is happening at all these days. As contentious as things have been lately at ground level I'm encouraged any time I read about people getting things done in space for some reason, even if it isn't some novel event.

Comment · 6 years ago

I wouldn't normally click into an article with this title/source but your comment led me to do so on a whim. I don't often finish reading long-form and think "that was a great way to spend 30 minutes" but this time I did. Thank you!

Comment · 6 years ago

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Comment · 6 years ago

You need to be motivated more than athletic. Basic PFT standards are not extravagant; not everyone in the army is in a Ranger Battalion.

Comment · 7 years ago

Please post some contact information. No idea what your geography is but I am very interested in chatting with you about some roles that I have that may be very well aligned to the skills and interests you are describing.

Comment · 7 years ago

I don't know that the purpose is promoting understanding of popular political issues, but it definitely seems to me that work of this kind is fashionable to celebrate in literary circles. Take my view with a grain of salt, though--I'm neither fashionable nor in literary circles.

Comment · 7 years ago

No argument with what you're saying, but on a personal level I can't stand Anna, the character. Reminds me too much of a rather unfortunate ex, and ruins the story for me.

Comment · 7 years ago

:facepalm:. Yea that makes much, much more sense. My bad.

Comment · 7 years ago

Definitely seemed intentional--see also the bit about all of the patrol boats getting painted at once when they figured out that water was the primary avenue of escape.

Comment · 7 years ago

Your comment is literally the first time in my life that I have seen the words "teachers get paid well" in what seems to me to be a serious fashion. Someone quoted below that the highest paid teachers are pulling something like 68k.. I'm east coast, and not smack dab in a major metro, but still--calling 70k "well-paid" seems pretty unrealistic.

Comment · 7 years ago

I think it's possible for an additional tax dollar to help people, for sure. But it seems unreasonable to assume that a positive tax revenue delta will manifest in useful or well-managed social programs. Additional money in the public coffers is a necessary precondition for expanded social programs of value, but there are still problems of management, possibilities that the money will be spent on unjustified wars, etc.

Comment · 7 years ago

I largely agree with the points you are making, however I think there's a fundamental difference in the carpenter analogy: regardless of the type of screwdriver used there is no material difference in the UX of the cabinet, whereas that does not hold for web development decisions.

Comment · 8 years ago

There's something positive to be said for intellectual honesty--if not on the cruise ship, in the writeup.