Objectivity - really good. People, even those who study some philosophy, have pretty convoluted ideas about objectivity. Especially the idea that objectivity = truth at the limit, and that more objective= more true.
The one on Continental Philosophy was a good intro for me.
The one on Analytical was a bit of a retread, but still good.
The one in Mathematics was cool, although it gives you the impression that formalism is a bit more popular than it really is.
The one on Philosophy of Religion is fine, but it just isn't a topic I find super interesting. Too far from real religion and sterile.
They don't have one of the philosophy of history so I will recommend MC Lemons excellent intro, also on LibGen.
The ones on philosophy of biology and physics fill a niche that nothing else seems to cover. The Oxford and Routledge guides are more expert focused and difficult for anyone new.
The one on Postmodernism is good. I wish people here would read it so they had a better idea what it was they were railing against lol.
The one on Information is meh. Floridi is great but he doesn't present the topic well. The Great Courses lectures on the topic are far better, and the Routledge Guide is the place to go for more info. Blackwell's guide is meh.
For philosophy areas, the Routledge Contemporary Introductions too are generally better, for philosophy of language, metaphysics, etc.
Their book on Causation is good though, since Causation: A User's Guide is very dry and difficult, but the other big intro.
Downloaded a torrent with a random selection of 163 of them from MAM a few days ago.
Mostly read the philosophy ones so far so I can go back to being disinterested.
Read the Intro to Modernism. Pretty useful as a primer.
Intro to the French Revolution is good. It helps that it’s not written by a Marxist frog.
Worse than Wikipedia.
Too many words, too little info.
Mormonism and Existentialism were good.
Chaos was boring as frick.
Some are good, some are garbage so I recommend stealing them if you're to find out. I appreciate the concept. Knowledge was a pretty good one, imo.
Foucault and Marx was good.
Derrida. Avoid this at all cost.
Reading internal law rn, very understandable even if you dont have a background in law already.
*international law baka
Too expensive for what they are. Should be like $5 a pop. Otherwise, the ones I've read have been decent.
I've read six of these. History of Chemisty, French Revolution, and Ancient Near East were all great, highly recommend.
anesthesia, mathematics, marx, soviet history, adam smith, and logic are good
Objectivity - really good. People, even those who study some philosophy, have pretty convoluted ideas about objectivity. Especially the idea that objectivity = truth at the limit, and that more objective= more true.
The one on Continental Philosophy was a good intro for me.
The one on Analytical was a bit of a retread, but still good.
The one in Mathematics was cool, although it gives you the impression that formalism is a bit more popular than it really is.
The one on Philosophy of Religion is fine, but it just isn't a topic I find super interesting. Too far from real religion and sterile.
They don't have one of the philosophy of history so I will recommend MC Lemons excellent intro, also on LibGen.
The ones on philosophy of biology and physics fill a niche that nothing else seems to cover. The Oxford and Routledge guides are more expert focused and difficult for anyone new.
The one on Postmodernism is good. I wish people here would read it so they had a better idea what it was they were railing against lol.
The one on Information is meh. Floridi is great but he doesn't present the topic well. The Great Courses lectures on the topic are far better, and the Routledge Guide is the place to go for more info. Blackwell's guide is meh.
For philosophy areas, the Routledge Contemporary Introductions too are generally better, for philosophy of language, metaphysics, etc.
Their book on Causation is good though, since Causation: A User's Guide is very dry and difficult, but the other big intro.
just a heads up the aesthetics one isn't what you're thinking of when you internet-say "aesthetics", for that, get the beauty one by scruton instead.
Anything written by Scruton is shit. He butchered the Kant VSI too
I'm reading the Kant one right now. What should I watch out for?
Kant
Yikes, thanks for the heads up
Downloaded a torrent with a random selection of 163 of them from MAM a few days ago.
Mostly read the philosophy ones so far so I can go back to being disinterested.
The one on the meaning of life was pretty good.
I bought The Devil one recently but haven´t got to reading it yet, is it any good?
Did anyone here read the one on aristocracy?
Mixed bag. I mean, the logic one is written by a guy that doesn't believe in logic. But the English history ones were good.