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diegocaleiro comments on Curriculum suggestions for someone looking to teach themselves contemporary philosophy - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: diegocaleiro 31 May 2013 01:17:43PM 3 points [-]

Notice though that Sophie's World only goes into philosophy up to Freud. The philosophy that Starts with Russell and ends with Drescher doesn't get any say on it.

It is a very fun book about very bad philosophy. But so is "A History of Western Philosophy" by Russell himself.

Comment author: mstevens 31 May 2013 02:25:55PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, it's mostly history, but I think even for modern philosophy it's worthwhile for background and inspiration.