How to get started on philosophy? - Page 5

Squeegy

Finland1166 Posts

July 05 2010 17:45 GMT

#81

On July 05 2010 10:50 kzn wrote:
Yes but Hegel is pure continental and thus cannot be expected to make any sense whatsoever.

I'm glad you said that. Each and every philosophy thread should have a little continental bashing. Especially if Nietzsche is mentioned.

GeneralStan

United States4789 Posts

July 05 2010 17:53 GMT

#82

For one book to start, I would recommend Bertrand Russel's "A History of Western Philosophy" It will introduce you to the major philosophers from Ancient Greece to the middle of the twentieth century, and their seminal ideas. This will allow you to get a feel for the evolution of philosophy, as well as beginning to develop a feeling where your own philosophy will fit in the spectrum.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

July 05 2010 18:03 GMT

#83

continental philosophy can be confusing but it's the most interesting to read

SleepSheep

Canada344 Posts

July 06 2010 01:21 GMT

#84

On July 04 2010 11:12 Rev0lution wrote:
Am I supposed to read on books that reinforce my beliefs or should I read on the classics, and if so what classics do you recommend?

The right mindset for approaching philosophy is with the expectation that your beliefs will be challenged. The bread and butter of philosophy is critical thinking, and a good critical thinker is someone whom, among other things, has the capacity to change their deeply held beliefs--beliefs of which they really, really, want to be the case.

As a philosophy major I suggest that before anything else you start by picking up some good critical thinking books that deal with argument structure, fallacies, logic, possibly even ones covering some some basic logical notation.

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