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Epistemology: An Anthology (Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies) by Ernest Sosa bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Logic: Second Edition (Paperback) by Wilfrid Hodges bookshelves: currently-reading |
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05/29
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River Out of Eden (Science Masters) by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads author) bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Plato's Individuals (Paperback) by Mary M. McCabe bookshelves: to-read |
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The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy (Hardcover) by Bernard Williams bookshelves: to-read |
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History of Western Philosophy (Paperback) by Bertrand Russell |
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Tom Morris
read and liked
W.H. Manville's
review of A History of Western Philosophy:
" Russell tells us that,"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." That being said, let me utter another warnin...more " | |||
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Tom Morris
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Spunk & Bite: A writer's guide to punchier, more engaging language & style (Hardcover) by Arthur Plotnik |
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Tom Morris
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The Problems of Philosophy (OPUS) by Bertrand Russell |
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Tom voted on the poll: What book would the group like to read for discussion?
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Tom Morris
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"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
"First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
"Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own. "
— Bertrand Russell (What I Believe)
— Bertrand Russell (What I Believe)
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