Philosophy

“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates.
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đź“šBooks

  1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  1. Republic by Plato
  1. A Manual for Living (A Little Book of Wisdom) - Epictetus
  1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M Pirsig
  1. Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant
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  1. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche
    https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Good-Evil-Friedrich-Nietzsche/dp/1503250881/
  1. The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
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  1. Being and Nothingness - Jean-Paul Sartre
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  1. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
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  1. On Liberty - John Stuart Mill

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Buddhism and Modern Psychology
Offered by Princeton University. The Dalai Lama has said that Buddhism and science are deeply compatible and has encouraged Western scholars to critically examine both the meditative practice and Buddhist ideas about the human mind. A number of scientists and philosophers have taken up this challenge.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/science-of-meditation
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Introduction to Philosophy
Offered by The University of Edinburgh. This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy. Each module a different philosopher will talk you through some of the most important questions and issues in their area of expertise.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/philosophy
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The Path to Happiness: What Chinese Philosophy Teaches us about the Good Life
Today, finding happiness is about mindfulness and discovering your true self. You may have heard that happiness is found by looking within. Ancient Chinese philosophy challenges all of these modern assumptions. From Confucianism to Daoism, the philosophies developed over two thousand years ago are among the most powerful in human history.
https://www.edx.org/course/the-path-to-happiness
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Introduction to Philosophy: God, Knowledge and Consciousness
This philosophy course has two goals. The first goal is to introduce you to the things that philosophers think about. We will look at some perennial philosophical problems: Is there a God? What is knowledge, and how do we get it? What is the place of our consciousness in the physical world?
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-philosophy-god-knowledge-and-con-2
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✉️Articles / Resources

The philosophy shortlist: Our top 10 articles
We have put together a collection of Prospect articles with contributions from leading thinkers such as Roger Scruton, Ray Monk and Michael Sandel. Happy thinking! Nature, nurture and liberal values (25 January 2012) Biology determines our behaviour more than it suits many to acknowledge. But pe
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-philosophy-shortlist-our-top-10-articles
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The Simulation Argument
If you might be living in a simulation then all else equal you should care less about others, live more for today, make your world look more likely to become rich, expect to and try more to participate in pivotal events, be more entertaining and praiseworthy, and keep the famous people around you happier and more interested in you.
https://www.simulation-argument.com/
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Thomas Nagel “What is it Like to be a Bat?”

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/study/ugmodules/humananimalstudies/lectures/32/nagel_bat.pdf

Alan Turing “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”

http://web.iitd.ac.in/~sumeet/Turing50.pdf

John Searle “Minds, Brains, and Programs”

https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/3413-searle-j-minds-brains-and-programs-1980pdf

Antony Flew “Theology and Falsification”

Theology and Falsification
The following excerpt was published in Reason and Responsibility (1968). et us begin with a parable. It is a parable developed from a tale told by John Wisdom in his haunting and revolutionary article "Gods."[ 1] Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle.
https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/SocialSciences/ppecorino/PHIL_of_RELIGION_TEXT/CHAPTER_8_LANGUAGE/Theology-and-Falsification.htm
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J.L. Mackie “Evil and Omnipotence”

https://courses.edx.org/c4x/MITx/24.00x/asset/MackieonEvil.pdf

Edmund Gettier “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?”

http://fitelson.org/proseminar/gettier.pdf

Philippa Foot “Moral Beliefs”

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