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Recommend me some philosophical books. (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago by Karl@programming.dev to c/books@lemmy.ml
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I want to get into philosophy. Recommend me some basic and understandable books. I'm looking for collection of philosophical essays and articles. But others will do too.

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[โ€“] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have you read The Philosopher's Toolkit by Julian Baggini? Your book rec made me think of it ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] transscribe7891@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have not, I'll check it out, thanks

[โ€“] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

let me know what you think of it, it was something academic philosophers I know were using; it reminds me more of a reference book, though (it's not really an intro book or anything)