Who recommends it
- Philosophy Books for BeginnersReading list
I’ll skip over others and simply state that Bertrand Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy prepare students well to go in so many directions.
- David PapineauInterview
What Does It All Mean by Thomas Nagel and Think by Simon Blackburn are both excellent short introductions. The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell still stands up.
- Adrian MooreInterview
I think I could do a lot worse than give myself further work by Descartes. But I could also do a lot worse than give myself the next philosophical work that I did in fact read as I left education (and I am assuming, incidentally, that in this context “education” means secondary education) namely Problems of Philosophy…
- Daniel CohenInterview
The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues by Plato; The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell; The Consequences of Pragmatism by Richard Rorty. Honorable mention to The Zhuangzi and Consolation of Philosophy by Ancius Boethius.
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