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From: Mike Murphy <fmmurphy_at_cadmus.ca>
Date: 06/10/05

>>Most of what passes for modern philosophies are pretty sick - Kierkegaard, Heidegger, etc. I find I can get closer to most people on aesthetics rather than more core issues such as metaphysics, epistemology or ethics.

Koll:

I agree. The ones that really depress me, strangely enough, are the postmodernist French "philosophers." Derrida et al, who were nicely skewered by Sokal - see
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312204078/qid=1118453677/sr=8 -1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-4992539-8303809?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Some may look down their noses and sneer, but I cheerfully admit to be an acolyte of Mortimer J. Adler, who popularized the study of philosophy and the classics for most of his long and productive life during the 20th century. See:

http://radicalacademy.com/adlerbio.htm
http://www.thegreatideas.org/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671212095/ref=pd_sim_b_4/103-

4992539-8303809?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

For listmembers interested in a light review of western philosophy (my apologies to listmembers from the East) see: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671739166/qid=1118452027/sr=2-2/ref= pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-4992539-8303809

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345373162/qid=1118452337/sr=1 -2/ref=sr_1_2/103-4992539-8303809?v=glance&s=books

For a slightly heavier review of the topic:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345368096/ref=pd_sim_b_1/103- 4992539-8303809?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance(at least up to the point where he loses it, on Stanislav Grof)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671201581/ref=pd_sim_b_6/103- 4992539-8303809?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

A meatier survey:

(Books I to IX):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385468431/ref=pd_sbs_b_3/103- 4992539-8303809?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

Pushing out of the envelope into broader cultural inquiries, try: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060928832/qid=1118453158/sr=2-1/ref= pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-4992539-8303809

Finally, some engineering philosophy, both are highly recommended:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195155998/qid=1118453215/sr=1 -1/ref=sr_1_1/103-4992539-8303809?v=glance&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0784405980/qid=1118453380/sr=1 -1/ref=sr_1_1/103-4992539-8303809?v=glance&s=books

PS: I have no financial interest in any of these books; only an intellectual one, and the desire to share them with others.

Mike in Toronto - a fan of 505s and philosophy. (A great combination)

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