First you get the PhD, then you get the womens, then you gets the money ...
Wait. I never get this right.
Right, there comes a point where you have to either move on, or just buy yourself a Klingon costume and go with it.
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gus - Jun 02, 2006 2:07:37 pm PDT #388 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Topic!Cindy - Jun 02, 2006 2:08:48 pm PDT #389 of 10002
What is even happening?
Enjoy the pizza, Bob. My eyes somehow missed your Plantinga for Dummies recommendations, before. Thank you. I've marked the post.
Jars - Jun 02, 2006 2:10:38 pm PDT #390 of 10002
My favourite easy-to-read textbook from philosophy was (I think) Existentialism for Beginners. It covered Sartre, Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Nietzsche. In fairly digestible snippets. And now I can't find it on Amazon. Hm, I might have got the name wrong.
Other than that I can't really remember the introductory textbooks. I just remember struggling to get through Leviathan and Being and Nothingness and such. Probably a good thing I dropped it in favour of archaeology.
Pix - Jun 02, 2006 2:12:37 pm PDT #391 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
My Intro to Philosophy prof made up his own intro text. We got a massive binder filled with articles and excerpts and pictures--it was cool as hell, actually. Probably illegal, but cool as hell.
libkitty - Jun 02, 2006 2:14:14 pm PDT #392 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
My wish list has grown by leaps and bounds, although I'll probably use the library rather than Amazon for these ones. I love learning from other people's questions! And thanks Bob Bob!
JenP - Jun 02, 2006 2:19:47 pm PDT #393 of 10002
I had to skip, but I landed right with a board visit from Bob Bob, now with added recs. Most excellent.
Jars - Jun 02, 2006 2:24:47 pm PDT #394 of 10002
Ooh, and a fairly populist but very enjoyable read, so much so that I didn't think of it as a 'text' really, when this conversation started, is Alain de Botton's The Consolations of Philosophy.
Gus - Jun 02, 2006 2:30:40 pm PDT #395 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
OK. now I've got it. First, you get the womens.
Then you get the PhD...
Dang. That isn't it, either.
Pix - Jun 02, 2006 2:32:19 pm PDT #396 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
No, no, no...first women get women and then PhD or the reverse.
Or something.
Gus - Jun 02, 2006 2:35:37 pm PDT #397 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
first women get women
Ah! That's it! First, get to be a woman...
Wait. This philosophy leaves out some us.