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05-20-2006, 08:46 PM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
the bell curve
freakanomics 
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05-20-2006, 09:57 PM
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When I first took philosophy, I was profoundly interested in Descartes' first meditation on the existence of an external world (in Meditations) and Hume's skepticism about inductive reasoning (in Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding).
Of course, I don't seriously apply the skeptical doubts from either work to my life. But I really thought a lot about the arguments involved and I think that made me a better critical thinker.
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05-21-2006, 01:41 AM
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Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, and The Air Conditioned Nightmare by Henry Miller
Journey to the End of the Night by Celine Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver Ki in Daily Life by I forget the name, last name Tohei I think
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05-21-2006, 09:07 AM
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Off the top of my head: Blink, Malcolm Gladwell God's Debris, Scott Adams The Age of Spiritual Machines, Ray Kurzweil Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell [/ QUOTE ] i agree...gladwell is such a good non-fiction writer.
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05-21-2006, 10:26 AM
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the Seth Material recounted by Jane Roberts, changed my entire outlook on time and life. it is one of the few books that doesn't ask for money when they talk about spirituality and/or religion.
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05-28-2006, 05:42 PM
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Just a brilliant book that made me look at the world, and what it means to be alive in it, differently. ~D [/ QUOTE ] Damn. I guess I'm gonna have to read this. I bought it half a year ago, but it's so freakin big. Mine is: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn It's a fiction, but it reads kind of like a philosophy lecture. The main argument made in the story is based on some false premises, because the book is fictional, but it does a great job of making you rethink things that you take for granted.
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05-28-2006, 06:00 PM
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05-28-2006, 06:02 PM
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Re: Books that made you look at things differently
lots of good books in this thread.
i'll give two a few on a theme consciousness explained - dennett the illusion of conscious will - wegner how the mind works - pinker the first two are quite challenging, both because the subject matter is difficult and the theses go straight against popular thought. wegner's writing is second rate, but the ideas are clear enough. the third one isn't as eye-opening, but pinker is a great writer and the topics are much more accessible, so it may be a good appetizer for the heavier stuff.
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05-28-2006, 07:28 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [b] Ishmael by Daniel Quinn It's a fiction, but it reads kind of like a philosophy lecture. The main argument made in the story is based on some false premises, because the book is fictional, but it does a great job of making you rethink things that you take for granted. [/ QUOTE ]
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