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An updated recommended reading list. Any thoughts or suggestions?
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So, the reading list we've got on the sidebar to your right is a little bit unpolished. This is a quick attempt at a revised version; any suggestions as for what else to include? Any other sub-fields you'd like included, or books that you think it is shameful I've missed out?

General Introductions to Philosophy

  • Blackburn, S. – Think
  • Grayling, A. – Philosophy 1 and 2
  • Magee, B. - Confessions of a Philosopher
  • Russell, B. – The Problems of Philosophy
  • Scruton, R. - Modern Philosophy

Epistemology

  • Landesman, C. – An Introduction to Epistemology
  • Morton, A. – A Guide Through the Theory of Knowledge
  • Pritchard, D. - What is This Thing Called Knowledge?

Ethics

  • Aristotle – The Nicomachean Ethics
  • Blackburn, S. – Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics
  • Mill, J.S. – Utilitarianism
  • Singer, P. – Practical Ethics
  • Williams, B. – Morality: An Introduction to Ethics

Metaphysics

  • Descartes, R. – Meditations on First Philosophy
  • Garrett, B. – What is This Thing Called Metaphysics?
  • van Inwagen, P. and Zimmerman, D. - Metaphysics: The Big Questions

Philosophy of Mind

  • Chalmers, D.J. – Philosophy of Mind
  • Churchland, P.M. – Matter and Consciousness
  • Dennett, D. – Consciousness Explained
  • Crane, T. – The Mechanical Mind
  • Kim, J. – Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Religion

  • Nietzsche - The Antichrist
  • Plato – Euthyphro
  • Rosenzweig, F. - The Star of Redemption

Philosophy of Science

  • Bird, A. – The Philosophy of Science
  • Godfrey-Smith, P. - Theory and Reality
  • Ladyman, J. – Understanding Philosophy of Science
  • Losee, J. – A Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
  • O’Hear, A. – Philosophy of Science

Political Philosophy

  • Hobbes, T. – Leviathan
  • Gaus, G. - Political Concepts and Political Theories
  • Machiavelli – The Prince
  • Mill, J.S. - On Liberty
  • Plato – The Republic
  • Rawls, J. - Justice as Fairness

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