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what are some good philosophers someone can recommend me?

humble brit volcel

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I need more philosophy in my life
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Alright I’m not going to recommend you something from 600 BCE or some stoic shit
If you’re very serious about it recommend starting by learning formal and informal logic
On informal logic I recommend : being logic a guide to good thinking and Socratic logic
For formal logic there’s many good intros but for something very accessible go with callagry forallx then peter smith intro to formal logic these will teach you predicate and propositional logic and if you want to further you can read john nolt logics (2015) and modal and non classical logic
Also learn some basic mathematics like set theory and functions they are crucial for analytic studies
 

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This is only logic which should be your number one priority before starting philosophy especially contemporary philosophy because you wouldn’t understand anything without basic understanding of symbolic logic
 

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Just read my threads bro
There is no philosopher more philosophical than me
 

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Alright I’m not going to recommend you something from 600 BCE or some stoic shit
If you’re very serious about it recommend starting by learning formal and informal logic
On informal logic I recommend : being logic a guide to good thinking and Socratic logic
For formal logic there’s many good intros but for something very accessible go with callagry forallx then peter smith intro to formal logic these will teach you predicate and propositional logic and if you want to further you can read john nolt logics (2015) and modal and non classical logic
Also learn some basic mathematics like set theory and functions they are crucial for analytic studies
This is only logic which should be your number one priority before starting philosophy especially contemporary philosophy because you wouldn’t understand anything without basic understanding of symbolic logic
i appreciate it bro i knew i could count on you.
 

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i appreciate it bro i knew i could count on you.
Of course bruh also tell me when need other good books on other philosophy branches like language or metaphysics
 

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depends what you are looking for
what branch of philosopher
egoistic or idealistic
rational or empirical
philosophy is too big of a term to give you books based off that
 

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depends what you are looking for
what branch of philosopher
egoistic or idealistic
rational or empirical
philosophy is too big of a term to give you books based off that
as i stated before, i am open to any suggestion
 

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Me

A man will only know the art of war without violence when a mosquito lands on his balls
 

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Me

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a fucking bee landed on my scalp and stung my head while all my friends were watching once
 

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a fucking bee landed on my scalp and stung my head while all my friends were watching once
I went "there is a bee on your head" you started running in a cycle waving your arms around
 

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Philosophie is like a flamethrower mark as Philosophie
 

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Once i bee landed on my arm and i i just watched it for like 5 minutes
 

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Philosophie is like a flamethrower mark as Philosophie
mm philosophy is like a flamethower, lets say for example one guy has the BEST flamethrower in the world, but the next guy to him has an even better flamethrower. - Lan
 

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mm philosophy is like a flamethower, lets say for example one guy has the BEST flamethrower in the world, but the next guy to him has an even better flamethrower. - Lan
Whoa
 

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mm philosophy is like a flamethower, lets say for example one guy has the BEST flamethrower in the world, but the next guy to him has an even better flamethrower. - Lan
Why did that nigga blow up a telstra pay phone
 

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that was an excerpt from this retarded classmate me and oxy have that larps high iq but is a fucking idiot
 

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that was an excerpt from this retarded classmate me and oxy have that larps high iq but is a fucking idiot
Once we were laughing at boobs and balls and this nigga goes "i find it amusing that you people still find suck things amusing"
 

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Once we were laughing at boobs and balls and this nigga goes "i find it amusing that you people still find suck things amusing"
reminds me of that one dude from .onl that said shitposting was a sign of indefinite immaturity and social presence
 

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That prob explains why it’s pure bullshit
its high iq if you think about it
you should hear his take on the egg theory
 

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its high iq if you think about it
Not really he just compared philosophy to a flamethrower without showing the resemblance like the second part of this “analogy” does not help or explain the claim of philosophy resembling a flamethrower
 

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Not really he just compared philosophy to a flamethrower without showing the resemblance like the second part of this “analogy” does not help or explain the claim of philosophy resembling a flamethrower
Thats razi i actually thought it was a high iq take till you opened my eyes
 

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Not really he just compared philosophy to a flamethrower without showing the resemblance like the second part of this “analogy” does not help or explain the claim of philosophy resembling a flamethrower
but in philosophy hes explaining that there is always another fish, which correlates to philosophy because it does. (he invented the term theres always a bigger fish)
 

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but in philosophy hes explaining that there is always another fish, which correlates to philosophy because it does. (he invented the term theres always a bigger fish)

He also said he wouldn't suck dick for 20million dollars because it would mentally scare him to much
 

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Gn gang gang *gun noise*
 

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but in philosophy hes explaining that there is always another fish, which correlates to philosophy because it does. (he invented the term theres always a bigger fish)
Yes but that doesn’t help his claim
He said philosophy is like a flamethrower
And there’s always a better flamethrower (even tho he claim someone to have the best flamethrower in the world so a better flamethrower existing would render that claim false) but philosophy doenst resemble a flamethrower in any way or shape and what he said isn’t really about it having resemblance to flamethrower but there being a bigger fish which in philosophy equates to there being a better thesis or philosophic idea or argument that is better than an older one so to say tht philosophy resembles x because there’s always a bigger and better x is pure nonsense because you can just say that philosophy resembles x,y… because each y there can exist a better y
 

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Gn gang gang *gun noise*
Yes but that doesn’t help his claim
He said philosophy is like a flamethrower
And there’s always a better flamethrower (even tho he claim someone to have the best flamethrower in the world so a better flamethrower existing would render that claim false) but philosophy doenst resemble a flamethrower in any way or shape and what he said isn’t really about it having resemblance to flamethrower but there being another fish which in philosophy equates to there being a better thesis or philosophic idea or argument that is better than an older one so to say tht philosophy resembles x because there’s always a bigger and better x is pure nonsense because you can just say that philosophy resembles x,y… because each y there can exist a better y
okay wait im going for a vape break ill be back
 

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philosophy is like a flamethrower larp
Philosophy is mostly a formalized way of continuing to argue about questions that don’t collapse under evidence.

So when I Say “I am obviously the best user on this forum,” a claim so rigorously grounded in empirical reality that any attempt to question it would be intellectually redundant—though, of course, whether I’m being serious or not is a mystery best left to philosophers, data scientists, and people with too much time on their hands.
Bored as fuck...
 

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I think Adolf Hitler was a good philosopher
 

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I need more philosophy in my life
open to any answers
Recomend reading Kafka, he is overrated because of booktok girle but his writing are amazing, trust me start reading them.
 

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Recomend reading Kafka, he is overrated because of booktok girle but his writing are amazing, trust me start reading them.
Fuck Kafka, I got a 5 in my German class exam because of his poems
 

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Recomend reading Kafka, he is overrated because of booktok girle but his writing are amazing, trust me start reading them.
Not really a philosopher and reading novels over actual philosophy is a waste of time
 

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plato's republic?
 

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