If you want really short there's always Is Justified True Belief Knowledge by Gettier.

Or for something a little longer, What is it like to be a bat? by Nagel.

Good suggestions.

P.M.S. Hacker — jamalrob

:-O

That has to rank as one of the worst possible names in the history of history.

Nothing against the guy/gal, but seriously... that reads like a cruel joke by his/her parents.

anyway... I'll vote for this one just because of the name. NO matter how frustrating the debate could be, one can always smile when seeing that name. :D


I'll try to over come my dyslexia and maybe participate. I haven't dealt in the world of academics for a long time, so if my rather casual language can be abided, perhaps I can rant a bit too.

Meow!

GREG

btw... I sure hope I haven't voted for a relative of J. Random Hacker!

"Embodiment or Envatment?" sounds interesting. I read about three quarters of the last one, and I found it quite boring. That's not so much a criticism as an admission that it just didn't appeal to me.

I read about three quarters of the last one, and I found it quite boring. That's not so much a criticism as an admission that it just didn't appeal to me. — Sapientia

The Markus Gabriel one? I read some of it too and found it pretty interesting.

The Hacker one (despite the name!) already has my vote. Hopefully this time I'll have time to get involved.

It might be good to offer some options in ethics and political philosophy too, because they're usually popular. Any ideas?

A philosophy of language suggestion:
Reality without reference - Davidson.

Quine is always fun to read, and his "Two Dogmas of Empiricism" and "On What Is" have alot to be discussed in them. Otherwise, some other, more left of field ideas:

Michel Bitbol - "Ontology, Matter and Emergence" (on emergence and causation): http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/4006/1/Emergence1.pdf

Ed Casey - "The Element of Voluminousness: Depth and Place Re-examined" (phenomenology of depth) - https://philosophydocuments.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/13-element.pdf

Judith Butler - "Merely Cultural" (a defense of cultural analysis): http://www.uky.edu/~tmute2/geography_methods/readingPDFs/butler_merely-cultural.pdf

Stanley Salthe and Gary Fuhrman - "The Big Bang and the Second Law" (On causation, cosmology and thermodynamics): http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/18/36

Ray Brassier - "Concepts and Objects" (On Realism and Conceptuality): http://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ray-brassier-concepts-and-objects.pdf

Claus Emmeche and others - "Levels, Emergence, and Three Versions of Downward Causation" (as per the title) http://www.nbi.dk/~emmeche/coPubl/2000d.le3DC.v4b.html

I like the look of the first two and the Brassier, and Quine's a good idea too.

The Markus Gabriel one? I read some of it too and found it pretty interesting. — jamalrob

No, sorry, I meant 'The Extended Mind'.

Reality without reference - Davidson. — shmik

Ooh, another one I think I'd like to read, and possibly discuss, at some point.

Oh right, I see. Fair enough.

Ooh, another one I think I'd like to read, and possibly discuss, at some point. — Sapientia

Personally that's the one that appeals to me least among those mentioned. But once we have a couple more suggestions, including one on ethics, I'll create a poll and if the people want Davidson, I'll read Davidson.

If you want really short there's always Is Justified True Belief Knowledge by Gettier.

Or for something a little longer, What is it like to be a bat? by Nagel. — Michael

By the way, I didn't include these because I thought something longer and meatier would be more suitable. And my guess is most people have read the Nagel and could discuss it in any old thread.

I changed my mind in the end and went for the Davidson, which was ahead last I looked.

The Physics and Metaphysics of Biosemiotics, H. H. Pattee. I always struggled to understand what the hell Apo was going on about, but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about and recommended this paper for us fools to read. I thought we could give it a go, if only so we could tell him what a condescending shit he is from a position of knowledge.

HOW TO DEFINE CONSCIOUSNESS—AND HOW NOT TO DEFINECONSCIOUSNESS, Max Velmans This is a pretty simple paper which nevertheless makes some really important points.

The Physics and Metaphysics of Biosemiotics, H. H. Pattee. I always struggled to understand what the hell Apo was going on about, but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about and recommended this paper for us fools to read. I thought we could give it a go, if only so we could tell him what a condescending shit he is from a position of knowledge. — bert1

This is a great idea; I similarly struggled to understand his posts but liked a lot of what he had to say. I'll add it to the list for December. The other one looks good too. For this month, the people have spoken and it looks like it's Davidson.

Hello! Suggestions for next month anybody?

Mine: Iris Marion Young - Throwing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment, Motility, and Spatiality

How about "The Intentionality of Intention and Action" by John Searle?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1207/s15516709cog0401_3/pdf

I didn't realize there was a thread for this. I'm just reposting what I posted in the December poll as a resource.

Peter Singer -- The Solution to World Poverty
http://www.unc.edu/courses/2009spring/plcy/240/001/The_Solution_to_World_Poverty1.pdf

John Hospers -- What Libertarianism Is
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/phil/teach/pp/B%20%20%20NO%20PUB/B2%20%20%20Right-Libertarianism/Hospers%20-%20What%20Libertarianism%20Is.pdf

Kai Nielson -- A Moral Case for Socialism
http://businessethics.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/files/2012/01/Nielsen.pdf

James Sterba -- Liberty Requires Equality
https://philosophynow.org/issues/110/Liberty_Requires_Equality

Garrett Hardin -- Lifeboat Ethics
http://web.ntpu.edu.tw/~language/course/research/lifeboat.pdf

Judith Jarvis Thomson -- A Defense of Abortion
http://myweb.facstaff.wwu.edu/nmarkos/Zola/Thomson.Abortion.pdf

Don Marquis -- Why Abortion is Immoral
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/45.marquis.pdf

Peter Singer -- All Animals are Equal
http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/phil1200,Spr07/singer.pdf

Paul Taylor -- The Ethics of Respect for Nature
http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil3140/Taylor.pdf

Awesome, thanks. Might be useful to have titles as well as just links though :)

Fixed. I added them.

The Quest for Being, Sidney Hook. The essay, that is, in the book of the same name.

OK. I admit I reference it only because the word "Being" appears in the title, so I figured it might have a chance of being selected. But in all honesty I don't think those who consider "Being" an object of study and discussion will like it.

Derek Parfit's "Why anything? Why this?"

Part 1: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n02/derek-parfit/why-anything-why-this

Part 2: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n03/derek-parfit/why-anything-why-this

Found a very interesting article, about twenty pages in total, regarding the metaphilosophical question of what even is a philosophical question. Can philosophy be carried out? Are open-questions unanswerable? What is the nature of a philosophical question? What is scientism today?

http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/publications/pdf/wiapq.pdf

Good schtuff.

Any more? We need to set up a poll fairly soon.

One more: GEM Anscombe - Modern Moral Philosophy

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That time of month again! Some suggestions:

Gottlob Frege - On Sense and Reference
Christine Korsgaard - Skepticism about Practical Reason
Judith Butler - Can One Lead a Good Life in a Bad Life?
Karen Barad - Meeting the Universe Halfway: Realism and Social Constructivism Without Contradiction

Some more suggestions (all available online):

John McDowell, Avoiding the Myth of the Given
John Haugeland, Pattern and Being
Susan Hurley, Varieties of Externalism
Andy Clark, The Twisted Matrix: Dream, Simulation or Hybrid?
Michael Thompson, Apprehending Human Form

Many earlier suggestions would also get my vote.