Books that make you go "wow this author is fuckin smart!"
The recognitions
Plus
the once and future king
You know the one.
we get it you read the recognitions pat pat
Why did he kill himself
what do you think of authors who use twitter?
>>9247185
>what do you think of authors who use twitter?
I don't.
>>9247191
Even Stephen "God doesn't real and conservatives don't _get_ us kids" King?
It probably works better if you have the (((right))) opinions.
What's the best one? I thought 8 was so god awful that I bought it. I know I won't be bothered by messing up this book by scribbling on it, tearing it or adding stickers on its pages.
>>9247152
1 and 3 are best 4 is fine too
I don't get they put a pumpkin colored skull in the Brazilian cover, but I dig it. It's better than those goofy clouds.
>>9247152
mine is 4
fucking plastic is freely peeling off the plain white cover, so I'll just have some pure white book at some point which I guess will be kinda cool looking.
>humanities degree at non Oxbridge UK university
>about 2 to 4 essays in a 12 week term
>group discussions involving tonnes of uninterested undergrads who go to yoonay for the top bants innit
>surrounded by future HR, marketing, primary school teachers
>humanities degree at Oxbridge
>10 essays in an 8 week term
>constant feedback and criticism from tutors
>very small discussion groups that involve an expert in the field
>surrounded by future politicians, scholars, literally any prestigious job
How do you live with yourself if you're in the first group?
>humanities degree
>anywhere
>>9247141
You don't think Oxford or Cambridge is legit, even?
>>9247137
>How do you live with yourself if you're in the first group?
I find immense relief in regularly in visiting the prospect of suicide.
I put zero effort into my courses because they are dumbed down for the lowest (and leftest) common denominator. I haven't read any of the books assigned this term, just skimmed online summaries and was conscious in class...I constantly receive praise for my writing, which sickens me every-time. It's not even the fact that the experience is such a waste of time, it's the fact that it's so simple to say what they want to hear and yet most of my peers struggle, it honestly feels like some perverse circle of hell.
Are there any major anthologies similar to Oxford History of Western Music, but regarding Philosophy or Art in general? Eastern or Western, actually. I'm thinking of expanding my knowledge on some area (western or eastern art or philosophy, probably) and a well organized and comprehensive book, even if long, would work well on that matter.
>>9247115
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
>>9247119
I'm sorry, I think I wasn't clear. I meant something that tackles philosophy or art historically, just like pic related on OP. Not just works anthologically organized, but something like a history lesson that talks about those works.
>>9247115
Oxford History of Art
not sure why you couldnt figure that one out on your own
What should I read if I'm depressed, feel like I'm going in circles and nearing 30 with the feeling that I don't have a real purpose in life?
>>9246956
The 48 laws of power.
>>9246956
tao lin - bed
>>9246956
the bible
Anime in prose edition.
>What are you reading?
>How is it?
>What you planning on reading?
>What would you recommend?
Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
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Anime is better than books.
Female warriors ruin books
Female warriors define anime.
What's the most fedora tipping book you've ever read?
>>9246953
>le fedora cringe
You don't need a fedora to recognize that believing in a magic sky fairy is batshit insane.
>>9246953
I have never read a book about aliens or bigfoot or cryptozoology that has satisfied me.
>>9246972
t. Fedora
Why does nobody acknowledge that there are infinitely many possible philosophical axioms and infinitely many criteria for the judgement of these axioms?
It seems like once you realise this, all philosophical discussions become either laughable speculations about what the "true" definitions of concepts are (when these concepts are obviously arbitrarily defined); or, flailing about within the infinitely large space of unfalsifiable* conjectures. And the judgement of these speculations and conjectures is pretty much based on marketing.
I have never seen a worthwhile response to this. Can someone please give me an explanation?
* I mean we can't currently, at this moment, verify these things (e.g., We go to heaven after we die", "Once computers become fast enough, they will gain a consciousness"). And I know that science is merely a subset of philosophy. And I know there isn't an agreed upon scientific method. And i know there isn't an agreed upon definition of verify.
>>9246949
Well sure. We're generally interested in whichever ones refer to how things actually are in our world, however.
->If eating meat is wrong, then eating your mother's steak dinner tonight is immoral.
->Eating meat is wrong.
->Therefore eating the steak dinner is immoral.
The argument is valid, but so what? What really matters is whether 'eating meat is wrong' is actually true. The real issue at hand here is you're starting off by assuming some form of anti-realism/relativism. Why do you think no axioms are truer or more relevant than others?
Also my bad if I'm misunderstanding how you're using 'axiom' here, there are two uses in philosophy.
>>9246993
I'm not assuming that some axioms are not better than others. But i acknowledge that there are infinitely many possible sets of criteria for judging axioms (and for judging criteria (as infinitum)).
>>9247005
>But i acknowledge that there are infinitely many possible sets of criteria for judging axioms
I guess, but philosophers (and many people) are concerned primarily with establishing a 'criteria' that optimally allows for finding true axioms. But yes, it doesn't matter if "X is wrong" is true if my conditions for accepting premises/axioms is based on "how useful is this for me." That doesn't make it less true, though.
For my Holocaust class, I'm supposed to pick a book of my choice to read. Any of you have any recommendations? It has to be related to the Holocaust of course. Preferably not much more than 200 pages, since I don't have that much time to read it.
>>9246812
The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans
The Destruction of the European Jews by Raul Hillberg
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Arendt
The Holocaust Industry by Norman Finkelstein
pic related
>>9246812
>For my Holocaust class
They really are making up classes about things that never happened?
Eichmann in Jerusalem is good and pretty short if I recall correctly.
Recommend me some /lit/ 21st century books.
my dynabook desu
>>9246806
Laurus
Brief History of Seven Killings
On the Edge (Chirbes)
>>9246806
Austerlitz
Disgrace
Soumission
The Dying Grass
A Little LIfe
>>9246698
Thankfully you can't understand it
>>9246698
Turks impaling the innocent.
>>9246698
Meša Selimović - Death and the Dervish
Antun Šoljan - A Brief Excursion
What are some books that explore / answer what it means to be fullfiled in life?
You can post your own interpretations too I guess.
I feel lost.
>>9246682
Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth
>>9246682
Pepe?
Herrmann Hesse - Demian and Siddartha
What books will make me more empathetic with men?
Almost any book written by a man before 1990
why would you want that
>>9246649
Empathy is wasted on men. They're robots. Treat them like defective but occasionally useful machinery. Heavy lifting and phallic warmth they come in handy but that's about it.
So what happened to the Kid? And how did Toadvine and David Brown end up being arrested and hanged? What happened to the Ex-Priest? So many things are left unexplained.
>>9246646
You should really use the spoiler feature for posts like this.
Its a shit book written by a hack author.
>>9247059
How do you use them.