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A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World | Julian Baggini

Oh, both of these are happening! Maybe these should be the next two books (after Plato at the Googleplex for The Dead Philosophers Society.
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kspenmoll These look intriguing! 2y

Chrissyreadit Look good!! 2y

TheBookHippie Looks good! 2y

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GingerAntics @kspenmoll @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie I haven‘t looked at the ToCs yet, but I get the impression that that would basically cover the entire schedule for 2023. I could set it up now and wouldn‘t have to worry about it for a year. 🤣😂🤣 2y

GingerAntics @kspenmoll @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie this authorb also has two books of thought experiments for “armchair philosophers.” That sounds like a good description of our little group. It might be fun to explore some thought experiments in our group. 2y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics oh for sure set up 2023. It‘s what I do !!! Then we just go with it!! 2y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I do like planning ahead! 2y

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How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy | Julian Baggini

In looking for a book similar to Sophie‘s World for Eastern Philosophy, I stumbled upon this book. It combines east and west, and is organised thematically, so by “project” as opposed to period or philosopher. I know we‘re a long way off from Pooh and Piglet still, but this could be a fun third book. Just offering it for consideration.
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Chrissyreadit I think i would be very interested in this one. 4y

ravenlee Yes, please! 4y

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TheBookHippie YUP!! Number three it is! HA. I love a plan. 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie plans are my friends, too. lol 4y

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit @ravenlee okay I promise to stop planning now. We can figure the rest out when we‘re further alone. 😇 4y

kspenmoll Looks great! 4y

ravenlee Weren‘t we going to read this one at some point? 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee we were shortly after we read Sophie‘s World. Then we kept picking other books instead. Would you like to return it to candidacy for our next read? lol 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee we actually talked about reading another book by this author as well… from what I can tell. 1mo

ravenlee I think he wrote one of those short guides, like the philosophy in the Muslim world one, but I don‘t know if that was on our list. I found this on my shelf recently and was trying to figure out why I had it but hadn‘t read it. I‘d love to read it together if anyone‘s interested. 1mo

GingerAntics @ravenlee I still have my copy just sitting here. Was that really multiple years ago now? That‘s crazy. I have another book of his, a short history of truth that we talked about reading at one point too. I vote we read this one next, after Other Minds. This should (in theory) be more how we started than what we have read lately.