Q:I'd wager that you've been asked this before, but what books would you most recommend to those with an interest in philosophy and thinking in general?

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Logic

  • Concise Introduction to Logic
  • The Philosopher’s Toolkit
  • Logic A Very Short Introduction

History of Philosophy and Intro

  • History of Western Philosophy Russell
  • Sophie’s World
  • Problems of Philosophy Russell
  • A Journey Through the Landscape of Philosophy
  • Ultimate Questions Thinking About Philosophy

More Technical Philosophy Works

  • Philosophy of Language by Martinich
  • Frege: Philosophy of Language Dummett
  • Frege Anthony Kenny
  • Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Hume
  • An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume
  • Speech Acts John Searle
  • Naming and Necessity Saul Kripke 
  • Wittgenstein Anthony Kenny
  • Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
  • Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Mounce
  • Philosophy Of Mind Jaegwon Kim
  • Origins of Objectivity Burge
  • Practical Ethics Peter Singer

Thinking in General

  • Godel, Escher, Bach
  • Flatland
  • Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Rosen
  • Thinking Strategically  
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow

Misc.

  • The Brother’s Karamazov
  • The Metamorphosis
  • The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
  • Carl Sagan’s Demon Haunted World
  • Feynman Lectures on Physics
  • Surely You’re Joking Mr.Feynman
  • Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony 

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