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Category: Reading lists
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I have a bright undergraduate student who has taken a couple of philosophy courses who asked if I have any recommendations for readings in epistemology and existentialism. I'd really like to provide them with good suggestions that cultivate their interest in (and excitement about) philosophy. However, I don't specialize in either area, so I'm hoping…
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Last week, we had a fun, guilt-free thread where readers shared examples of philosophical works that they are "supposed to have read" but haven't. This week, I'd like to have another thread that turns this on its head: what philosophical work(s) are you supposed to have read that you were (perhaps unexpectedly) glad you did, and why?…
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On Twitter, A.H. Rheaume shared the following reading list in philosophy of disability and Crip theory, and kindly offered to allow me to share it here: Feminist, Queer, Crip by Allison Kafer Brilliant Imperfection by Eli Clare Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability by Shelley Tremain Foucault and the Government of Disability by Shelley…
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Nicholas Whittaker (PhD candidate, CUNY Graduate Center) put together a cool and informative Black Studies Reading List (For Philosophers), and kindly offered to share here on the Cocoon. I hope readers find it helpful, and check out works on the list if you haven't already. Also, seeing as Whittaker (understandably!) describes the list as "non-exhaustive",…