Everything about Philosophy

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: PhilosophyA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Green EMI shielding: Dielectric/magnetic “genes” and design philosophyInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Tao te ChingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Main Trends in Recent Philosophy: Two Dogmas of EmpiricismCited 2,120 times
5. Go sideways: MetaphysicsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: EpistemologyA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Main Trends in Recent Philosophy: Two Dogmas of Empiricism

  W. V. Quine · 1951 · The Philosophical Review · 2,120 citations

• Modern Moral Philosophy

  G. E. M. Anscombe · 1958 · Philosophy · 1,437 citations

• Building a Conceptual Framework: Philosophy, Definitions, and Procedure

  Yosef Jabareen · 2009 · International Journal of Qualitative Methods · 1,205 citations

• Putting Consumer Experience Back into Consumer Research: The Philosophy and Method of Existential-Phenomenology

  Craig J. Thompson, William B. Locander, Howard R. Pollio · 1989 · Journal of Consumer Research · 1,188 citations

• An introduction to the European Hydrological System — Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, “SHE”, 1: History and philosophy of a physically-based, distributed modelling system

  M.B. Abbott, J.C. Bathurst, J.A. Cunge · 1986 · Journal of Hydrology · 1,188 citations

• The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on corporate social responsibility and marketing philosophy

  Hongwei He, Lloyd Harris · 2020 · Journal of Business Research · 1,096 citations

• Parental meta-emotion philosophy and the emotional life of families: Theoretical models and preliminary data.

  John M. Gottman, Lynn Fainsilber Katz, Carole Hooven · 1996 · Journal of Family Psychology · 980 citations

• Qualitative research in counseling psychology: A primer on research paradigms and philosophy of science.

  Joseph G. Ponterotto · 2005 · Journal of Counseling Psychology · 934 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Green EMI shielding: Dielectric/magnetic “genes” and design philosophy

  Xi-Xi Wang, Qi Zheng, Yuan-Jin Zheng · 2023 · Carbon · 287 citations

• Functional Alignment Philosophy in Total Knee Arthroplasty – Rationale and technique for the varus morphotype using a CT based robotic platform and individualized planning

  Jobe Shatrov, Cécile Battelier, Elliot Sappey-Marinier · 2022 · SICOT-J · 181 citations

• AI and the future of humanity: ChatGPT-4, philosophy and education – Critical responses

  Michael A. Peters, Liz Jackson, Marianna Papastephanou · 2023 · Educational Philosophy and Theory · 174 citations

• Philosophers on Philosophy: The 2020 PhilPapers Survey

  David Bourget, David J. Chalmers · 2023 · Philosophers' Imprint · 105 citations

• Philosophy of science and research paradigm for business research in the transformative age of automation, digitalization, hyperconnectivity, obligations, globalization and sustainability

  Weng Marc Lim · 2023 · Journal of Trade Science · 79 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Tao te Ching老子, Yang Peng · 1842
• MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · 1626
• Also sprach ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883
• Jenseits von Gut und BöseFriedrich Nietzsche · 1885
• Der AntichristFriedrich Nietzsche · 1895
• ΦαίδωνPlato · 1713
• The Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell · 1900
• Ἀπολογία ΣωκράτουςPlato · 1675

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🔗 Related topics

• Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic nature or most fundamental structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study…
• Epistemology Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called the theory of knowledge, it explores different…
• Ethics Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or…
• Ontology Ontology is the philosophical study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of…
• Reality Reality is the totality of existence or what all existing entities have in common. It is often contrasted with appearance, opposing what is with what seems…
• Entity An entity is something that exists. In its broadest sense, the concept is the most general category of being and encompasses anything that is identifiable…
• Knowledge Knowledge is an awareness of facts (descriptive knowledge), a familiarity with individuals and situations (knowledge by acquaintance), or a practical skill…
• Existence Existence is the state of having being or reality in contrast to nonexistence and nonbeing. Existence is often contrasted with essence: the essence of…