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- Five Books: The best books on everything https://fivebooks.com/ 85 comments
- Maria Loh recommends the best books on Lives of Artists http://fivebooks.com/interview/maria-loh-lives-artists/ 2 comments
- Key Philosophical Texts in the Western Canon [5 Books Interview with Nigel Warburton] https://fivebooks.com/best-books/key-philosophical-texts-western-nigel-warburton/ 2 comments philosophy
- The Best Science Fiction Books About Aliens https://fivebooks.com/best-books/science-fiction-aliens-jaime-green/ 78 comments books
- Albert Camus was born #OnThisDay in 1913. “He says in The Plague that most people aren’t bad, they just misunderstand what’s important” Jamie Lombardi recommending the best Albert Camus books https://fivebooks.com/best-books/albert-camus-jamie-lombardi/ 105 comments philosophy
- Great Introduction to Austrian Economics (with recommended books): A toolset to understand the political and economic issues of our day https://fivebooks.com/best-books/peter-boetkke-on-austrian-economics/ 2 comments truereddit
- Today is Hegel’s 250th birthday! Here’s a detailed introduction to the life and work of GWF Hegel with Professor Stephen Houlgate, one of the leading Hegel scholars. Includes discussion of the Science of Logic, Phenomenology of Spirit, and the Aesthetics. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/hegel-stephen-houlgate 3 comments philosophy
- On Wittgenstein's birthday, Professor Peter Hacker recommends five books on Wittgenstein https://fivebooks.com/best-books/wittgenstein-peter-hacker/ 38 comments philosophy
- “People think they know how language works, so the moment you get a bit technical about it, people turn off. People feel that they can use language fine and they know how it works.” Professor David Adger discusses the best Linguistics books https://fivebooks.com/best-books/linguistics-david-adger/ 26 comments linguistics
- Perhaps one of my favorite resources for finding good nonfiction books, Fivebooks gets expert opinions on books to read to learn about given fields of study and publishes interviews explaining why these books are important to read. Truly an underrated wensitr. https://fivebooks.com/ 39 comments books
- The best books on Burnout https://fivebooks.com/best-books/burnout-work-exhaustion-josh-cohen/ 3 comments books
- “There’s a battleground between theists and atheists trying to mount arguments that will somehow force the other side to convert. I think there’s very little prospect in succeeding in an enterprise like that.” Graham Oppy on atheist philosophy of religion https://fivebooks.com/best-books/atheist-philosophy-of-religion/ 106 comments philosophy
- Data scientist Vicki Boykis recommends the best books for learning Python https://fivebooks.com/best-books/learning-python-and-data-science-vicki-boykis/ 16 comments datascience
- The Best Books on Philosophy of Science: a 'Five Books' interview with Psillos https://fivebooks.com/best-books/philosophy-of-science/ 5 comments philosophy
- The best books on chess, recommended by Dominic Lawson, including discussion of how chess became a proxy for political conflict between the US and the Soviet Union https://fivebooks.com/best-books/dominic-lawson-on-chess/ 7 comments chess
- "Foucault was suspicious of norms derived from the human ‘sciences’ that were used as instruments of illegitimate control. A simple example is the use of statistical averages to set norms of evaluation." The late professor Gary Gutting gives an astute introduction to Michel Foucault https://fivebooks.com/best-books/gary-gutting-foucault-best-books/ 82 comments philosophy
- What are the most influential and useful books you've read surrounding programming? https://fivebooks.com/best-books/programming-computer-science-ana-bell/ 5 comments programming
- M M McCabe recommends the best five books on Socrates https://fivebooks.com/best-books/socrates/ 15 comments philosophy
- "Heidegger really shifts the focus of philosophy away from its concern with the self and the subject, towards a concern with our being in the world. That is a fundamental shift in the way in which philosophical activity is understood." Simon Critchley on continental philosophy https://fivebooks.com/best-books/continental-philosophy/ 106 comments philosophy
- Accessible but detailed introduction to Hegel and his works (The Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, Aesthetics) by Professor Stephen Houlgate https://fivebooks.com/best-books/hegel-stephen-houlgate/ 5 comments philosophy
- With an eye to the sad passing of Professor Gary Gutting this week, I want to share this interview he did on Foucault in 2017. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/gary-gutting-foucault-best-books/ 4 comments philosophy
- Daniel L. Everett discusses the best books on linguistics, arguing that Chomsky is like Freud: crucial, but crucially wrong. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/daniel-everett-linguistics/ 7 comments linguistics
- MIT lecturer Ana Bell discusses the best books to learn computer science and programming. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/programming-computer-science-ana-bell/ 18 comments compsci
- David Edmonds recommends the best five books on ethical problems https://fivebooks.com/best-books/david-edmonds-ethical-problems/ 35 comments philosophy
- Just read this interview with Roger Peng about the best books on Data Science and something he said really made me think https://fivebooks.com/best-books/data-science-roger-peng/ 33 comments datascience
- "If you leave Pringles out of the box for a couple of days, they taste stale. But if you put headphones on and amplify the high frequency sound of your own crunching, they taste fresh. So is tasting fresh an auditory experience?" Philosopher Barry C. Smith looks at the phenomenon of taste. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/barry-c-smith-on-taste/ 71 comments philosophy
- John Tasioulas recommends the five best books on the philosophy of human rights https://fivebooks.com/best-books/human-rights/ 92 comments philosophy
- Professor Nick Higham discusses the best books on applied mathematics https://fivebooks.com/best-books/nicholas-higham-applied-mathematics/ 13 comments math
- Philosopher Ed Feser looks at Aquinas, Aristotle, New Atheism, and arguments for the existence of God https://fivebooks.com/best-books/arguments-existence-of-god-ed-feser/ 6 comments philosophy
- Professor Stephen Houlgate, leading expert on Hegel, carefully introduces Hegel and his philosophical works. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/hegel-stephen-houlgate/ 5 comments philosophy
- Michael Puett recommends the best five books of Chinese philosophy https://fivebooks.com/best-books/michael-puett-chinese-philosophy/ 3 comments philosophy
- RStudio Chief Scientist Hadley Wickham recommends five books for data scientists learning computer science https://fivebooks.com/best-books/computer-science-data-science-hadley-wickham/ 5 comments compsci
- Experts recommending the five best books in their subject https://fivebooks.com/ 63 comments books
- Stephen Houlgate on Top Five Hegel Books and an General Overview of Hegel's Life and Philosophy https://fivebooks.com/best-books/hegel-stephen-houlgate/ 4 comments philosophy
- 'It's time to widen our focus': author and philosopher Bryan Van Norden on foundational texts of philosophical traditions worldwide https://fivebooks.com/best-books/world-philosophy-bryan-van-norden/ 4 comments philosophy
- Moral philosopher Peter Singer recommends the best books on 19th-century philosophy https://fivebooks.com/best-books/nineteenth-century-philosophy-peter-singer/ 4 comments philosophy
- MIT lecturer Ana Bell discusses the best books to learn computer science and programming. https://fivebooks.com/best-books/programming-computer-science-ana-bell/ 4 comments programming
- The Best Books on Philosophy of Mind, Recommended by Keith Frankish https://fivebooks.com/best-books/philosophy-mind-keith-frankish/ 3 comments philosophy
- The Best Books on Stoicism | 5 Books Interview with Massimo Pigliucci http://fivebooks.com/interview/massimo-pigliucci-stoicism/ 4 comments philosophy
- Interview with ancient philosophy scholar M.M. McCabe on Socrates, Plato and the Socratic Problem http://fivebooks.com/interview/m-m-mccabe-socrates/ 3 comments philosophy
- Jonathan Wolff on Political Philosophy | Five Books http://fivebooks.com/interviews/jonathan-wolff-on-political-philosophy 5 comments philosophy
- The best five books on everything: They interview an expert every day who recommends five books to become familiar with his/her field http://fivebooks.com/ 22 comments books
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