I hope we can get some good, thought-provoking discussions going here! As many probably know, philosophy is my academic/professional field. Hit me up with questions if you like, but know that I might just point you at good links for your answer: the search itself is often the best part of learning philosophy, leading to tangents that are just as useful as the original line of query (and in most cases, someone has probably put it better than I would, anyway!).

And don't worry, I promise never to pull any of that "because I'm the PhD" crap. I someone thinks I'm wrong on a point of philosophy, let me have it! You don't  think I'm going to commit an argumentum ad verecundiam fallacy, do you?

I suggest bookmarking the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( https://plato.stanford.edu/ ), which is my favorite online "general" tool for people whose questions might fall just about anywhere on the philosophical spectrum. 

My favorite book to suggest for people getting their start Western philosophy is actually a novel! I strongly recommend "Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder. It's a good read...and also a superbly-presented introduction to philosophy and philosophical thinking.

Last edited by Poppet (2/28/2019 10:08 pm)

Found the book in Kindle version and bought it. Found the link and bookmarked it.  Thanks !!