Books and Links

New Releases!

Burton, Kelly Fitzsimmons, editor. Journal of Public Philosophy, Issue 3 (2022). 

Burton, Kelly Fitzsimmons, editor. Journal of Public Philosophy, Issue 2 (2021). 

Burton, Kelly Fitzsimmons, editor. Journal of Public Philosophy, Issue 1 (2019).

Burton, Kelly Fitzsimmons. Reason and Proper Function: A Response to Alvin Plantinga (2019).

Burton, Kelly Fitzsimmons. Retrieving Knowledge: A Socratic Response to Skepticism (2018).

Links:

Adamson, Peter. The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Newport, Cal. Study Hacks Blog

Schall, James V. Another Sort of Learning

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Great Books in Philosophy:

Aristotle. Collected Works PDF.

Hume, David. Dialogues Concerning Human Understanding PDF.

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Major Works PDF.

Plato. Collected Works PDF.

Philosophy Texts:

Gangadean, Surrendra. Philosophical Foundation: A Critical Analysis of Basic Belief, second edition. (Public Philosophy Press, 2022). Professor Gangadean was my first philosophy professor and was my mentor in philosophy for almost 30 years. Much of what I have learned to pay attention to is due to his influence.

History of Philosophy:

Herman, Arthur. The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization. (New York: Random House, 2014).

O’Connor, D.J. A Critical History of Western Philosophy. (New York: Macmillan Publishing co., 1964).

Scruton, Roger. A Short History of Modern Philosophy. (New York: Routledge, 2002).

The Intellectual Life:

Arendt, Hannah. The Life of the Mind (one volume edition). (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, Publishers, 1978).

Jacoby, Russell. The Last Intellectuals: American Culture in the Age of Academe. (New York: The Noonday Press, 1987).

Sertillanges, A.G., The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods (The Catholic University of America Press; Reprint edition, 1992)