All the books I read in 2022. More than 80% of the books were consumed in audio format. All the books are listed in the order read. My favorite titles are bolded and there are short reviews/impressions/excerpts under some of the titles. My lists for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Some stats at the end of the post. … Continue reading 2022 Reading list
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'Man errs as long as he strives' - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Karl Popper's Translation)
2021 reading list
All the books I read in 2021. More than 80% of the books were consumed in audio format. All the books are listed in the order read. My favorite titles are bolded and there are short reviews/impressions/excerpts under some of the titles. My lists for 2018, 2019, and 2020. Some stats at the end of … Continue reading 2021 reading list
2020 Reading List
This is basically the list of everything I read/listened to in 2020. And they’re roughly listed in the order I read them. My favorite titles of the year are bolded (not all bolded titles equally favorite). And I’ll include short comments or excerpts to some titles. My lists for 2019 and 2018. Some book stats … Continue reading 2020 Reading List
Some Notes on Stoicism
This is not a book review, it's just some notes I took after finishing the book. What's your philosophy of life? Irvine defines a philosophy of life comprising of two steps, creation of goals and learning techniques to achieve those goals. And stoicism is one such philosophy. The aim of stoicism is the maintenance of … Continue reading Some Notes on Stoicism
2019 reading list
Last year I stole the idea of posting my readings from Tanner Greer's fantastic blog The Scholar's Stage. This is basically the list of everything I read/listened in 2019. And they're roughly listed (from memory) in order I read them. My favorite titles of the year are bolded. And I'll include short comments to some … Continue reading 2019 reading list
David Hume’s ‘My Own Life’ and Adam Smith’s obituary of Hume
David Hume: My Own Life It is difficult for a man to speak long of himself without vanity; therefore, I shall be short. It may be thought an instance of vanity that I pretend at all to write my life; but this Narrative shall contain little more than the History of my Writings; as, indeed, … Continue reading David Hume’s ‘My Own Life’ and Adam Smith’s obituary of Hume
Ehrman rant
I’m doing a little reading on Christianity—both history of christianity and theology. So far only read couple of books by Bart Ehrman and also listened to couple of his courses. I really enjoyed Ehrman’s works. I’d recommend to everyone to check out his books. Ehrman takes a historical approach to the subject and strictly sticks … Continue reading Ehrman rant
The Influence of Ethnic and Religious Prejudice on Moral Judgement
There is a study done by Israeli psychologist Georges R. Tamarin on in-group mentality, particularly the effects of religious teachings and outlooks in children on their ethical and moral judgments—"the effect of uncritical teaching of the Bible on the propensity for forming prejudices (particularly the notion of the 'chosen people,' the superiority of the monotheistic … Continue reading The Influence of Ethnic and Religious Prejudice on Moral Judgement
My Bad Habit
short outline of my reading History and habits. It's weird for me to blog about optimization tips, because I'm a total mess with my time. But the reason for this blog arose partly after reading Malcolm Ocean's post on the subject. I started reading books after I graduated from high school. In high school I … Continue reading My Bad Habit
Books I Read in 2018
I got (stole) the idea for this post from Tanner Greer's fantastic blog The Scholar's Stage. This is the list of books I read in 2018. I included only the books that I finished. I read at least two dozen books at the same time, my interests fluctuate a lot. I start many books, some … Continue reading Books I Read in 2018
October: A Philosophy Paper a Day
I'm going to read, at least, a paper (philosophy) a day for the month of October. So here's my list of 31 papers (probably will read more, if I have time). Papers are not arranged in any particular order. I'll read randomly or the ones that interest me in any particular day. I'll include some … Continue reading October: A Philosophy Paper a Day
John Maynard Smith (1 January 1920 – 19 April 2004)
John Maynard Smith (wiki), one of the most influential evolutionary biologists (geneticist) died on this day in 2004. He's regarded by many as one of the greatest and original evolutionary thinkers. And mostly known for his introduction and application of game theory (along with George Price) to the field of evolutionary biology. Also known for his theoretical … Continue reading John Maynard Smith (1 January 1920 – 19 April 2004)
W. D. Hamilton (1 August 1936 – 7 March 2000)
William Donald Hamilton was one of the most influential evolutionary biologists who died on this day (March 7) in 2000. He revolutionized the field with his 1964 papers The Genetical Evolution of Social Behaviour (links posted under the Publications section). But that was the beginning. He went on publishing very influential papers on broad range of subjects. W.D. Hamilton … Continue reading W. D. Hamilton (1 August 1936 – 7 March 2000)
What a Sad Loss: Derek Parfit (1942-2017)
On January 1, we lost one of the most influential moral philosophers of 20th century. Derek Parfit was Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford and visiting professor of Philosophy at NYU, Harvard and Rutgers. His book 'Reasons and Persons' claimed to be one of the important works in moral philosophy literature. Parfit on death: … Continue reading What a Sad Loss: Derek Parfit (1942-2017)