Not that many people have been posting to the reading club. (Well, Dave and William) I'm enjoying doing it though as I find these close readings make me thing about a lot of things I'd never focus on. I actually have a couple new ones written but do to my internet problems at home I'll not upload them for a while. The next McMurrin one in particular is done. Since my internet is problematic there won't be a lot of posts the next week. I'll still post links I find interesting as I can do that at work. But nothing too terribly long. In the meantime I thought I'd list what else I'm reading.
Knowledge and its Limits: I've been told this is one of the most significant books in epistemology to be published in some time. Whether that is hyperbole or not I can't say yet. It does, however seem quite interesting trying to find a "third way" between internalism vs. externalism. It also argues that considering knowledge as justified true belief is incorrect. Some of this one can find in Heidegger and that whole line of philosophy. But this is written firmly in the analytic tradition. So I'm very excited to read it. It seems like it spans a lot of different areas of philosophy but in new and hopefully constructive ways.
Process Philosophy: A Survey of Basic Issues: There were two Rescher books I wanted, but could only justify buying one and then just because it was on sale. (Well, truth be told I really probably shouldn't have bought either. But that's a different tale.) I may still want the other, but this one looks quite good. Hopefully this will let me understand a few issues in terms of process philosophy that have been bothering. I just can't wrap my mind around a few things.
Heidegger's Polemos: I read about half of this a few months back before getting busy with various things. I was influenced by it to reconsider the notion of space in Mormonism. I meant to go back to it after a discussion on LDS-Phil regarding Heidegger and the notion of dasein as an entity. i.e. how close ought we consider dasein and say a Cartesian spirit. I seemed to recall a way of considering dasein as a clearing as a clearing within a people as a people. But the discussion made me wonder if I was right. (Well actually, given that no one answered that question, it made me think I was wrong) So I really want to reread this book as it deals, in many ways, with that topic. Further it really is an excellent book.
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