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Philosophy/Psychology book suggestions.

Sapien November 10, 2020 at 10:32 3025 views 8 comments
Hello all. I have been reading lacan for a while now. I expected valuable knowledge from him... Chomsky considers him a quack. I've also read Lacan through Zizek. Still it looked like quackery. Along with those two I've also been reading Steven Pinker's how the mind works. But that is not the material I'm looking for. I would like to read a book that has a detailed analysis of the human condition. So if you would like to suggest a book that has all the right material and that's along the lines of philosophy with verified science content along with and not necessarily psychology but along with since it seems to encompass the human condition, I'd appreciate it.

Comments (8)

Miguel Hernández November 29, 2020 at 23:03 #475509
Reply to Sapien
Karl Popper (1976) "Unended Quest; An Intellectual Autobiography".
Sapien November 30, 2020 at 07:54 #475637
Reply to Miguel Hernández
Thanks. I'll look into it.
Pantagruel December 01, 2020 at 14:18 #475963
One of the books I'm currently reading fits in with the broad strokes of your requirements: An Essay on Man, by Ernst Cassirer.
Sapien December 01, 2020 at 17:41 #476010
Reply to Pantagruel Thank you. I'll look into it.
Sapien December 01, 2020 at 20:14 #476041
Reply to Pantagruel Would you say that it's profound?
Pantagruel December 01, 2020 at 20:22 #476044
Reply to Sapien Well, it is an attempt to define what it means to be human across a vast number of domains, ranging from art, history, science, myth, religion, and language, via the theme or motif of symbolic forms. I think that it is intended to be profound.
Sapien December 01, 2020 at 20:48 #476049
Reply to Pantagruel I will give it a read.
Pantagruel December 01, 2020 at 20:55 #476052