Maarten Maartensz

Writer	Title	Publisher	Year	Description
Diverse	Moralistes Francois (Pascal, La Rochefoucault, Bruyere, Vauvenargues)	Lefevre	1834	Very nice collection: These ancient Frenchmen were eminently sensible
Achinstein P. (Ed.)	The Concept of Evidence	Oxford U.P.	1983	Useful essays by various academic philosophers about "evidence"
Adler M.J.	How to Read a Book	Simon and Schuster	1940	Too thick, but worth taking a look at
Angeles P. (Ed.)	Critiques of God	Prometheus Books	1976	Useful essays by many well-known philosophers who don't believe or doubt
Angeles P.A.	Dictionary of Philosophy	Harper&Row	1981	Good short dictionary: many clear short good definitions
Aquinas T.	The Pocket Aquinas	Washington Square	1960	Good selection. I am an atheist, but Aquinas had a fine mind
Aristotle	The Categories & on Interpretation	Loeb		THE Philosopher (there are many other editions, and there is an excellent introduction to Aristotle by Sir David Ross, also in this list)
Aristotle	Ethics	Penguin
Aristotle	Politics	Penguin
Aristotle	Posterior Analytics + Topics	Loeb
Aristotle	De Anima (On the Sou)	Penguin
Aristotle	Metaphysics Books I-IX	Loeb
Armour L.	The Concept of Truth	Van Gorcum	1969	Non-technical and sensible
Armstrong D.M	What is a Law of Nature?	Cambridge U.P.	1983	Australian realist with sensible ideas. These four books all hang together. His theory of universals at least makes sense, is informed and faces the issues.
Armstrong D.M.	Belief, Truth and Knowledge	Cambridge U.P.	1973
Armstrong D.M.	Universals and Scientific Realism.I.	Cambridge U.P.	1978
Armstrong D.M.	A Theory of Universals.II.	Cambridge U.P.	1978
Aster E. v.	Geschichte der Philosophie	Kroner		Classic German text that is adequate until 1900
Aurelius M.	Meditations	Penguin	111	The only emperor who was a real philosopher: Very well worth reading
Ayer A.J.	Metaphysics and Common Sense	MacMillan	1969	I don't like Ayer's neo-positivism, but these are useful and sensible
Ayer A.J.	The Central Questions of Philosophy	Penguin	1973
Bacon F.	The Essayes or Counsels Civill & Morall of Francis bacon Lord Verulam	Everyman's	1597	Extra-ordinarily well written
Berkeley G.	A New Theory of Vision and Other Writings	Everyman's Library	1709	These are the basic texts of Berkeley.
Berkeley G.	The Principles of Human Knowledge & Three Dialogues	Fontana	1710	These are the basic texts of Berkeley.
Berlin I.	Concepts and Categories	Viking	1979	Berlin recently died. This collection is from the 30-ies and shows him refuting then current academic philosophy
Bochenski I.M.	Die zeitgenossischen Denkmethoden	Francke	1954	Bochenski was a Catholic friar with a clear mind and a great logical knowledge
Boetie E. d.l.	De vrijwillige slavernij	Onze Tijd	1577	Montaigne's friend explains why most people like to follow leaders
Borel E.	Le Hasard	Felix Alcan	1914	Very clear non-technical text by one of the mathematical founders of probability
Boscovich R.J.	A Theory of Natural Philosophy	MIT Press	1758	Classic in clearheaded mathematical speculation
Broad C.D.	The Mind and its Place in Nature	Kegan Paul etc.	1937	Still the best book on philosophy of mind by a philosopher who is less well-known than he ought to be, followed by a useful introduction to Leibniz
Broad C.D.	Leibniz - An introduction	Cambridge U.P.	1975
Bronowksi J.	The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination	Yale U.P.	1983	Three texts on the themes of science and humanity. A bit popular, but not bad.
Bronowski J.	Science and Human Values	Harper & Row	1956
Bronowski J.	The Identity of Man	Natural History Press	1965
Bunge M.	Causality and Modern Science	Dover	1959	For those who want to talk about causation and know what they mean
Bunge M.	Method, Model and Matter	Reidel	1973	Essays leading up to the next items
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 1	Reidel		These are a lot of pages explaining Bunge's version of scientific realism. Most academic philosophers don't like it for lots of reasons, some good, some bad, but none of them has done anything remotely like it. Does require good knowledge of mathematical logic.
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 2	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 3	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 4	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 5	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 6	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 7.I	Reidel
Bunge M.	Treatise on Basic Philosophy 7.II	Reidel
Burtt E.A.	The Methaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science	Routledge and Kegan Paul	1924	Classic very clear text
Burtt E.A.	In Search of Philosophic Understanding	New American Lib	1965	Burtt was Christian but undogmatic and rational
Butcher S.H.	Aristotle's Theory of Poetry and Fine Art	Dover		Shows how sensible Aristotle may be on these subjects
Campbell K.	Metaphysics: An Introduction	Dickenson	1976	Useful introduction that uses some logic
Carnap R.	Der Logische Aufbau der Welt	Ullstein	1928	Classic by Carnap, criticized by Goodman's "Structure of Appearance"
Chan W.T.	A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy	Princeton U.P.	1963	Excellent collection
Cohen and Nagel	An Introduction to Logic and Scientific Method	Routledge & Kegan Paul	1934	Old and non-technical, but eminently sensible and well worth reading
Coley N.G. + Ed.	Darwin to Einstein: Primary Sources on Science & Belief	Longman	1980	Collection of essays used in the Open University
Confucius	The Sayings of Confucius	New American Library	-500	Down to earth Chinese humanism
Cornman J.W.	Scepticism, Justification and Explanation	Reidel	1980	Two rather technical books full of very thorough clear discussions and arguments
Cornman J.W.	Materialism and Sensations	Yale U.P.	1971
Craik K.	The Nature of Explanation	Cambridge U.P.	1943	Classic thin book that explains explaining
Curtis Jr. C.P. +	The Practical Cogitator or The Thinker's Anthology	Houghton Mifflin	1945	Selection by erudite non-philosophers full of excellent quotations
D'Alembert J. le R.	Discours Preliminaire de l'Encyclopedie	Gonthier	1759	Noble words and fine sentiments by a mathematician and philosopher
Dasgupta S.	A History of Indian Philosophy	Banarsidass	1922	This is an excellent collection of texts for those who want to know what Indian philosophy is really about by an Indian Sanskrit scholar. On some subjects more thorough than most would want to know, but it shows the Indians had fine minds and an impressive philosophical tradition
Dasgupta S.	A History of Indian Philosophy.I.	Banarsidass	1922
Dasgupta S.	A History of Indian Philosophy.II.	Banaridass	1922
Dasgupta S.	A History of Indian Philosophy.III.	Banarsidass	1922
Dasgupta S.	A History of Indian Philosophy.IV.	Banarsidass	1922
Descartes R.	The Philosophical Works of Descartes.I.	Cambridge U.P.	1911	Two volumes of selections and translations, that also include contemporary ciricism of Descartes i.a. by Hobbes and Gassendi
Devine E. (Ed.)	Thinkers of the 20th Century	Firethorn Press	1985	Excepting a few (Russell, Broad, Ramsey a.o.) this makes depressive reading
Diderot D.	Jacques de fatalist en zijn meester	Spectrum	1796	Very humorous, witty and picardic text about fatalism and free will
Diderot D.	Zur Interpretation der Natur	Reclam		I like Diderot a lot. The middle one of these three is most accessible and still topical.
Diderot D.	Rameau's Nephew & D'Alembert's Dream	Penguin	1780
Diderot D. (Ed.)	Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne etc.	J'ai Lu	1760
Dijksterhuis E.J.	De Mechanisering van het Wereldbeeld	Meulenhoff	1950	Classic by a Dutchman about the growth of science
Duhem P.	The aim and structure of physical theory	Atheneum	1914	Classic by a Frenchman about the growth of science
Duncan R. + Ed.	Marx Refuted		1987	Good collection of essays except for containing too much of Mrs. Thatcher
Edel A.	Science and the Structure of Ethics	Chicago U.P.	1961	Clearly discusses what values and science have to do with each other
Edwards P. (Ed.)	The Encyclopedia of Philosophy Vol 1&2	MacMillan	1967	The best encyclopedia of philosophy I know, and necessary for anyone who wants to discuss philosophy in a serious way.
Edwards P. (Ed.)	The Encyclopedia of Philosophy Vol 3&4	MacMillan	1967
Edwards P. (Ed.)	The Encyclopedia of Philosophy Vol 5&6	MacMillan	1967
Edwards P. (Ed.)	The Encyclopedia of Philosophy Vol 7&8	MacMillan	1967
Egner R.E. (Ed.) +	The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell	Simon & Schuster	1961	Good selection from Russell's enormous output.
Einstein A.	Mein Weltbild	Ullstein	1935	Popular, but more sensible than most academic philosophers
Ellis B.	Basic Concepts of Measurement	Cambridge U.P.	1966	Clear, thin and not too technical
Epictetus	Discourses	Bell & Sons	100	How to be a stoic

Writer	Title	Publisher	Year	Description
Farrington B.	Greek Science - Its Meaning for Us	Penguin	1944	On how sensible the Ancient Greeks were
Feibleman J.K.	An Introduction to the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce	MIT Press	1946	Good summary and excerpt of Peirce's philosophy
Feigl H.	The "Mental" and the "Physical"	Minnesota U.P>	1958	Former neo-positivist on the problems of the mind
Feynman R.P.	Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!	Bantam	1985	Mostly non-philosophiical but funny.
Findlay J.N.	Wittgenstein: A Critique	Routledge	1984	Former pupil of Wittgenstein explains what's wrong with Wittgenstein's thinking
Franklin B.	Autobiography and Other Writings			Common sense, mostly, but not, therefore, nonsense
Fraser J.T.	The Voices of Time	MIT Press	1966	Two collections of essays by all kinds of specialists on the riddles of time
Fraser J.T.	Of Time, Passion, and Knowledge	Braziller	1975
Galilei G.	Dialogues concerning two sciences	McGraw-Hill	1638	Very well-written foundations of modern science
Gardner M.	Order & Surprise	Oxford U.P.	1983	Three books of essays by someone anyone interested in science, mathematics or philosophy should read.
Gardner M.	Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus	Avon	1981
Gardner M.	The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener	Oxford U.P.	1983
Geach P.	Mental Acts	Routledge	1957	On thinking and how to talk about it
Gellner E.	Words and Things	Penguin	1959	Shows why Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" is a maze of nonsense
Goodman N.	Problems and Projects	Bobbs-Merrill	1972	Essays on metaphysics and other topics by an original American mind (with a love for alliteration)
Goodman N.	Ways of Worldmaking	Harvester	1978
Goodman N.	The Structure of Appearance	Reidel	1951	Critique of Carnap's "Logische Aufbau". Deep, difficult and technical
Goodman N.	Languages of Art	Hackett	1976	Essays on art
Goudge T.A.	The Thought of C.S. Peirce	Dover	1950	Another good introduction to Peirce, by a biologist
Hanson N.R.	Patterns of Discovery	Cambridge U.P.	1958	On what physicists really do, when they are not in textbooks (and doing physics)
Harper W.L. (Ed.) +	Foundations of Probability Theory, Statistiscal Inference, and statistical theories of science. I.	Reidel	1976	Technical essays by specialists about fundamental issues
Hasenjaeger G.	Introduction to the Basic Concepts and Problems of Modern Logic	Reidel	1962	Excellent introduction to mathematical logic, very useful as first introduction to the subject
Hobbes T.	Leviathan	Penguin	1651	Very well-written classic of philosophical materialism
Hospers J.	An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis	Routledge	1956	How to do philosophy without talking too much nonsense
Hume D.	A Treatise on Human Nature	Penguin	1739	Classic skeptical text (but full of holes)
Hume D.	Enquiries conderning Human Understanding and the Principles of Morals	Oxford U.p.	1777	The former abbreviated and rewritten. The Principles of Morals ought to be more read and are more sensible and less skeptical
Hume D.	Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	Hafner	1779	Skeptical refutation of nearly all religions
Hutchins R.M. Ed	The Great Conversation		1952	An explanation of what science and philosophy and civilization are about
Hutchins R.M. Ed	The Great Ideas - Syntopicon I		1952	Same as before: a commented list of key-terms in the history of ideas
Hutchins R.M. Ed	The Great Ideas - Syntopicon II		1952
Hutchins R.M. Ed	The Great Ideas - Syntopicon I		1952
Hutchins R.M. Ed	The Great Ideas - Syntopicon II		1952
Huxley A.	Literature and Science	Chatto & Windus	1963	An original mind, sometimes woolly but always well-written and worth reading
Huxley A.	Science, Liberty and Peace	Chatto & Windus	1950
Huxley A.	The Human Situation	Panther	1978
Jackson F.	Perception	Cambridge U.P.	1977	A sensible philosophical theory of perception
Johnson A.B.	A Treatise on Language	Dover	1836	American Wittgensteinian avant la lettre with original ideas and approaches
Kant I.	Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics	Libr. of Liberal Arts	1783	I don't like Kant and this is the most digestible version of what he thought he was up to
Kaufmann W.	Nietzsche - Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist	Princeton U.P.	1950	Best book about Nietzsche, with many good translations of quotations of him
Klausner N.W. +	Philosophy: The Study of Alternative Beliefs	MacMillan	1961	Best introduction to philosophy I read