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I've spent most of my undergrad studying the ancients and the Germans, plus a bit of the French. I want to get into contemporary stuff so I can see what people are talking about, but most of what I've seen has bored me. Anyone have any suggestions for authors / papers / subfields currently being worked on that would be of interest to someone with a mostly history-of-philosophy background?

>inb4 you're stupid for majoring in philosophy
i'm also majoring in math

>> No.12317125

>>12317057
>Fallibilism and the Flexibility of Epistemic Modals
>The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment
>Actuality, Possibility and Worlds
>http://www.philosophy-index.com/philosophy/mind/phenomenalism.php
Mind and possibility are popular now, and as always what we can know for a bit

>> No.12317267

>>12317125
Much appreciated! You pegged my interests pretty well lol

>> No.12317288

>>12317057
Have you also touched on the anglo/analytic tradition?

>> No.12317655

>>12317288
Not really. I've studied Wittgenstein, but only later Wittgenstein, which I hear isn't as relevant. I have a little familiarity with Russel, Whitehead, and Frege's ideas from chatting with friends / math relevance but not much

>> No.12317659

>>12317655
russell*
honestly should speak to my level of knowledge lol

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Read Word and Object by W.V.O Quine also read on the plurality of worlds by David Lewis

>> No.12317776

>>12317742
Thank you, I am enjoying the first chapter of the Quine

>> No.12317863

>>12317057
Interesting. I am considering your major path but with a minor in philosophy and a major in pure math.

>> No.12317899

>>12317863
I've found it to be a good balance as someone with math/tech ability who wants to be able to make money with it and someone with interest in studying philosophy. I'd imagine you're probably a similar case? I've grown a lot intellectually and also exit with a degree it seems like I'll be able to get a good a shill job with, probably in order to save money to be comfy for grad school; I've also grown a lot in the liberal-arts/classical-education sense. It seems like a good deal :)