Books by Thomas Kasulis
“This is the kind of book that I always bore people with, telling them, ‘This is great! You should read it!’…Tom Kasulis is a comparative philosopher. In other words, he works in more than one tradition and his real expertise has been in Japanese philosophy, which he’s written books on…Now, you can’t overgeneralize about Eastern and Western philosophy. He makes his point really strongly, that whenever you’re looking at cultural differences, it’s never binary…These are two different ways of thinking, and what he shows is that these different orientations manifest themselves in the way we think about all sorts of different things. I really want to stress the point is not to say that one is right and one is wrong. They both generate their insights. But if you end up thinking too much through the lens of one, we miss out things you see from the other. It’s one of those books where people say, ‘This book will change the way you think forever.’ This is a book that could do that.” Read more...
The best books on How To Think (Like a Philosopher)
Julian Baggini, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Thomas Kasulis were recommended
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Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking
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Natural Goodness
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A Question of Trust
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Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference
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Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work
by Mason Currey
The best books on How To Think (Like a Philosopher), recommended by Julian Baggini
The best books on How To Think (Like a Philosopher), recommended by Julian Baggini
We all have opinions about things and sometimes quite strong ones. When it comes to our values and politics we also tend to think we’re right. That’s why examining how we think is so important, argues philosopher Julian Baggini. That’s something philosophy can help with, if it’s done well. Here he recommends five books that shed some light on how philosophers think, when they’re thinking at their best.