This document consists of great books or articles on Philosophy. Some are here because there is a course covering the same material; some are just great books that you should read at some point in your career.
Once you have made it through most of the curriculum, knowing whether a book is worth your time will become easier. Or, if you are struggling in one of the courses, perhaps reading a book on the subject will help.
| Name | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| A History of Western Philosophy | Anthony Kenny |
| The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy (various volumes by subfield) | Oxford University Press |
| The Elements of Philosophy | Tamar Gendler (ed.) |
| Mind and World | John McDowell |
| Reasons and Persons | Derek Parfit |
| The Conscious Mind | David Chalmers |
| The Problems of Philosophy (free) | Bertrand Russell |
| An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (free) | David Hume |
| Meditations on First Philosophy (free) | René Descartes |
| Being and Time | Martin Heidegger |
| The Second Sex | Simone de Beauvoir |
| The Ethics | Benedict de Spinoza |
| The Concept of Mind | Gilbert Ryle |
| On Liberty (free) | John Stuart Mill |
| The Republic (free) | Plato |
| Critique of Pure Reason | Immanuel Kant |
| The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy | Audi (ed.) |
| The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free) | N/A |