18 books like First principles

What to read after First principles — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews Thomas Henry Huxley · 1870 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Evolution, Philosophy with this book.

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.

Gaia James Lovelock · 1979 · ★ 4.4 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Uiteenzetting van de theorie dat de aarde, zee en atmosfeer één groot organisme zijn dat zichzelf door een feedback-mechanisme in stand houdt, en een beoordeling van de huidige 'gezondheidstoestand' van het mechanisme. Shares Evolution, Philosophy

Mendel's principles of heredity William Bateson · 1902 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Bateson named the science "genetics" in 1905-1906. This is the first textbook in English on the subject of genetics. Shares Biological Evolution, Evolution

Do-4U the robot experiences forces and motion Mark Weakland · 2012 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Light Shares Motion with this book.

Prey Michael Crichton · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Prey is a novel by Michael Crichton, his thirteenth under his own name and twenty-third overall, first published in November 2002, making his first novel of the twenty-first century. The novel serves as a cautionary tale about developments in science and technology; in this case, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and distributed artificial intelligence. The book features relatively new… Shares Evolution

Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos Miguel de Unamuno · 1900 · ★ 4.4 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate *Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos*, conocida usualmente como *Del sentimiento trágico de la vida,* es uno de los más destacados ensayos filosóficos de Miguel de Unamuno, publicado en 1913. Bajo la influencia de Søren Kierkegaard y de san Ignacio de Loyola, entre otros, quien fuera eximio rector de la Universidad de Salamanca hace una profunda incursión en la… Shares Philosophy and religion, Philosophy

Novum organum Francis Bacon · 1620 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Challenging "When The New Organon appeared in 1620, as part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his political career, and his ambitious work was groundbreaking in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimentally based science. Bacon combines theoretical scientific epistemology… Shares English Philosophy, Motion, Philosophy

Philosophical essays concerning human understanding David Hume · 1900 · ★ 4.0 "Over a series of elegantly written, engaging essays, the Enquiry examines the experiential and psychological sources of meaning and knowledge, the foundations of reasoning about matters that lie beyond the scope of our sensory experience and memory, the nature of belief, and the limitations of our knowledge. The positions Hume takes on these topics have been described as paradigmatically… Shares English Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy

Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution. Shares Biological Evolution, Evolution

L'Évolution créatrice Henri Bergson · 1907 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "elan vital" a vital impetus, also graspable as our natural creative urge. It also looks at Bergson's conception of time, a subjective "duration" (rather than the quantifiable time of a… Shares Biological Evolution, Evolution, Philosophy

A treatise of human nature David Hume · 1739 · ★ 4.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher's classic work on human understanding and morals. Shares English Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy

The fundamental questions of philosophy Ewing, A. C. · 1951 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Modern philosophy, Philosophy with this book.

Frygt og Bæven Søren Kierkegaard · 1843 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging *Frygt og Bæven* er et filosofisk værk af Søren Kierkegaard, udgivet 16. oktober 1843 under pseudonymet Johannes de Silentio. Værket er en udvidet meditation over Mosebog 22, også kendt som Isaks binding. Kierkegaard forsøger at forstå Abrahams indre psykologiske tilstand under hans tre og en halv dag lange rejse til Moriah. Teksten forsøger at vise, hvordan det ikke er let at forstå Abrahams… Shares Modern philosophy, Philosophy

Synergetic Agents Hermann Haken · 2012 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Motion with this book.

Elements of the philosophy of the human mind Dugald Stewart · 1792 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares English Philosophy, Philosophy with this book.

Philosopher's Joke

Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares Philosophy with this book.

Χαρμίδης Plato · 1977 · ★ 3.5 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate "Crois-tu qu'une ville serait bien gouvernée, si la loi ordonnait à chacun de tisser et de laver son vêtement, de tisser ses chaussures, sa burette à huile, son étrille et le tout le reste de même, sans mettre la main aux affaires d'autrui..." L'évocation de la priorité donnée aux affaires privées n'a rien d'étonnant dans le Charmide pour qui connaît l'entêtement de Platon à souligner l'état… Shares Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy

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