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Ask HN: Where to start to get back into philosophy?

1 points by Grimm1 ↗ HN
Throughout highschool I had read many of the Greeks in my personal time and then in college, I had been introduced to a mix: Descartes, Kant, Hume, Locke, Spinoza, Nietzsche, Camus and lightly Chomsky plus a smattering across various schools of thought in certain classes whom I honestly don't remember. It's now been about 6 years and I feel like I often run into discussions online where people have a wealth of knowledge from certain authors and it makes me feel ill-equipped to engage.

What are some reccomendations to both round out my knowledge and also move the needle forward?

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zeporro
Peter Sloterdijk
Grimm1
Adding him on the list of people to checkout
badRNG
Philosophize This! Is an excellent podcast that is worth checking out for those new or looking for a place to jump in. Highly recommend starting at some of the phenomenology episodes and follow it through.
Grimm1
I will check this out, thank you!
adolforismos
I recommend to choose a field of current themes and look for the philosophical approach. For example, science, language, art, neuroscience... a field you already know something about and you like.

If you read short essays, one author/philosopher takes you to another author/philosopher, and so on.

Remember, the most important element in philosophy is the concepts.

Check this https://aeon.co/philosophy

I hope this helps.