So I am completely science/math-oriented, but in the last few years I've began to find a greater and greater attraction towards the social sciences, particularly philosophy. And this weekend I was riding up a ski lift with a philosophy professor at a nearby college, and he made it all sound so clear:
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Mathematics and all the applied sciences deal with values they assume to be true...they take these values for granted. But with philosophy, you are questioning the value of value itself!
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I always read for about 40 minutes every night, and I am usually reading books on martial arts/eastern philosophy, seeing that I am involved in those sort of things.
I would like to compile a list of all the "hailed" philosophy texts and authors, and simply, read them ALL. In other words, by the time I finish two or more years from now, I want to have read every notable philosopher's writings, and furthermore have a great and comprehensive understanding of all the many "school of thought" in ancient, classic and contemporary philosophical thought.
I am already off to a good start: a little innovation this weekend got me a list of about 50 books - all the "big" ones (The Republic, The Prince, The Wealth of Nations, etc.) I also went to wikipedia's Philosophy section, which is a massive compilation that will take me a lot of time to read.
Does anybody have any suggestions for me? I am looking, more or less, to build my own philosophy curriculum; which after completion, will give me both a broad and deep understanding of all the many different ways great people have explored this "value of value."