(Note: this is not actually true. But Good and Real recapitulates most of the points you’ll see in the philosophy-related sequences, with less focus on the basics and more on elaborating philosophical arguments. If this is the content you want to share, it might be a good choice.)
There’s probably some books by Dan Dennett that the LW articles that deal with philosophy of mind drew from, but I’ve mostly been exposed to Dennett through articles, like Intentional Systems and Eliminate the Middletoad!
On evolution, essential reading is The Selfish Gene.
On heuristics and biases, Thinking Fast and Slow (the first half, at least), and Dan Ariely’s books are good reads.
I’m not aware of anything similar to the sequences in terms of intersection of Bayesianism, heuristics and biases, and trying to teach how to think about confusing things. Unfortunately.
I really like Sean Carroll’s The Big Picture as an intro to rationality and naturalism for the general public. It covers pretty much all the topics in RfAItZ, along with several others (esp. physics stuff). It’s shorter and a lot less technical than RfAItZ, but it’s readable and I thought it does a good job of laying out the basic perspectives.
(Note: this is not actually true. But Good and Real recapitulates most of the points you’ll see in the philosophy-related sequences, with less focus on the basics and more on elaborating philosophical arguments. If this is the content you want to share, it might be a good choice.)
Thank you.
Added to my Amazon wish list. Do you know of any other books one should be aware of?
There’s probably some books by Dan Dennett that the LW articles that deal with philosophy of mind drew from, but I’ve mostly been exposed to Dennett through articles, like Intentional Systems and Eliminate the Middletoad!
On evolution, essential reading is The Selfish Gene.
On heuristics and biases, Thinking Fast and Slow (the first half, at least), and Dan Ariely’s books are good reads.
I’m not aware of anything similar to the sequences in terms of intersection of Bayesianism, heuristics and biases, and trying to teach how to think about confusing things. Unfortunately.
I really like Sean Carroll’s The Big Picture as an intro to rationality and naturalism for the general public. It covers pretty much all the topics in RfAItZ, along with several others (esp. physics stuff). It’s shorter and a lot less technical than RfAItZ, but it’s readable and I thought it does a good job of laying out the basic perspectives.