I’m about to launch a new website (as a personal project; it’s got nothing to do with SI or CFAR) about naturalistic views of the world, and that website will contain links to engaging and accessible books and articles about naturalistic approaches to:
seeking truth
the self & free will
ethics & society
happiness & self-help
meaning & spirituality
What links do other LWers recommend on these topics? To show you what kinds of articles I have in mind, here’s what I have so far:
Links about naturalism
I’m about to launch a new website (as a personal project; it’s got nothing to do with SI or CFAR) about naturalistic views of the world, and that website will contain links to engaging and accessible books and articles about naturalistic approaches to:
seeking truth
the self & free will
ethics & society
happiness & self-help
meaning & spirituality
What links do other LWers recommend on these topics? To show you what kinds of articles I have in mind, here’s what I have so far:
Seeking Truth:
Yudkowsky, Map and Territory
Yudkowsky, How to Actually Change Your Mind
Yudkowsky, A Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation
Baron, Thinking and Deciding
Clark, Reality and Its Rivals: Putting Epistemology First
The Self & Free Will:
Clark, Fully Cause: Coming to Terms with Determinism
Yudkowsky, Free Will (Solution)
Thagard, The Brain and the Meaning of Life
Harris, Free Will
Ethics and Society:
Muehlhauser, No-Nonsense Metaethics
Rachels, The Elements of Moral Philosophy
Alexander, Efficient Charity: Do Unto Others...
Happiness and Self-Help:
Muehlhauser, The Science of Winning at Life
Wiseman, 59 Seconds
Steel, The Procrastination Equation
Dixit & Nalebuff, The Art of Strategy
Meaning and Spirituality:
Thagard, The Brain and the Meaning of Life
Clark, Spirituality Without Faith
Comte-Sponville, The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality