LW is, implicitly, a learning platform for philosophy. The post+discussion format is very good, but IMO it would be well complemented by something like book club format, which is a longer continuous experience. (Yes I know book clubs often fall apart, but a big reason for that is that the members do not really like to read, and are trying to precommit themselves. After some time nature takes it due. Should not be a problem here).
I’m going through AIMA on my own now (1.5th time) - that would be a good one.
Some basic books on Game theory would be good (I like Binmore). Maybe even some Dawkins stuff (extended phenotype looks interesting and not everyone has read it). Basically I am thinking about more ‘basic’ books, relative to this forum, something along the lines of “books of knowledge” from http://yudkowsky.net/obsolete/bookshelf.html , they should get a wide enough audience to make it interesting (perhaps not those specific books in an attempt to avoid groupthink ;). Not sure if Ferge falls into that category, I still feel I need more logic to tackle stuff like that.
LW is, implicitly, a learning platform for philosophy. The post+discussion format is very good, but IMO it would be well complemented by something like book club format, which is a longer continuous experience. (Yes I know book clubs often fall apart, but a big reason for that is that the members do not really like to read, and are trying to precommit themselves. After some time nature takes it due. Should not be a problem here).
What do you fellas think?
A sound idea- do you have any particular books in mind?
I’d recomend Frege’s Foundations of Arithmetic, as it seems companionship could easily aid comprehension here.
I’m going through AIMA on my own now (1.5th time) - that would be a good one. Some basic books on Game theory would be good (I like Binmore). Maybe even some Dawkins stuff (extended phenotype looks interesting and not everyone has read it). Basically I am thinking about more ‘basic’ books, relative to this forum, something along the lines of “books of knowledge” from http://yudkowsky.net/obsolete/bookshelf.html , they should get a wide enough audience to make it interesting (perhaps not those specific books in an attempt to avoid groupthink ;). Not sure if Ferge falls into that category, I still feel I need more logic to tackle stuff like that.
Typographical error: you need to drop the comma at the end of the link for it to work.
You might be interested: http://lesswrong.com/lw/2br/less_wrong_book_club_and_study_group/
I might Indeed (note time-stamp!) =)
thanks, fixed