The Most Important Philosophical Books Since 1950 - Prof. Chen Bo Survey

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Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations 4.26 avg rating β€” 15,521 ratings
2.
Intention
Intention 4.03 avg rating β€” 412 ratings
3.
Mind and World
Mind and World 4.12 avg rating β€” 399 ratings
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Reasons and Persons
Reasons and Persons 4.27 avg rating β€” 1,840 ratings
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A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice 3.95 avg rating β€” 13,399 ratings
6.
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy 4.03 avg rating β€” 789 ratings
7.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 4.03 avg rating β€” 29,127 ratings
8.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia 3.75 avg rating β€” 5,919 ratings
9.
Philosophy as Poetry
Philosophy as Poetry 4.40 avg rating β€” 141 ratings
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The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,747 ratings
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The Language of Morals
The Language of Morals
by: R.M. Hare
3.57 avg rating β€” 87 ratings
12.
Freedom and Reason
Freedom and Reason
by: R.M. Hare
3.77 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
13.
How to Do Things with Words
How to Do Things with Words 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,562 ratings
14.
The View From Nowhere
The View From Nowhere 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,177 ratings
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Naming and Necessity
Naming and Necessity really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4,453 ratings
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,486 ratings
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The Rule of Metaphor
The Rule of Metaphor 4.09 avg rating β€” 246 ratings
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Essays on Actions and Events (The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson (5 Volumes))
Essays on Actions and Events (The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson (5 Volumes)) 3.98 avg rating β€” 121 ratings
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The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol 1: Reason & the Rationalization of Society
The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol 1: Reason & the Rationalization of Society 3.93 avg rating β€” 854 ratings
20.
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation 4.13 avg rating β€” 253 ratings
21.
Word and Object
Word and Object 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,735 ratings
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Making It Explicit: Reasoning, Representing & Discursive Commitment
Making It Explicit: Reasoning, Representing & Discursive Commitment 4.48 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
23.
Individuals
Individuals 3.83 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
24.
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast
Fact, Fiction, and Forecast 4.01 avg rating β€” 193 ratings
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The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics 4.14 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
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The Ethics of Memory
The Ethics of Memory 3.73 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge
Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,750 ratings
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Consciousness Explained
Consciousness Explained 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,569 ratings
29.
Between Facts & Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law & Democracy
Between Facts & Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law & Democracy 3.92 avg rating β€” 267 ratings
30.
The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series)
The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law Series) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,570 ratings
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Fragmentation of Reason: Preface to a Pragmatic Theory of Cognitive Evaluation (Bradford Books)
Fragmentation of Reason: Preface to a Pragmatic Theory of Cognitive Evaluation (Bradford Books) 3.53 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography
Memory and the Self: Phenomenology, Science and Autobiography 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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The Many Faces of Realism
The Many Faces of Realism 3.67 avg rating β€” 88 ratings
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The Rediscovery of the Mind
The Rediscovery of the Mind 3.94 avg rating β€” 484 ratings
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Intentionality
Intentionality
by: Searle
3.79 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
36.
Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry
Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry 3.90 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
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Moral Luck
Moral Luck 4.11 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
38.
The Intentional Stance
The Intentional Stance 4.01 avg rating β€” 329 ratings
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Voice and Phenomenon: Introduction to the Problem of the Sign in Husserl's Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)
Voice and Phenomenon: Introduction to the Problem of the Sign in Husserl's Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) 4.09 avg rating β€” 446 ratings
40.
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,290 ratings
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Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures 3.83 avg rating β€” 885 ratings
42.
Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought
Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought 3.66 avg rating β€” 179 ratings
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Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology
Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology 4.22 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
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A Materialist Theory of the Mind
A Materialist Theory of the Mind 3.56 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility
A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility 4.08 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law
Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law 3.94 avg rating β€” 51 ratings
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Taking Rights Seriously
Taking Rights Seriously 3.93 avg rating β€” 535 ratings
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Law's Empire
Law's Empire 3.91 avg rating β€” 657 ratings