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I want to read philosophy which books should I read first

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Elementary Principles of Philosophy by Georges Politzer is my favorite intro to Dialectical and Historical Materialism, and it's hosted on ProleWiki. It starts with Idealism, Dialectics, Materialism, Dialectical Idealism, then Dialectical and Historical Materialism.

Do you have a specific, non-Marxist interest in philosophy?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yessss we're gaining traction Politzerbros

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No not really I want to study philosophy so I can make the best video games :>

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you want to add some depth to your game with philosophy, the very end of Elementary principles of philosophy contains a section on 'dialectical method of analysis' of literary works. Try to reverse-engineer the process to structure your game/story for a proper development of the story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

the process, in brief, goes something like this:

  1. you write something (if this is the first time through this sequence for this work, it will definitely be bad. that's ok and expected)
  2. analyze that, which will reveal some significant flaws
  3. figure out some ways that may help with those flaws
  4. go back to step one with your improved understanding

this can be very frustrating to begin with, but after a few tries you will start to see some improvement, and maybe even something you actually like.