© Roger M Tagg 2010-2011
Welcome to FROLIO – a new attempt to merge philosophy and the "semantic web".
When I come across a really interesting book, especially if I have to return it to a library or to the friend who lent it to me, I go through it again and make a note of what I think are the big points in the book. I do this by page number (of the edition I read) and sometimes colour-code the chapters. Otherwise I find I quickly forget what it was all about.
Most of these books have some relevance to FROLIO; they cover things like Philosophy; Religion 'after Religion'; and Bullshit. Things sometimes drift into Psychology and the Social World.
Obviously the selection of quotations reflect my own biases and preferences. I usually only put things in double quotes where it is exactly what the author (or another person whom the author quotes) said. The bits in brackets, e.g. [RT: xxx] are thoughts that I have added.
In the January 2011 versions I have added hyperlinks to other sources in case clarification is needed. I realize that I've dropped a lot of names and reproduced a lot of the authors' fancy words. As a default, I've used English Wikipedia entries. These seem to me to "grind the fewest axes" (see also this comment). Post-modernists and others might accuse Wikipedia of cultural bias, but if so it's the bias of "the average decent citizen who does not beat his wife and who certainly does not maltreat his dog" (Alistair Kee, 'The Way of Transcendence' p227 - see below).
In most cases I have started off with a short summary, but I don't pretend to offer any serious reviews in most of the cases.
General Philosophy
Epistemology (i.e. what can we know, what is reality, and what is truth)
| Adam Morton - Theory of Knowledge | WV Quine - The Pursuit of Truth | Richard Rorty - Truth and Progress | John Searle - The Construction of Social Reality |
Ethics (how should we live a good life)
| Richard Holloway - Between the Monster and the Saint | Stephen Law - The War for Childrens Minds | Dave Robinson - Ethics for Beginners |
Existentialism (we're here because we're here)
| David Cooper - Existentialism | Gary Cox - How to be an Existentialist | Michael Allen Fox - The Remarkable Existentialists |
Meaning (what do people want when they utter something)
| Grant, Keenoy & Oswick - Discourse and Organization | Polanyi & Prosch - Meaning | Anton Zijderveld - On Clichés |
Religion (comparative and post-theist)
Psychology and Science
Society and Human Relationships
Bullshit
A longer reading list is also available - this includes a number of items related to Information Systems as well as directly FROLIO-related issues.
Some of these links may be under construction – or re-construction.
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If you have constructive suggestions or comments, please contact the author rogertag@tpg.com.au