I didn't mean to imply that any of them challenged my world view. Only that each shaped my mental models.
Foucault's Pendulum is about semiotics on one level and cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics on another.
Critique of Pure Reason put radical philosophical skepticism (and hence empiricism) in perspective. I find the model of the human mind useful in some situations.
Thank you for the recommendation. My philosophy reading days are mostly in the past or perhaps future. Currently, my reading interests seem to be elsewhere.
Of course, of course, I forgot the actual question the post was about as I got far down into the thread. Thanks for your descriptions, I'll be checking out FP.
Foucault's Pendulum is about semiotics on one level and cretins, fools, morons, and lunatics on another.
Critique of Pure Reason put radical philosophical skepticism (and hence empiricism) in perspective. I find the model of the human mind useful in some situations.
Thank you for the recommendation. My philosophy reading days are mostly in the past or perhaps future. Currently, my reading interests seem to be elsewhere.