David Deutsch's Book Recommendations
David Deutsch is a British physicist known for his work in quantum computation and constructor theory. He is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the University of Oxford. Based on his book recommendations, he is interested in philosophy, science, and the Enlightenment.
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📚 Books Recommended by David Deutsch 62
The Myth of the Framework
"I'm very fond of The Myth of the Framework."
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
"My starting point [into the author's philosophy]."
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How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters
"Gives a minor but telling example of amazing differences between Euro/Anglo inheritance law."
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The Emergent Multiverse
"David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter."
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The History of England
"David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter."
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With the Judaeans in the Palestine Campaign
"Anyone interested in the history of Palestine 1917-20 [read this book]."
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On Numbers and Games
"See On Numbers and Games for how one can nevertheless reason consistently about such monsters."
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Frankenstein
"It's pretty clear from Frankenstein that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy."
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The Moral Landscape
"[The author] wrote The Moral Landscape to defend civilisation from two dangers: religious dogmatism and moral relativism."
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Enlightenment Now
"There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book."
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The Selfish Gene
"Influenced my books."
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TED Talks
"In TED Talks, [the author] describes the role The Fabric of Reality played in TED."
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The Science of Can and Can't
"Will open the doors to a dazzling, deep set of new concepts and ideas that will change and affect deeply the way you look at the world."
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The Extended Phenotype
"I suggest reading The Extended Phenotype."
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Objective Knowledge
"See Popper’s essay *Epistemology Without a Knowing Subject* in Objective Knowledge."
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
"David Deutsch recommended this book on Twitter."
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On Computable Numbers
"David Deutsch quoted this book in his paper "Machines, Logic and Quantum Physics."
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The Ascent Of Man
"Everyone should read The Ascent Of Man."
Science and Human Values
"Everyone should read Science and Human Values."
Conjectures and Refutations
"Everyone should read Conjectures and Refutations."
The Blind Watchmaker
"Everyone should read The Blind Watchmaker."
The Proteus Operation
"Everyone should read The Proteus Operation."
The Ghost in the Atom
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Darwin's Dangerous Idea
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Freedom and Rationality
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Galileo Galilei
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Mind, Brain, and the Quantum
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
A Pocket Popper
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Critical Rationalism
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Gödel's Proof
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Emperor's New Mind
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
A Comprehensive Grammar Of The English Language
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Unity of the Universe
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Does God Play Dice?
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Physics of Immortality
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Gravitation and Cosmology
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The First Three Minutes
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Dreams of a Final Theory
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Unnatural Nature of Science
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
Virtual Worlds
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Fabric of Reality."
The Anthropic Cosmological Principle
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
The Meme Machine
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
The Character of Physical Law
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
The Meaning of It All
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Words and Things
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Gödel, Escher, Bach
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Popper
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Euthyphro
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
In Search of a Better World
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
The World of Parmenides
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Enlightenment
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
Just Six Numbers
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
The Lunar Men
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
I Am a Strange Loop
"David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
With the Zionists in Gallipoli
"Has more on [the history of Palestine 1917-20] plus a very interesting perspective on Gallipoli."
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