Joseph Maynor

The Very Short Intros are hit and miss. These are all great IMO. Theology by Robert F. Ford The Beats by David Sterritt Tibetan Buddhism by Matthew T. Kapstein Wittgenstein by A.C. Grayling Christianity by Linda Woodhead Indian Philosophy by Sue Hamilton Aristotle by Jonathan Barnes Kant by Roger Scruton

This is a reasonably good book on epistemology, although dense, that I read when I was a philosophy student at University. https://www.amazon.com/Epistemology-Contemporary-Introduction-Introductions-Philosophy/dp/0415281091 Here's another one that I read when I was first getting into philosophy. https://www.amazon.com/Problems-Philosophy-Bertrand-Russell/dp/1534863443 You could list Kant's Critique of Pure Reason if you want to, but I'm not a huge fan of Kant. Same comment applies to Hume and Locke, I'm not a huge fan. Another work that touches epistemology that I like somewhat but also find stilted. https://www.amazon.com/Tractatus-Logico-Philosophicus-Ludwig-Wittgenstein/dp/0486404455 This one is good for understanding epistemology as it was worked out in British Empiricism. I like this work and Bacon. He's very different from Hobbes, Locke and Hume who he influenced. https://www.amazon.com/Francis-Bacon-Organon-Cambridge-Philosophy/dp/0521564832 This is probably one of my favorite books that covers epistemology by G.E. Moore https://www.amazon.com/Some-Problems-Philosophy-Muirhead-Library/dp/B00CS7HL7I The Nyaya Sutras by Gautama is the classic Hindu text on epistemology. I can't find a version to recommend because I read the full version many years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyāya_Sūtras

The reason I say there are no good books on epistemology is because the knowing process ultimately cannot be outsourced. Only the knower can discern the knowing process by direct experience not by hearsay.

Ok, if I had to pick one maybe The Meditations by Descartes.

@Emerald Yes, there is a conflation with gender and the Masc and Fem. This causes a lot of confusion with a lot of people who haven't been educated on this.

Gambling is trusting another system to perform the way you expect.

There are really no good books on epistemology.

The purpose of a business is to get paid for your work. This is where measuring your actions against this standard is cause for serious contemplation. Nobody is going to hold this standard for you, quite the opposite.

Trying to force insights is like pulling on a plant to get it to grow faster. You have to be nice to the Muses to get insights. Be grateful and gentle.

Manifestation might be limitation, but does that counter something else that is wanted? It could be. It depends on how we define reality.

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I agree. Focus on money is not natural for me. Keeping a daily log of how much I made and how much I spend is a great idea.

Step one is to identify a specific thing you don't have that requires a change, and then step two is to create that.