Works about philosophy - Topics

Why do philosophy books so rarely deliver the ending their introduction promises? The economics of publishing a philosophy monograph that sells four hundred copies Which translations of Aristotle are worth reading side by side and why? The canon problem and how women philosophers vanished from the textbooks Is the commentary tradition philosophy or only a service to it? Is there still a reason to read the whole Critique of Pure Reason instead of a guidebook? Is Descartes' Meditations still a usable first lesson in doubt? Which philosophy books age well and which only record a moment in a discipline? How do you tell a commentary that argues from one that only summarizes? Sophie's World and the strange fate of the world's bestselling introduction to philosophy Philosophical fiction: novels that argue a position rather than illustrate it How do you pick a first philosophy book when every list begins with Plato? Wikipedia as the real front door to philosophy for most readers Should a beginner read the secondary literature before or after the primary text? What separates a meditation from a treatise as a philosophical genre? The cost of teaching philosophy out of secondary summaries instead of primary texts Why a philosophy podcast reaches more listeners than any journal article reaches readers The recovery projects putting women philosophers back into print What is the difference between a critical edition and a student edition of a philosophical text? How do you read a philosophical book whose argument is spread across a whole chapter? Why intro philosophy courses open with Plato instead of a textbook What makes a philosophical book worth annotating instead of merely finishing? What makes a philosophical letter a serious piece of work rather than a souvenir? Why do commentators write whole books on a single page of Aristotle? Why did the philosophical dialogue survive as a form after the paper became standard?