Q&A: Open University Booklets
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Open University Booklets
Question
People often ask the Rabbi for guidance on self-study of philosophy, and the Rabbi writes to start wherever interests you and let it develop from there… So as someone who has engaged in autodidactic study, you’ve surely come across this option. Are the Open University booklets in philosophy good in that context? Or are they more general / just summaries?
Answer
Do you mean their textbooks? Usually they’re good. Almost every undergraduate academic course is a summary, but a summary like that needs to be intelligent and clarifying. In addition, about them too I’d say the same thing: try it and see whether it speaks to you, and then keep rolling onward.