Reading path
How do we know what's true?
The foundations of reason, science, and evidence. Essential before forming strong opinions about anything.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn · 1962
Introduced the word "paradigm" to the world and changed how scientists think about science. Kuhn's argument: science doesn't progress by accumulation but by revolution — long periods of normal science punctuated by crises that overturn entire worldviews. Essential for understanding how knowledge actually advances, and how even experts can be wrong.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · 2011
A Nobel laureate's summary of decades of research into how humans actually reason — and how reliably we don't. The two-system model (fast intuition vs. slow deliberation) is a framework you'll use for the rest of your life. After reading this, you'll never trust your first instinct quite as much.