A Reading List for Aspiring Knowledge Workers

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jim McGee[Edit][Delete]: A Reading List for Aspiring Knowledge Workers, March 3, 2006
OK, this is probably a pretty good list, but I would approach a reading list for knowledge workers very differently. For example, knowledge workers should be familiar with Hume's Treatise of Human Nature, Wittgenstein's On Certainty and Polanyi's Personal Knowledge. Throw in some Feyerabend and Lakatos to taste. Add Minsky's Society of Mind. Ronald Giere's Understanding Scientific Reasoning. Blend with Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Patrick Watson's Struggle for Democracy. More...