C Thi Nguyen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
C Thi Nguyen on X
Philosophy professor. Writes about games, trust, art, intimacy, echo chambers, metrics. My new book is GAMES: AGENCY AS ART: https://t.co/tFdq4LJygB
Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
Theodore M. PorterC Thi NguyenThis is from Theodore Porter’s wonderful Trust in Numbers. Kern has a cool similar discussion in The Culture of Time and Space. We went on clock time, says Kern, about when we got trains and telegraphs.
Paperback, 2020
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Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress
Hasok ChangC Thi NguyenHasok Chang, Inventing Temperature. A classic and justly so. You know who understands the real bitty gritty of the project of objectivity? It’s the goddamned philosophers of science.
Paperback, 2007
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Memory Practices in the Sciences
Geoffrey C. BowkerC Thi Nguyen“We classify in order to forget.” 🔥 🔥 🔥 from Geoffrey Bowker, “Memory Practices in the Sciences” https://t.co/mpju9wdS0O
Paperback, 2008
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Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences
Geoffrey C. BowkerC Thi NguyenRe-reading Bowker and Star's classic Sorting Things Out and this time really struck by their case study on the official coding of nursing work. The main theme is of trade-offs. You get greater professional visibility of nursing work in exchange for intrusive standardization.
Paperback, 2000
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On Being Awesome: A Unified Theory of How Not to Suck
Nick RiggleC Thi Nguyen@shershovitz Similar vibe: My students' favorite sequence from my intro phil class is the one where we do James on assholes, Nick Riggle on being awesome and sucking, and then Frankfurt on bullshit. And it ends with the question: is grading bullshit?
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The Expanse: Origins
James S. A. CoreyC Thi NguyenSo: The Expanse is credited to James Corey, which is a pseudonym for Abraham and Ty Franck. Franck hasn't written much else, but Abraham has written tons of stuff, much of which shares the same political depth and thrills as the Expanse.
Paperback, 2018
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Rules: A Short History of What We Live by
Lorraine DastonC Thi Nguyen@soashworth Hell yeah. Wait, have you read the new Lorraine Daston book, Rules?
Paperback, 2023
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When Doing the Right Thing Is Impossible
Lisa TessmanC Thi Nguyen@alyssaharad Lisa Tessman has been doing extraordinary work on the philosophy of grief. She has new stuff coming out on it, but it's deeply related to her early stuff on situations of moral tragedy - when doing the right thing is impossible. https://t.co/RO98XiaRsZ
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne LamottC Thi NguyenTwenty years ago, my soul was saved by Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, a “creative writing manual” that is actually profound therapy for the soul. Everything about how what we think from the outside are “leaps of genius” are actually shitty first drafts followed by years of work. https://t.co/wW5A8XcyVN
Paperback, 1995
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The Poetics of Space
Gaston BachelardC Thi Nguyen@SusanaRV09 Gaston Bachelard, the Poetics of Space. Classic in the phenomenology of space. Check out the revival of Jorge Portilla who is American phenomenologies who wrote about mood. Francisco Gallegos is doing great new work applying Portilla to spaces.
Paperback, 2014
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