I am obsessed with Philosophy

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That's nice...I'm interested in philosophy as well...

I too was once obsessed with philosophy, and still am for the most part. Beware though, the deeper to you go into the rabbit hole, the harder it is to relate to people.

Try reading http://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Introd ... 053451250X
I read it for an intro course, very light read and gives you an idea of all the major players. You will find many of your ideas have been thought of before, and many novel arguments made might change your views radically. Not too many people are interested in philosophy anymore. Deconstructivism and postmodernism seemed to have killed it. Oh, and science and the humanities as well.

I never liked philosophy, it was way too abstract. I've always had trouble with abstract thought and metaphors and such.

I'm going through that, myself

Yes, philosophy is a great topic, great for those who are interested in life outside of pretty objects and boobies.

Especially if you are locked in a cell, away from all the pretty objects and boobies.

Never saw one myself, but I like most birds.

Greek philosophy is a good start,for anyone staring out; take it gradually.The Greeks really started all philosophical thought.They also founded many of the sciences and math.Very basic.

Also,my uncle was right; Jewish Philosophy tends to be very practical,and helps people learn how to behave,and how to live life. Anyhow, it is a good source for people trying to figure life out,who are puzzled. I found that out, myself, my uncle was pretty smart. Asian religions and philosophies are very wise,and are different, but after a while, I liked them very much. I thought they tended to be more "subtle". They explained life from a different sife,that western thought did not.

You are correct, philosophy is a great way to think.

How about Nostradamous (alright not a philosopher -> more of a loon)

Christianity is good too... it's just a shame when it gets hoodwinked by people like Benny Hinn.

i never understood philosophy, i mean whats it all about anyways? is it just hypothetical thinking?

I currently have an obsession with the late Austrian-British philosopher Karl Popper. I'm currently reading his famous book on political philosophy The Open Society and It's Enemies, in which he rips the anti-liberal political philosophies of Plato, Hegel, and Marx to shreds. He's also famous for his notion of falsifiability being the requirement for a theory to be scientific.

I am a super big fan of Wittgenstein. One day he ate Popper for lunch. Put that doesn't mean we can't all still be friends!

I've heard that when Witty was a college student he tried to commit suicide and Bertrand Russel had to come and talk him out of it!

Any particular philosophers that Aspies prefer? I like Kierkegaard, named my son after him. In 7 years, only 3 people have guessed that's where his name was from.

I think he was on the spectrum, Hans Christian Andersen (who doesn't seem like he was on the spectrum, though people claim he was) portrayed Kierkegaard as a parrot in one of his plays. They had a rivalry, it seemed that Kierkegaard ridiculed Andersen for traits he himself had, and vice versa. But the philosopher was pedantic, obsessive and apparently very repetitive.
I think his theory on the Knight of Faith makes a lot of sense.

That's cool! The movie "I Heart Huckabees" got me hooked on Existential Philosophy. Now i'm always wondering why I exist and stuff like that. "How am I not myself?" to quote Brad Stand.

I don't think so. Their debate took place in the period between Wittgensteins transition between his ideas from the Tractatus to PI II. Some of Poppers criticisms were valid, and Wittgenstein himself eventually went on to discuss philosophically (and solve) some of the problems that he dismissed from Popper as not being of Philosophy.

/Wittgenstein is still my favorite philosopher.
//He said there was never a day in his life that he never seriously considered suicide.
///Was one of the richest men in Europe, but gave his entire fortune away.
////Acutally used his family connections to get into the frontlines of WW1 instead of using them to get out.
/////spent his whole life trying to find "God", even though he was a strict atheist.