EnterTheBowser

In the past, there have been some threads on topics such as "Who was the most influential philosopher of all time" and "What books would you recommend as an introduction to philosophy." So, this time around, I want to ask: what authors/works have been most influential on your personal thought?

I'll start! (This list is a little long...)

In the philosophy of language and logic:
"On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme"
-Donald Davidson
"The Search for Logically Alien Thought"
-James Conant
"What is Logic?"
-Ian Hacking

In metaethics:
"Mathematical Truth"
-Paul Benacerraf
Freedom and Reason
-R.M. Hare
Principia Ethica
-G.E. Moore

In normative ethics:
"Virtue Ethics and Abortion"
-Rosalind Hursthouse
"Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person"
-Harry Frankfurt

In political theory:
The Social Contract
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Political Liberalism
-John Rawls

kennethamy

David Hume. Everything he wrote (that I have read).
J.L. Austin
G.E. Moore
L. Wittgenstein
Descartes (because he made the greatest mistakes; those from which you can learn the most).