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in school. whats it like? |
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wink wink, nudge nudge |
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It all depends who you read and on what subject, pure philosophy can be a little dry but if it is applied to something like art history it can be fun |
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I was actually looking at a philosophy course today, but it's been so long since I've been in education I think I'm gonna start off with something lighter. Maybe an IT course or something that I already know pretty well to get back into the whole homework thing, and working towards a qualification |
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I heard that philosophy is the easiest major. Well for other people who are less introverted because I'd imagine there's a lot of public speaking involved. |
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im not interested for a job standpoint... |
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you can always get a job at the old philosophy factory i think the class really depends on the teacher, i took it in high school and i liked it alot |
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what do you want to know? |
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oh yeah but i guess the point i wanted to make is that philosophy is something that can get really boring if you have a bad teacher |
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perhaps next time if you didn't jizz all over his face he might not throw you out the class. |
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i do. i find myself really torn between literature and philosophy, since my area of study is really in some nether realm between the two. why do you ask? incidentally, i also study in vancouver, and agree absolutely with 010101. |
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earthleakage |
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i do, ask me anything |
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it's fucking hard. it gets uninteresting especually when you work all day then come home for fucking class. and philosophy after you've worked all day and are worn out? no..it needs to be in the late afternoon when you've been loungin' and a few beers in ya so you can have some decent discussion. philosophy in school become a chore :'( |
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I do like Dr. Stern though. |
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i took philosophy as an option in 1st semester, i like it and i did well at the exam but i wouldn't take it as a major... a bit for the same reasons as elusive said. also, it's a bit like text studies : you can get a bad mark or a good mark for a same paper, depending on who corrects you - it varies a lot. |
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I'm a Philosophy Major/Religious Studies Minor. |
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i've done some courses on philosophy and logic for my artificial intelligence study (i guess it's what you guys call a major). the courses were interesting, but i prefer to just read philosophical texts by myself instead of being forced into it and being forced to have opinions about things i do not care to have an opinion about. |
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yeah, philosophy classes aren't very instructive. just read the shit. |
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I don't do it in school, I do it at university. It's fucking great, but I've been interested and determined to study it since I was 14. I completely disagree with elusives statement; "it's fucking hard. it gets uninteresting," and also mappatazees; "yeah, philosophy classes aren't very instructive. just read the shit." and I have to say that.. if you have the interest, studying it is MUCH better than just reading the books.. you won't learn anything from reading books.. you'll have to apply the knowledge and get into discussions about stuff like that to learn it... |
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i studied philosophy of science (descartes, hume, locke, kuhn, popper etc.) in my second year at university, and enjoyed it verymuchly. almost did it for my final year as well (=major i suppose), but in the end plumped for psychology. less navel gazing and more empiricism (to the extent that they are comparable). wittgenstein drew a line under much of the philosophical canon, and now it's mostly chasing its own tail. |
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i thunk therefore i was |
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who'd 'a thunk it? |
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if i wanna study philosphy, i'll just rent matrix 1 2 & 3... its all there isn't it? ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! |
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I just coughed up some slime.. does that mean I'm the one?! |
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spit the slime out, and wake up in your bed tomorrow as if nothing happened. or swallow it back down... and find out how far the rabbit hole goes. |
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I swallowed it, but I can't see any rabbit-holes.. however, I can see a man who for some reason seems to be creeped out by something.. he's staring at me... |
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Walk right up next to him so your face is six inches from his, look him deep in the eyes, and ask him if he knows where the rabbit hole is. I think he may soon be hoping for the 'wake up tomorrow and you won't remember a thing' option. |
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He's running away.. should I chase him? ..maybe he's showing me the way to the rabbit hole?! |
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Ah, he must be morpheus. you must follow him - he knows where the leather-clad ladies are hiding - but beware, soon he will start talking pompous, vaguely philosophical bollocks. enjoy the silent chasing while it lasts. |
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thank you, sensei. I will do as you have said. |
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i just finished studying it at college. its great, but not a doss like most people seem to think |
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I have a lot of respect for philosophy students, because it's one of the few subjects that requires a special aptitude (beyond just studying like a sweatshop wageslave) to excel at. Maths and music are the only other two academic subjects I can think of that you can't just succeed in as a work-hard generalist. |
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whoah! I have a special aptitude!!! |
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Yes, you do: jesting! |
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the good thing about studying philosophy is, that most of proffesors are awesome people; funny, interesting...not dull like it's the case with many other studies. at least it's like that over here. |
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that depends.. the older they are, the more "power" they have, so they do lots of fun stuff... the younger ones are more careful about what they do while lecturing, 'cause they want to "keep their jobs." |
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yeah that's true. my philosophy tutor had an awesome curly moustache that he used to stroke whilst pondering The Big Questions. he also used to take off his sandals in supervisions and sit crosslegged, barefoot, smoking a pipe in his armchair. seriously. i'm gonna miss some shit about cambridge. |
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well, there are very few proffesors under 40 here...and i don't think that about beeing more careful works here, coz university management gives quite a lot on students opinions... |
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i study old school japanese martial arts which has some interesting built-in philosophy to do with harmony with natural forces, controlling your own destiny, being a decent chappy etc. Its philosophy is not studied, as such , but becomes an outlook that is inevitibly reached as the years of training mount up. The ideas are simple but to integrate them into your daily life is the trick and only really comes to you after deepp martial study, when one is old - One of the many paradoxs of japanese martial arts... becoming wise at the end. Afterall, the path to elightment isn't about the destination but the journey! |
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shrug, I personally think philosophy is a stupid thing... it seems totally up it's own ass... |
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you jest, I hope?! |
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fuck. i was intending to mug you at glade. and nick all your squarepusher live recordings. won't mess now. :) |
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not really... I mean I understand the point of philosophy... just all these stupid things like "If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?" just get on my nerves... who cares? |
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people who do not care about that are morons |
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are you affraid he might philozophize you to death? |
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eh.. there isn't very much of that in philosophy... those are quasi-philosophical questions, if I may be so blunt as to call them that... |
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best possible example heh personally i love to hear from philosophers about everyday life, politics, daily events...stuff like that. |
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yes, you may. |
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oh, thank heavens.. I though I was restricted on the internet... |
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