<p>I took at English class at my CC and it was a disaster, but I kind of want to try out a philosophy class for next semester. What type of things do you learn/study in philosophy? I have the basic idea but I would love to hear from fellow CCers :)</p>
<p>A bunch of infuriating statements like "The self is a relation that relates itself to itself." And deceptively simple "logical arguments" that somehow help us decide what truth and justice and all that crap are</p>
<p>Philosophy is interesting, and I would recommend taking at least one good philosophy class. There is a reason, however, that a lot of people consider it to be one of the hardest degrees to obtain.</p>
<p>I struggled with the logical falacies and arguments about mind boggling depth of thought. It just goes too deep, and the text is so hard to understand, because it twists in so many circular patterns, eventually leading to who the hell knows, just a lot of deep ass thinking.</p>
<p>Are you a mathematical person or a words-instead-of-numbers person? For the logic and early stuff...eh...good for a numbers mind. I'd say most philosophy really is for a mathematical mind. Then again I'm just philosophizing myself :/</p>
<p>philosophy is when some old guy decides to let the whole world know that he thinks he knows everything about everything.</p>
<p>lmfao i agree with stuck</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy</a></p>
<p>Im in a philosophy class right now, suffice to say, its not my cup of tea. Not because I hate philosophy, but because I hate idealism. If you want a good read, get into Nietzsche and Machiavelli.</p>
<p>Lol Nietszche was the most ****ing useless philosopher ever. It's interesting to read and trendy to talk about but when it comes down to it, he was Ayn Rand minus the veneer.</p>
<p>I'll take him over Socrates any day.</p>
<p>Philosophy is cool. Maybe I'm just saying that cause I had an awesome professor.</p>
<p>Depends on what part of philosophy you're studying.</p>
<p>"Depends on what part of philosophy you're studying."</p>
<p>That's quite true. A lot of students -- myself included -- find that they really enjoy studying some branches of philosophy, but deplore the study of other branches.</p>
<p>For instance, I generally love Ethics, political philosophy, history of philosophy, and philosophy of religion; I sometimes like<a href="on%20good%20days">/i</a> Epistemology, Metaphysics, Aesthetics, continental philosophy, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language; and I usually *hate Logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. I am working toward an undergraduate degree in philosophy, but I wouldn't take a course in any of the latter three if you put a gun to my head. (My rigorous Intro to Philosophy course was enough for me to learn that I suck at all of them very, very badly.) </p>
<p>The good news is that philosophy is such a vast and wide-ranging area of study that students can -- without feeling the least bit of guilt or shame -- focus on the areas that they enjoy and are good at, and avoid the others. Most graduate programs (MA/PhD) in philosophy today require students to pick one branch to focus on.</p>
<p>I hate "socratic idealism" and that subsequent line of philosophic thought; so unrealistic. It's such a turn off.</p>
<p>on wikipedia (about socrates):</p>
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Perhaps his most important contribution to Western thought is his dialectic (answering a question with a question) method of inquiry, known as the Socratic Method or method of elenchos, which he largely applied to the examination of key moral concepts such as the Good and Justice
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<p>In other words, when he had nothing to say he'd weasle out of answering by asking a question.</p>
<p>I don't have as big a problem with his argumentation as I do with the content of his teachings. I had to read Apology, etc. and suffice to say, I was VERY disappointed.</p>
<p>Steve Martin was a philosophy major. He said that with most college majors you will happily forget everything you learned within five years of leaving school, but as a philosophy major you will remember just enough to screw you up the rest of your life.</p>
<p>Woody Allen majored in philosophy too.</p>
<p>Rotflmfao @ post #16.</p>
<p>I love when people who have no idea about what philosophy is tell others what they think philosophy is.</p>
<p>I love it when people try and act "better" by pointing out people who supposedly have no idea about what philosophy is and tell others what they think philosophy is...</p>