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Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:29 pm
by AxeD
Kochari wrote:Had my first seminar of philosophy today (i switched from music tech cus my brain wasn't being used). I was really nervous cus I'd missed so much of the course, but the great thing about philosophy, you see, is that it's not what you know, but how you think. And if you think in the right way, you can think about and understand absolutely anything in the world, with no prior knowledge. And thanks to a combination of mentalist friends, interesting books, and a lot of LSD, I'm thinking in the right way. Feel like I'm getting somewhere!
Two friends of mine study philosophy in Amsterdam and my Plato they do a shitload of work every week! Dunno anyone
who spends more hours on college.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:33 pm
by Coppola
noam wrote:Kochari wrote:Had my first seminar of philosophy today (i switched from music tech cus my brain wasn't being used). I was really nervous cus I'd missed so much of the course, but the great thing about philosophy, you see, is that it's not what you know, but how you think. And if you think in the right way, you can think about and understand absolutely anything in the world, with no prior knowledge. And thanks to a combination of mentalist friends, interesting books, and a lot of LSD, I'm thinking in the right way. Feel like I'm getting somewhere!
you done logic or linguistics yet??
i could read and understand elementary philosophy, logic was my downfall though... if you get to 3rd year and cant do Logic you're FUCKED for philosophy, so learn that as hard as you can, the rest is basically literary analysis for the first two years, but 3rd year metaphysics/logic of modality/necessitarianism was some of the hardest stuff i've ever had to do!
enjoy though, its totally a subject where you get out exactly what you put in
what modules you doin btw?
I've just sent of my UCAS form applying for Philosophy degree. Where did you do your degree? Did you enjoy it?
Also how much politics/political philosophy is involved, not sure whether to maybe do a joint degree with politics and philosophy but have heard that joint degrees are a bit shit...
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:00 pm
by noam
i studied at Leeds, they have a great analytic philosophy department, and as you get to third year a brilliant Metaphysics staff
aas i said, its a degree where you get out of it entirely what you put in, enjoying it is a weird one, i really enjoyed aspects of it, the feeling of accomplishment is satisfying when you really crack something
i really enjoyed the freedom to express ideas, but you are ofcourse constrained within the limits of academic study, which means you can be jumping through hoops, in that regard its actually easy to do well, but you have to be focused and just do the work you're given
i spent ages being a prick about my work and not taking it seriously, i barely attended and was generally a shit student
but when i worked, and worked hard, i enjoyed it so much more, the progress you can make in terms of thinking is really great, but it simportant to know that it wont necessarily make you the most employable person in the world... that said, i have a good mate in london who passed his business degree with a 1st and was awarded the top business student in the country or some shit like that and he's still unemployed now so there ya go
i started doing politics electives in first year, quit that, politics is interesting, but really, in philosophy you should pick some philosophy electives, the more you do the more cross-referencing you can bring in,from different theories and thinkers, which makes you a stronger student, you can also do Political Philosophy etc. but that stuff is basically as useless as you get, if you're gona do philosophy either do Continental/Psychological philosophy or go fully analytic and go down the logic route... logic is basically like linguistic algebra/programming
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:11 pm
by noam
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:39 pm
by Coppola
cheers for the info man, leeds is one of my choices, haven't got any offers yet because I only just sent off my UCAS.
I'm not too bothered about employability, Philosophy is something I find interesting so thats why I want a degree in it. Not because I want a job at the end.
now i just need to get the grades to get in.......
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:41 pm
by noam
good luck squire
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:42 pm
by yoowan
Henry
Hollywood couldn't do it better
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:09 am
by clifford_-
yoowan wrote:Henry
Hollywood couldn't do it better
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:06 am
by Ferryman
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:49 am
by bela
this is three months away
WHATEVER
something to look forward to as winter melts into spring
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:52 am
by DZA
bela wrote:this is three months away
WHATEVER
something to look forward to as winter melts into spring
fook me looks epic
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:59 am
by magma
DZA wrote:bela wrote:this is three months away
WHATEVER
something to look forward to as winter melts into spring
fook me looks epic
Shhhhhiiiiiit!
What's the deal with tickets?
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:00 pm
by DZA
magma wrote:DZA wrote:bela wrote:this is three months away
WHATEVER
something to look forward to as winter melts into spring
fook me looks epic
Shhhhhiiiiiit!
What's the deal with tickets?
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?324183
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:01 pm
by magma
It says that on the flyer doesn't it.
Nice one!
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:04 pm
by bela
hahah, i love you guys, straight in there for the tickets -- that's the way
all of this under one roof, is u mad blud???
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:10 pm
by Electric_Head
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:18 pm
by wub
bela wrote:hahah, i love you guys, straight in there for the tickets -- that's the way
all of this under one roof, is u mad blud???
BBQ pre party
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:21 pm
by Liam92
Just ordered myself a Papa John's, starving
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:24 pm
by bela
wub wrote:bela wrote:hahah, i love you guys, straight in there for the tickets -- that's the way
all of this under one roof, is u mad blud???
BBQ pre party
1000% yes.
Re: things that have made you happy today
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:30 pm
by wub
