(no subject)
The philosophy program here is dreadful. I seriously have not enjoyed the vegetarian propaganda, I mean, "The Ethics of Food" class in the least. It's not that philosophy itself is dull, indeed, the only portion I've enjoyed is examining the philosophers.
The problem is that the program here is topic-based, not subject-based. This means that you examine an issue (usually practical/ethical in nature), and read different philosophers' takes on the matter. A subject-based program examines philosophers directly, with all of their beliefs. A topic-based program is designed, for the most part, to churn out social engineers who will improve the world. This is all fine and dandy, but not for philosophy. Philosophy, at its best, is the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.
But when you have a pragmatist of a professor who can't read from one point to the next in your papers, such is thrown out of the window.
And for what it's worth, the Latin language pleases me too much. I just hope that the Classics program will emphasize studying Greece and Rome because they're worth studying, and not because learning the complexities of the Latin subjunctive mood or Greek syntax will help us ace medical exams.
I say gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/chesterson03.htm
The problem is that the program here is topic-based, not subject-based. This means that you examine an issue (usually practical/ethical in nature), and read different philosophers' takes on the matter. A subject-based program examines philosophers directly, with all of their beliefs. A topic-based program is designed, for the most part, to churn out social engineers who will improve the world. This is all fine and dandy, but not for philosophy. Philosophy, at its best, is the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.
But when you have a pragmatist of a professor who can't read from one point to the next in your papers, such is thrown out of the window.
And for what it's worth, the Latin language pleases me too much. I just hope that the Classics program will emphasize studying Greece and Rome because they're worth studying, and not because learning the complexities of the Latin subjunctive mood or Greek syntax will help us ace medical exams.
I say gain knowledge for the sake of knowledge.
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/chesterson03.htm