I really don't want to do this paper.
I really don't like my Early Modern Philosophy course anymore. I think its poorly organized, dry, and almost completely irrelevant to my career. I thought that it would be a great addition to my understanding of the development of western thought, but the professors approach is so... vacuous. The philosophers we are studying all seem like complete brain morons who lack any originality: they are all joining in on Descartes 'structure building' in movement against scholasticism. Liebniz, Berkeley, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Kant: they write a whole bunch about absolutely nothing in particular. I have come to conclusion that I can't stand metaphysics or epistemology: and that's all we talk about in class. Thier ideas simply don't 'come to life' in any examinations we have done.
It's frustrating because I want to get something out of this course, but it just isn't happening. The mid term is almost 3 weeks late (I have an extension since I'd been sick). I'm hoping that it all comes together at the end, and Kant or Hume saves the day with some really neat insight, but I thought Locke would do that, and it hasn't hit me yet.
Existentialism was fun, Ancient Greek is fascinating. Systems theory seemed kinda esoteric even though it was neat. Logic was difficult and interesting, but really hasn't helped my understanding of science as much as I'd hoped. Introduction to Philosophy of Science was great in understanding philosophers like Kuhn and Popper.
I'm fed up with philosophy in many ways. What I'm interested in are A) Social Ethics in relation to science B) Personal Ethics C) Critical examination of the natural sciences. I'm intered in philosophy that actually has some pragmatic uses in science and critical insight into the human condition.
Philosophy as an academic discipline is pretty annoying sometimes. It's not like science where you can debate with a professor using "facts", instead debates in philosophy class usually come down to how silly it is to lean on "facts". But that's post-modern philosophy I guess?
I only have 15 credits left to finish my second major in philosophy. I'm going to steer far, far away from any courses that concern themselves with history of metaphysics, epistemology and christian philosophy: I can learn all I need to from secondary sources on such topics. I think enough people have read Leibniz "Monadology" when they could have been critically examining scientific research to some merit. Instead I'm going into Ethics--end of story. Next semester CCSU is offering Bio-Ethics and Ethical Problems in Technology. This will put my Logic classes to good use, and help me to form effective arguments which I can transfer over to my science career as being a sound voice in the scientific community.
All is not lost. Philosophy is a huge discipline with many facets. If I enjoyed every single philosophy course I took, I wouldn't be as certain to which direction to move in my studies. Philosophy was square one with me, and I continually go back and fourth between biology and philosophy: some days I want to be a scientist, and others a philosopher. Today is surely one of those days where I really just want to be a scientist.
It's frustrating because I want to get something out of this course, but it just isn't happening. The mid term is almost 3 weeks late (I have an extension since I'd been sick). I'm hoping that it all comes together at the end, and Kant or Hume saves the day with some really neat insight, but I thought Locke would do that, and it hasn't hit me yet.
Existentialism was fun, Ancient Greek is fascinating. Systems theory seemed kinda esoteric even though it was neat. Logic was difficult and interesting, but really hasn't helped my understanding of science as much as I'd hoped. Introduction to Philosophy of Science was great in understanding philosophers like Kuhn and Popper.
I'm fed up with philosophy in many ways. What I'm interested in are A) Social Ethics in relation to science B) Personal Ethics C) Critical examination of the natural sciences. I'm intered in philosophy that actually has some pragmatic uses in science and critical insight into the human condition.
Philosophy as an academic discipline is pretty annoying sometimes. It's not like science where you can debate with a professor using "facts", instead debates in philosophy class usually come down to how silly it is to lean on "facts". But that's post-modern philosophy I guess?
I only have 15 credits left to finish my second major in philosophy. I'm going to steer far, far away from any courses that concern themselves with history of metaphysics, epistemology and christian philosophy: I can learn all I need to from secondary sources on such topics. I think enough people have read Leibniz "Monadology" when they could have been critically examining scientific research to some merit. Instead I'm going into Ethics--end of story. Next semester CCSU is offering Bio-Ethics and Ethical Problems in Technology. This will put my Logic classes to good use, and help me to form effective arguments which I can transfer over to my science career as being a sound voice in the scientific community.
All is not lost. Philosophy is a huge discipline with many facets. If I enjoyed every single philosophy course I took, I wouldn't be as certain to which direction to move in my studies. Philosophy was square one with me, and I continually go back and fourth between biology and philosophy: some days I want to be a scientist, and others a philosopher. Today is surely one of those days where I really just want to be a scientist.