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[girlnoir]

As William James, one of the great American Philosophers once said, "Philosophy is the unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly." As the not-so-great American not-so-Philosopher, Rachel Gutman once said, "Philosophy is the sport of wanking of the mind." Basically, the goal of philosophy, aside from being extremely annoying, is also to ask

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[efreedenberg]

i'm going into philosophy as a career, and even i agree with you that much of it is mental masturbation. it takes some getting used to, but once you see it in a positive light, you will realize that the entirety of your life is mandated by the flux of its fundamental concepts. many philosophy students start out frustrated and bewildered, and leave thoroughly changed, or at least influenced to think both rationally and abstractly about your internal and external worlds.

i hope you enjoy your class, or whatever philosophy you're working on.