Can you be wrong in Philosophy?

[nspeds]

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By the way, is there even a standard textbook that is utilized in Philosophy courses? The professors at my college direct students to use any Intro to Phil book, my Prof has written a book that we have to purchase and answer but its based on his own self assertions and readings.

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<p>Well, there really isn’t any textbook. Sure, people have developed some, but they arn’t so good. Most professors in the intro courses here just develop their own packets. I have Robert Nozick’s course pack from when he did the intro course at Harvard, and they are brilliant. Any decent intro to philosophy class will utilize primary sources</p>

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To be so smart, you’re awful at getting the point.

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<p>Could it be just that you’re so awful at explaining it? </p>

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point then since, well, it won’t be true.

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<p>Great. And aside from your being at a CC, I still think you’re an idiot. I think many students here are idiots, and they started here as freshmen. Your point?</p>

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you bore me and are too stubborn for your own good. It must be nice to always be right, at least in your mind.

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<p>Sorry, brand, it’s just hard to take your opinion seriously when I have A papers and recommendations from people who are far more accomplished and respected than you will ever be.</p>

[badman89]

<p>I’m sorry konfuzed101, thats just too broad a question. Aristotle had many thoughts on many different issues. He is probably most famous for his thoughts on Politics and Ethics and also for the fact that he single handedly developed the study of logic (though it was in the form of flawed syllogisms).</p>

<p>It really is not appropriate for me to post his thoughts in a paragraph; Actually I can’t even do it if I wanted to.</p>

<p>If you really want some help with this, I have a copy of Bertrand Russell’s History of Western Philosophy as an ebook; PM me your email address and I can email it to you.
He gives a summary of most popular philosophers’ views. I found the chapters he wrote on Plato and Aristotle very good.</p>

[mildred]

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Can you? I’m taking Phil this semester and needless to say I find it direly boring and uninteresting. I have one of those crazy PHD Professors that looks out the window while giving lectures as if he is in a Shakespearian play, is and I kid you not, in his late 60’s and still wearing skateboarding shoes and talks amongst himself. His lectures are not very clear, and he seems to go off topic about chocolate cookies and diet Pepsi every so often. Point is: our prof. has assigned some questions, can one’s answer be wrong in Philosophy? I hope that its a matter of opinion rather than the justification of right or wrong.

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<p>I love how you describe your professor. You make your professor sound like a character out of a bad movie and it cracks me up. </p>

<p>The bottom line with your assignment is that you have to knuckle down and try your darnedest. You have to go through your class notes and the notes you have made on the assigned readings and just go for broke with reviewing. After you review and pinpoint key areas of your notes which you can use on your assignment, you then have to brew some coffee and sit down and do your best to craft the most fine tuned and articulate responses to these questions. </p>

<p>After everything is said and done with your assignment, you then have to schedule a time to speak with your professor. Speak with your professor about what you have learned by doing the assignment and try to learn more of what the professor expects.</p>

<p>I know that some of this thread has become rubbish. But, what I am trying to share with you is not rubbish. I am actually trying to bring things back on track and help you. </p>

<p><a href=“http://plato.stanford.edu/[/url]”>http://plato.stanford.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>^ This is a rather swell web site for philosophy (it is run by Stanford University). Look up whoever you fancy and then go to the library and check out some of the books recommended on the site. You’ll be better for having done it.</p>

[nspeds]

<p>plato.stanford.edu is a great site. I am surprised I didn’t think about it, and I’m doubly surprised that such a gem was located in all the garbage that mildred wrote.</p>

<p>She doesn’t like people who insult others, but she insults others in expressing this dislike. Gah, more inferiors.</p>

[mildred]

<p>Have a swell day nspeds. </p>

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This message is hidden because nspeds is on your ignore list.

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[cowgirlatheart]

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but as to questions of “truth”, “justice”, and whatnot, the answer depends on your perspective. </p>

<p>Huh? No, it doesn’t.

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<p>Plato, Hobbes, and Nietzsche all had pretty different perspectives on truth and justice. What we get to do in philosophy is analyse those ideas and decide which ones we may or may not find valid (and why). Philosophy can have “right” and “wrong” ideas depending on what particular school of thought you believe to be the best one. That’s all I was trying to convey to the OP.</p>

[nspeds]

<p>Huh? What did mildred say?</p>

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This message is hidden because mildred is on your ignore list.

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[brand_182]

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Could it be just that you’re so awful at explaining it?

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<p>Heh, must be. As long as you’re not at fault, right? What an amazing person you must be.</p>

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And aside from your being at a CC, I still think you’re an idiot

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<p>I’m flattered.</p>

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Sorry, brand, it’s just hard to take your opinion seriously when I have A papers and recommendations from people who are far more accomplished and respected than you will ever be.

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<p>Sorry nspeds, but it’s just hard to take your opinion seriously when you don’t even know a common SAT word. Of course, you’ve yet to acknowledge that you were wrong about that, since you’re always right. :rolleyes: </p>

<p>Anyways, you’ve got a lot of stuff going for you academically: it’s too bad you have such awful people skills. Just don’t apply to any law schools that require an interview and you should be fine. ;)</p>