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Position:Home>Philosophy> Help!! please...confusing philosophy!?Question: Help!! please!.!.!.confusing philosophy!!? So i just started philosophy class at my university!.!.!. i thought it was an intriging topic and that i had the type of thinking for it!.!.!. BUT the class is called "introduction to philosophy" & EVERYONE but me is talking about all these theories & people & big words and i would love if someone could just tell me WHERE TO START!? i have no idea where to begin to KNOW stuff just like them!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Start from the greek philosophy as it laid the foundation for the following philosophies, also read abit about Descartes,Kant, Hegel and as you go you will learn about their influnces, wiki gives brief info about any topic but its enough to know something about these issues, check the links for further readingWww@QuestionHome@Com If you want to " know Stuff' you have to expose yourself to the " stuff" you want to know!. Philosophy really has no wrong answers, the idea is for you to create or expound on an Intelligent thought!. The thought has to be supportable in at least theory!. You don't have to prove your thought for it tobe a valid philosophy but you must be able to express your thought intellectually, it's gotta at least Sound provable!. Having this mentality will put your mind on the right track to understanding the stuff your hearing in class!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Well just brush up on some philosophy such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Kant, Anselm, Hegel, ect!. Look for random quotes and meanings online!. This should make you atleast appear that you know something about philosophy, until you can learn more!. :D Hope this helps a bit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I`d love to encourage you, but you have to have the interest in the search for the truth and have a special mindset, where you love to analyze,to find the reasons etc!. Otherwise I`m sure there is a "Philosophy for Dummies" book- no disrespect intended!. Www@QuestionHome@Com come up with new theories which are true yet no one knows of!. i'm at ender!.delphiki@yahoo!.com for tons theories no one has heard of, yet upon learning them, they are recognized as true!. also look up Murphy's Law!. its a book of thousands of laws and rules stating anything that can go wrong will at the worst possible time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |