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Philosophy
I'm gonna be a freshman in college and I have a philosophy class....what do you usually do and study in that class?
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Although I am majoring in Psychology (I was a freshmen) I took a broad Philosophy class. To put it simply, Philosophy is the study of "why". Why will Margret choose B based on what A is. It is about questioning everything and thinking of everything in logic and every possible outcome. You THINK ABOUT whether god exists and why, whether knowledge is really possible- reasoning to evaluate arguments concerning these questions. You will do a lot of debate because most of Philosophy is theories. And believe me you will have to do this huge thesis about if a tree falls in a Forrest and nobody is around to hear it fall, did it really make a sound?". Some say yes because everything makes a sound, regardless if you are there or not. Other will say no because
people hear the sound wave and process the waves to make them recognizable as an actual sound. When the tree is falling isn't a sound until it is processed in your mind as one and without you being there to process the sound wave as a sound there is no sound. Oh god...... philosophy.
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Impossible to know, at least for me without more info. Philosophy is a very broad subject in college. For example, I took a class called Philosophy 12: Logic and Decision Making, which was basically a statistics class. I also took philosophy 27: Ethics and Society, which was about the analyzation of ethics arguments from philosophers. There wasn't much oppurtunity for personal opinion. You should look up your class in the course catalog to see what you will be doing.
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Well, philosophers try to answer the really "deep" questions about life. What is right and what is wrong? And how do you *know*? What is beauty? What should a perfect society be like? How should we act? What is the purpose of life? Why are we here?
In philosophy class, you'll learn about different philosophers and what they thought. You'll also discuss your own thoughts on those subjects. You'll probably have a lot of reading, and some of it might be boring or hard to understand. But it can be pretty interesting! And it's fun to discuss this stuff and hear other people's views. It really gets you thinking!
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Philosphy is sort of the study of how we should live. How we should behave. Ethics and Etiquette. SO many people try to explain it. But philosphers are known for doing it best. The best known philosphers are Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.They are famous Greek Philosphers. Every Society has their own philosphers. There is Eastern Philosphy (Confucious) and Western Philosphy, and Indian Philosophy, etc, etc.
There is a great new book out, and it is sort of a funny book on philosphy. It is called
Plato and a Platapus Walked Into a Bar, Sub title, Understanding Philosphy through jokes.
by Cathcart and Klein. YOu might want to pick it up over the summer and read it before you take your class. IT could give you a head start and be pleasant reading. Some philosphers are pretty boring.
Good luck to you and congratulations on going to college.
Michele
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