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Thanks for all of the great discussion in the philosophy thread the other day!
As the title says, thank you to everyone who participated in the philosophy thread that I put up the other day. It was really great to get to talk to people about interesting questions and see the different ideas have on issues like determinism versus free will.
I'm really loving this site because of the great, reasonable discussion that's been going on, and I hope that we keep it going!
P.S. If anyone has some more interesting philosophical questions, please make a post about it! Based on the response to the thread the other day, I think a ton of people would be interested in discussing with you. I know I would be.
Link for the lazy:
https://tildes.net/~talk/1n6/anyone_want_to_talk_philosophy
Well... not necessarily even lazy, since without user history pagination and search, sometimes slightly older posts on ~ are actually hard to find. ;)
Thanks for providing the link. Blanked on adding that when making the post.
Yeah, I'm really liking how much this community is into philosophy. I frequented r/badphilosophy so that kind of deeper discussion but also lighthearted beginner friendliness is something I very much hope to see over here. I made a short intro guide for another user here:
https://tildes.net/~talk/1n6/anyone_want_to_talk_philosophy#comment-h91
I also have something of an academic background in it (getting a minor) so if anyone wants to know the textbooks I've used or the way our classes were structured I'm willing to share. Happy philosophizing.
Thanks for the intro guide! I saw it the other day and saved it for future reference. I'm interested in philosophy but haven't done anything academic related to it, so it's super cool to see what someone who's done academic philosophy thinks.
Hey, sorry, a bit off topic but since you wrote that guide:
How far, in your experience, do you think you can get with the more "internety" sources with philosophy? I've been wanting to round out my knowledge in that area since all I have is pretty much patched together as needed for understanding other things, and I'm curious how useful the resources out there are. I know that I technically have access to plenty of the books and papers that would get me there on the internet, but I'm curious if I can get past the equivalent of having taken a few 100/200-level courses without leaving the domain of YouTube videos, podcasts, internet articles, etc. Heavy reading is cool and all, but I can't see myself forcing my way through Hegel on the side.
I'd usually call these things (podcasts, articles) more of a supplement to reading. Even in a course you read so muchhhh and on top of that you have lectures and articles to go along with it. I think though, you can get a good rudimentary understanding if you find an online course or some articles and follow along on with some of lighter readings, while also listening to podcasts and such. I suggest finding syllabi online as they often contain an outline and you'll get a feeling for just how much students learn/read in one course. You can also find some nice resources on those. Also definitely don't read Hegel now haha (or ever because god damn he's hard to read).