Philosophy 1: Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel

[MissThundercat]

His book on Sexuality is fantastic.

I need to pick up that, some Camus, and some Sartre.

I can't get into Hegel no matter how hard I try.

 

[Kepler]

I can't get into Hegel no matter how hard I try.

I do not recommend Hegel as original source material. He is shot through all subsequent philosophy so reading the original isn't important or useful enough to justify the pain and anguish. (Same with Heraclitus who at least had the courtesy of being brief.)

 

[Kepler]

 

[MissThundercat]

Any suggestions on who to read when you're running on caffeine, spite, and feminist rage?

 

[Kepler]

Any suggestions on who to read when you're running on caffeine, spite, and feminist rage?

Judith Butler if you want to win an argument.

Angela Davis if you want to win a knife fight.

 

[MissThundercat]

This person helps explain Nietzsche's 3 Metamorphoses in an easy to understand language.

https://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/nietzsches-three-metamorphoses/

But I believe the 3 aren't linear and you progress and regress depending on where you are in life.

 

[MissThundercat]

I've been watching The Good Place and it's a fun way to learn about various views on morals and ethics.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Judith Butler if you want to win an argument.

Angela Davis if you want to win a knife fight.

Jackie Collins if you want to win a salon fight.

 

[Kepler]

 

[Kepler]

NYU? a

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

NYU? a

Rutgers? I mean...fucking Rutgers? Really?

 

[dxmnkd316]

NYU? a

Florida State on par with Carnegie Mellon

go home philosophical gourmet, you're drunk

 

[Kepler]

Rutgers? I mean...fucking Rutgers? Really?

Rutgers has been amazing in Philosophy for a long time. Another one that's big: University of Arizona, because they host some of the greatest Medievalist resources in the world.

With specialty disciplines one or two famous faculty moving to the school can shift it. In Dr. Mrs.' field (Gender Legal Studies) one woman took the #1 ranking with her as she moved between three schools.

 

[Kepler]

Florida State on par with Carnegie Mellon

go home philosophical gourmet, you're drunk

FSU must have picked up some interesting people -- I had no idea.

My favorite was for a long time NW Louisiana State was a highly rated program because one of the top Continental philosophers was there because he wanted to be close to his ailing mother, and a bunch of great students went from Cal to there with him.

Grad program rankings dwarf undergrad in Philosophy because the only thing you can do with your degree if you are a top philosopher is academia. There is no Applied Philosophy group at a Fortune 500 who is scooping up BAs.

 

[MissThundercat]

Simone de Beauvoir.

Where should I begin?

 

[Kepler]

Simone de Beauvoir.

Where should I begin?

Not with shawty.

 

[MissThundercat]

I've already read Sartre and Camus.

 

[Kepler]

I've already read Sartre and Camus.

j/k

Ethics of Ambiguity.

 

[Kepler]

 

[Kepler]

The 50% of this I understand is hilarious. In about ten years I'll know enough to find the rest hilarious.