>What is /phil/ Philosophy General?A general for readers, students, and armchair thinkers interested in philosophy, whether it be Western, Eastern, analytic, continental, ancient, contemporary. We discuss primary texts, secondary literature, online lectures, podcasts.>Why read philosophy?Politics, science, psychology, etc. all began with or were inspired by someone who thought philosophically. Basically, if you are interested in just about anything, philosophy will help you better understand that subject. Because it is at the foundation of every conceptual institution made or discovered by humans, it is in the underbelly of human experience, and so it is worth taking seriously.>Why study philosophy formally?Surprisingly versatile and undervalued. Phil majors consistently score among the highest on the LSAT, GRE, and GMAT. Strong pipeline into law, policy, ethics consulting, AI alignment, and academia.The server: https://discord.gg/uPvkn8Tcf6/phil/ guide: https://www.scribd.com/document/324425214/Lit-Philosophy-Project-1-2
I'm dangerously close to reading 20th century French philosophers.
>>25540964Ha! That picture got a good chuckle out of me. God I love being German.
>>25541005Read Deleuze.
May german philosophy burn in the pit
>>25541005Why would you want to read pedophiles?
>>25541154loving your country? we do not do that in germany. it is not permitted.
>>25541005The worst kind of philosophy there is, if it can even be called that. Strip away the jargon and you're left with a spiked stick to be used inside your anus, to counter the immense pain of having wasted time reading that shit.
bump
Okay Reddit, now this is epicurus
>>25540964>Dating Deleuze>Dating klaus theweleit
>free will doesn't exist>but also you should do this and not do thisWhat did he mean by this?
>>25542217Water doesn’t have free will, you can still dig channels to direct its flow
>>25542252Humans don't have free will.
Wittgenstein is basically a more sophisticated Jewish version of myself so i dont need to read him
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