I just got an A- in Philosophy

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
And still, Asher, I seriously question the quality of your philosophy lessons. It's not that easy of a subject. And it is a very interesting and important subject, so I really don't get why are you so proud that you have skipped most lessons.

My ass it's not that easy of a subject. It may be important to some people, just like remedical English is important to some people.

It says something about the important and usefulness of a course if you can skip 95% of the lectures and pull an A-.

You've said it yourself, that the degree is supposed to get you a diverse education and make you more enlightened. And then you go and tell us how proud you are that you managed to avoid all that. Doesn't sound so good

How did I avoid it if I've taken the courses? It's just that I find the Philosophy classes are a complete joke, as are the people who teach them.

And I agree that the quality of instruction may have been an issue, I was taught by a fellow named Dr. Brian Grant, from New Zealand, who happens to have been one of Lee Churchman's (Agathon) Masters professor.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Asher
GPA = Grade Point Average
It's a number between 0 and 4 which gives a rough approximation for how well someone does in school.

4.0 = A/A+
3.7 = A-
3.5 = B+

etc

You get a 3.5 for a B+? WTF?

We got 3.3's for B+'s

[Asher]

Hmm. Maybe it's 3.3 here, too. Don't pay much attention.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's not that easy of a subject.

Intro Philosophy courses are very easy, Siro. They don't go much deeper than Poly Sci courses. When you get deeper into the subject do they become more difficult, especially in reading Kant and Hegel .

[The Vagabond]

I regret that the animosity between Agathon and Asher has gone this far. I'll miss your philosopical discussions, guys.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

It's not that easy of a subject.

Intro Philosophy courses are very easy, Siro

So are intro to physics courses, yet it seems to me that philosophy students have more trouble with physics than physics students have with philosophy.

[Zkribbler]

So ya got an A- in Philosophy? Congrats, but . . .

"This too shall pass."

[Asher]

I've had two Philosophy courses now, and in both ones I've never had a mark lower than an A-.

The other one was Philosophy of Logic -- and the Philosophy majors really struggled with that class, though the majority of the class was CompSci majors and laughed at the concept of spending two weeks explaining boolean logic to dumbfounded Philosophers.

[The Vagabond]

Asher's cockiness toward philosophy is truly amazing.

[Asher]

It's only natural to feel superior to people who spent their lives trying to solve the problem of the liar's paradox...

[Imran Siddiqui]

So are intro to physics courses, yet it seems to me that philosophy students have more trouble with physics than physics students have with philosophy.

:shrug: I found physics intro classes fairly easy and I'm a poly sci major.

[The Vagabond]

It's only natural to feel superior to people who spent their lives trying to solve the problem of the liar's paradox...

And the same to people who live their lives thinking that the whole subject of philosophy reduces to the liar's paradox.

[Asher]

Originally posted by The Vagabond
And the same to people who live their lives thinking that the whole subject of philosophy reduces to the liar's paradox.

What about people who reduce all arguments down to blatant strawmen?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

So are intro to physics courses, yet it seems to me that philosophy students have more trouble with physics than physics students have with philosophy.

:shrug: I found physics intro classes fairly easy and I'm a poly sci major.

You've got more of a mathematical background than philosophers, I'd think. Haven't you taken quite a few econ courses?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, but I didn't need the upper level math (by upper level I mean Pre-Calculus and then Calculus) . Not really anyway.