Philosophers by Quadra

[Suz]

How do you define philosopher?

Aren't we all philosophers in our own unique ways? Our individual expressions of our philosophies & views?

That's why "philosophy majors" crack me up. They major in "thinking"?

[ashlesha]

no

[Suz]

Considering that willful human action arises from the ideas one holds, it's rather practical to think about whether those ideas make sense and why.

True, but everyone should be doing that anyway...

Well, I guess a philosophy major is really a literature major..

[Kim]

True, but everyone should be doing that anyway...

Well, I guess a philosophy major is really a literature major..

Not really....

[Galen]

True, but everyone should be doing that anyway...

Well, I guess a philosophy major is really a literature major..

In the sense that you have to read a lot of things? Because that's a prerequisite for most every college major.

[Suz]

In the sense that you have to read a lot of things? Because that's a prerequisite for most every college major.

Well what i mean to say is, in my opinion, the value of a major in philosophy is really the same as the value of a major in literature, because all you are really doing is reading ideas written by other people, and that's all it really is. It's just reading other people's thoughts written down on paper.

This is in contrast to, for example, a history major, where even though you still have to read a lot, its actually information/.records about events of the past (even if written from a particular point of view).