Friday, April 29, 2011
So Much
I went to Barnes and Noble the other day and took alook at the philosophy section. I first tried to find a book on Descartes only to find that their are a vast amount. Many differnt views on descartes readings and interpretations but not only on descartes but their is an incredible amount of different theories, views and ideas on philosophy. I would really like to read more into philosophy but I do not want to shorthand myself by reading an overview of many different philosophers ideas, I feel it does not do them justice. but at the same time, how could I possibly read so many different ideas and thoughts without complete confusion? It will take a lifetime or more.
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Interesting discussion! I think here we might remember Schopenhauer's thoughts about the dangers of reading too much -- you forget to think for yourself. One reason why I assigned you an argumentative paper rather than a research paper is because I wanted to push you to synthesize the readings we've been doing all semester and come up with some original ideas of your own -- not so much so that you would come up with the ONE TRUE ANSWER to problems philosophers have been dealing with for millennia, but so that you could start to find the balance between taking in other people's ideas and putting your own out. To me, this is what education is all about.
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