Philosophy in general

Doing a degree in philosophy isn't an easy option in spite of what you might think - it really isn't all sitting about talking about what it all really means, man. People are always asking me who my favourite philosopher is, and it's such a bizarre question that I never know how to answer. I studied philosophy for ten years, and the thing I know most clearly is how little I've managed to learn in that time - there's an infinite variety of things out there. I know that Descartes wrote the Meditations, in which he imagined how it would be if he claimed to know absolutely nothing and built up the world again around him from his position of absolute scepticism. I ...  Read the complete review

I'm merely studying my second year of Philosophy - so the conclusions I've made haven't had long to ferment. Bear that in mind when comparing my views to those of ancient Philosophy lecturers in University Prospectus. Well what is it? I'll tell you what it is - it's so incredibly broad that I could never even begin to tell you what it's about. Any fundamental question, any age-old problem - there will be thousands of Philosophers, nearly all dead, who will have devoted their entire lives to writing about it. Then another chap will come along and disprove everything the first chap suggested. And then the same thing happens to him. ...  Read the complete review