On Intro Philosophy Part 1: Descartes
I’m tempted to quit here. I have no credibility. Even if I get 7s in my first semester of philosophy (which I will) no one will care. But on the off-chance that this saves a life, I will put up with the inevitable knee-jerk criticism of writing something that is contrary to popular thought.
Rene Descartes, George Berkeley and David Hume are three of the bravest philosophers I know. I don’t agree 100% with any of them, and that not the point here: they deserve their arguments to be given proper consideration by all of us. We should put aside our popular prejudices and consider their points of view so as to expand our own minds and our perception of the world (agreement is unnecessary and irrelevant, testing out their theories will improve your mental abilities regardless).
Clear translations (that you can read for yourself) of their Meditations, Three Diologues and Enquiry: Human Understanding (respectively) can be found by CLICKING HERE
Here is my attempt:
Ramblings #1
As the excerpt says:
“Ramblings about my plans (academic and employment) for the future, including Teach for Australia and the philosophy of Ian Hinckfuss, and a critique of UQ’s academic tutors (everything else about the uni is fantastic).”
However due to lack of sleep and lack of Kieran to talk to I am pouring out my ramblings here (instead of keeping this journal [I hate the word "blog"] exclusively for treatises, for example “On . . .”) but I’ll try to make sure my next post is back to my usual higher standard.