What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?
What type? A sit-down job.
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What type? A sit-down job.
Look at Dank. His posts are written in a 'philosopher' way. Although, some of us may find it frustrating, some might absorb their knowledge, information or bullshit. I believe philosophers are presenting you with a point, a view or opinion on something or someone. Or maybe they are sharing their knowledge and/or opinion or maybe their way of life. Basically, they speak and write about their perspective about objects, life and other shit.
They try to enlighten, Persuade, or guide.
They try to enlighten, Persuade, or guide.
no that's bullshit, dank is not a philosopher.. it's more like new age spirituality tinged with psychosis.
New age spirituality is ancient knowledge in a fresh context. The Akashic records behold the wisdom and knowledge of our long late ancestors.
I know someone who thinks he is a Philosopher.
what he do is have a bag of weed on is side and light up every now and then.
what he do is have a bag of weed on is side and light up every now and then.
Sounds lke most of them.
LoL Can I Get An AMEN!!!!
"The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term."
Practically speaking there would be a lot of jobs for philosophers in clarifying conceptual confusions in sciences. Aso, there are so many pre-conceptions that go under the radar on sciences (e.g. in psychology and even in neurocience there are a lot of dualistic ones, it's pernicious).
Well even the scientifc method in itself has pre-conceptions about reality, that it can understand it or that it's at leat the best method (which probably is until now). What about reason? Can reason understand reality? "what is real is rational and what is rational is real"? (Hegell) Or is reality irrational? (Schopenhauer). Quantum physics showed us that reality is very different from our common sense and it's very hard for anyone to make sense of it like Feynnman said.
Yeah science works but truth isn't necessarily equal to usefulness (e.g. we can still use newton equations for rockets, but we know that gravity doesn't work like he thought and Einstein replaced it...).
Practically speaking there would be a lot of jobs for philosophers in clarifying conceptual confusions in sciences. Aso, there are so many pre-conceptions that go under the radar on sciences (e.g. in psychology and even in neurocience there are a lot of dualistic ones, it's pernicious).
Well even the scientifc method in itself has pre-conceptions about reality, that it can understand it or that it's at leat the best method (which probably is until now). What about reason? Can reason understand reality? "what is real is rational and what is rational is real"? (Hegell) Or is reality irrational? (Schopenhauer). Quantum physics showed us that reality is very different from our common sense and it's very hard for anyone to make sense of it like Feynnman said.
Yeah science works but truth isn't necessarily equal to usefulness (e.g. we can still use newton equations for rockets, but we know that gravity doesn't work like he thought and Einstein replaced it...).
Science offers little in the way of answers -- remember when scientists thought the Earth was flat? And when Newtonian physics was gospel? -- so the questions are worth asking.
Philosophers think about the roots of reality but some are just trying to defend a cause and others are difficult to understand first hand
Not all philosophers are equal
They do a lot of thinking and sometimes they speak a lot of shit.
They think and try to find answers to some questions of life, giving theories and thinking again about this theories and answers.
Very intellectual work, but not for everyone
Very intellectual work, but not for everyone
They think.
Just think about that and you will get it.
Just think about that and you will get it.
they write books and hold seminars, and they are also jobless and poor.
to be fair, my intro to philosophy professor in college seemed to be pretty well off.
they write books and hold seminars, and they are also jobless and poor.
What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?
They teach Philosophy
Perhaps they also act as a conscience to a Politician as well and try to consult to find the correct moral action towards issues regarding people and welfare.
Sounds nice and everything, but those seem more like the pipe dreams that philosophy majors have more than anything else.
What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?
They teach Philosophy
Perhaps they also act as a conscience to a Politician as well and try to consult to find the correct moral action towards issues regarding people and welfare.
Science offers little in the way of answers -- remember when scientists thought the Earth was flat? And when Newtonian physics was gospel? -- so the questions are worth asking.
What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem
This is what philosophers do from programmer's perspective
So they're working on a "solved" problem that's used to scare away computer science freshmen?
Or do they come up with those problems? Ha, I know... They don't have enough food and/or cutlery to fed everyone!!!
Philosophers try and explain the world around them using their MINDS and the tools of logic and various analytical theories. Nobody makes any money at it, so it is an avocation, rather than a vocation.
I think that any philospher who doesn't look up for scientific support is doing it wrong. It's too easy to get lost in pure speculations. (depends on the subject of course but...)
Philosophers try and explain the world around them using their MINDS and the tools of logic and various analytical theories. Nobody makes any money at it, so it is an avocation, rather than a vocation.
Well, it's an avocation for most, yes. A lucky few get to have nice, cushy academic research and teaching positions. What I'd give to live the life of a professor. Not many job openings once you finish your training.
Philosophers try and explain the world around them using their MINDS and the tools of logic and various analytical theories. Nobody makes any money at it, so it is an avocation, rather than a vocation.
I'm unemployed :\ Doing RMT, want to write books, working on a sci-fiction now...
What's RMT? Real money trading? Only place I know the acronym is from people selling game items for money.
I'm unemployed :\ Doing RMT, want to write books, working on a sci-fiction now...
They do a lot of thinking, writing, and debating with others on why they are right and everyone else is wrong
where does that come from? totally out of left field. you sound bitter.
Some philosophers probably come off condescending, but its probably because of the amount of thought they have put into whatever they are writing/debating/thinking about. It is probably created from confidence in themselves and the amount of time and effort they have put into analyzing something, as opposed to the other person or group being wrong.
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