Das Philoblog

Wayne Buck hat einen “Brief” an die Studenten seiner Einführungsseminare geschrieben, in dem er erklärt, womit sie zu rechnen haben und wie sie lernen können, Philosophie zu betreiben. Sehr lesenswert.

“First, philosophy is not an easy subject. In fact, it is rather difficult. This is true even for introductory courses. You will have to apply yourself to a degree matched only in science or mathematics courses. Despite rumors to the contrary, reading and writing about philosophy is not like reading and writing about novels or poems or the movies. Nor is writing philosophy an expression of one’s feelings or ideas about life. Philosophy consists of a series of problems and investigations into those problems. One attempts to solve each problem by making claims which purport to be true, and by backing those claims with arguments.
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