mikester

greetings,

ive been meaning to post this for a while now, but i never really got around to it.

this fall, in university, im taking a few philosophy courses, namely the following:

-mind, world, & knowledge
-moral, social, and religious issues
-fields, figures and problems
-ethics and philosophy of religion
-looking at philosophy


i cant take each class, so i was hoping for some suggestions. this is all the info i have on these classes so far other than some tiny useless quibs on the class (generalized stuff that doesnt help).


now, im a complete philosophy newbie, but im very interested. i really want to learn and listen and think about deeper issues around me. but how hard is a philosophy class for a total noob like me?


thanks.

xorbie

My first suggestion is this. If you are planning on being a philosophy major, do yourself a favor and switch.

After this, all those courses sound pretty interesting. I would personally go with the first one or either the morals or ethics one. I think it tends to help to either start with something you have probably already thought about (even if you didn't think you were "philosophizing") such as morality, justice, society, etc. or to start with something that is very abstract such as talking about the mind and the nature of knowledge.

mikester

thanks for the tip, but actually im majoring in law, but i was told that philosophy is a big help with this.

tbh, i agree with you in that the mind, world & knowledge course and the moral issues and ethics classes look to be the most interesting.