5 Essential Tips for Philosophy Students

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Philosophy itself can be overwhelming, but when you combine that with an academic setting with grades and exams, it can become discouraging. This video gives 5 tips that I wish I would've been given when I was in college.
1. Understand why you want to study philosophy in college: Is this something you need to study in college or can you learn philosophy through self-directed study?
2. Come up with a post-grad plan: The fact is that a philosophy degree isn't relatively the most employable, but it's not impossible. Come up with a good game plan for when that time eventually arrives.
3. Socialize with other students: You're all gonna probably confused and talking with others is a good way to not only understand the content but meet new friends.
4. Go out and live: Don't just lock yourself in with books, go out and experience new things in life so that you can apply them to the philosophy you're reading.
5. Get familiar with the general history of philosophy: Get a simple and comprehensive book that outlines the history of philosophy so you can have a big picture view of where things fit in.
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@lorenzocapitani8666 3 месяца назад

Something simple for philosophy: use an etimological dictionary and the reason is that its an excellent way to study a concept starting from the basics. I no longer use standard dictionaries if not on rare occasions.

@lorenzreiher1407 3 месяца назад

Concerning what to do with a philosophy degree, here where i live you can combine many subjects with a degree in education, which is actually what i am enrolled in. It seems to me the best trade off between committing yourself to philosophy and having comfortable job prospects. Philosophy and ethics used to be my favorite subject in school, next to english, and if you feel you would enjoy working with children, it may be a good option. Of course, you could also teach adults in adult education like a night school or community college, if you don't want to stay in uni to teach there (employment at a university or college is actually incredibly broken, at least here.)

@PhilosophyToons 3 месяца назад

Teaching is def the most common pathway I hear about

@smilodon92 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot for the video. Although I'm not a philosophy student, not even liberal-arts major. But still, this video holds great value. I just have some side interest in philosophy and theology, and my research on these topics certainly made an impact on my mindset and thinking. Thanks again for the efforts and videos you make :) Peace.

@PhilosophyToons 3 месяца назад

Thank you! Glad you got value out of it!

@lorenzreiher1407 3 месяца назад

Man the algorithm is severely underselling your channel.

@justagenzontheinternet808 3 месяца назад

Ikr, youtube algorithm sucks.

@PhilosophyToons 3 месяца назад

It's a battle that'll last centuries

@lorenzreiher1407 3 месяца назад

@@PhilosophyToons truly a sisyphean task

@PhilosopherScholar 3 месяца назад

Excellent tips! In regards to whether or not you should study philosophy in college I've heard it said you can study something else and learn philosophy in your leisure time for the rest of your life. The major benefit in studying philosophy in college is the cultural exposure. There is a culture to doing philosophy. Plus you get your mind challenged and grow quickly. Not catching your thinking mistakes is easy when you're by yourself! It's really your choice.

@PhilosophyToons 3 месяца назад

That culture can also carry over to other fields with the critical thinking involved.

@lorenzreiher1407 3 месяца назад

Also, i don't know if this is a me thing, but i started off being very interested in the 'big philosophical questions', like how to achieve happiness, what is the meaning of life, is the world real, and now i don't really care for those questions anymore. I just wake up and think to myself, I wanna make some music today, or, i wanna know what philosophers have to say on the structure of collective acts. So be prepared to see your philosophical interest and temperment change over time, and if you would still like to study philosophy if they change.

@maxmontague6717 3 месяца назад

Good tips! Your comment at 3:44 got a smile out of me. That was pretty much how I first felt when I was working through Kant's Prolegomena for the first time for a metaphysics class. Also, your analogy at 4:59 is quite good. I think it especially applicable for when you're studying systematic philosophers who have interconnected ideas (e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, etc.). One should try to get the main pieces of the first book you read of the philosopher's corpus, and then work on getting more main pieces from the next book, etc. This will make the reading process more exciting. You'll be able to look back later and see how some of the pieces fit together into a fuller picture.

@PhilosophyToons 3 месяца назад

Yes thank you! I also had to work through the Prolegomena for class and it was a trial.

@maxmontague6717 3 месяца назад

@PhilosophyToons Yeah, he's certainly going to make you really grind, lol. I think what helped me personally was making my own downloadable detailed Kant Glossary with notes on each of the terms (which I posted the link to it online).