/lit/ - Literature

>3 Bran chapters since the Clinton administration

>>22426309
what the fuck

>be me
>Double major in Philosophy and English Literature
>Philosophy classes:
>You can disagree with th w paper, even feminist like epistemic injustice
> Requires you to come up with a counter argument to get a good grade
>Can't strawman the counter argument as there is always a range of perspectives presented that you are expected to know
>Actually have to think, rebutting a point in a paper someone spent a year writing is difficult
>Understanding that philosopherer are like proffesional boxers in arguments, even if you know what the literature says about why Descartes dualism is wrong you know if he was in the room he would run circles around the class
Meanwhile:
>English literature
>Never engage with dissenting positions on the critical theory taught
>Would be considered racist/sexist/tryhard for arguing against it.
>Shits on liberal humanism in the first week
>Students think they could out argue t.s Eliott with their cliff notes of Derrida
>All circle jerk about being critical thinkers while uncritically accepting the theories presented to them
>No definition of what critical thinking is (like practical logic but with less rigour)
>No counter argument required for essays

Half the time i'm quiet in class because I know if I actually critiqued the ideas every one would look at me like I said the word nigger.
>InB4 pseud
I'm on track for honours

>>21620023
Sounds like this isn't the forum for you, bud

>>21427836
>to the extent that

When white europeans in western europe go nearly extinct will the new arabic/indian nations in western europe establish new caste systems where having higher amounts of European blood makes you part of the higher caste?