/lit/ - Literature

>>10221923

>>10119034
>Thdeeeeaaadddyyy

>>10087636
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If you lack formal education, then get the fuck out. You're ruining this board.

>>9985070
I'm also a philosophy major. I think it is very unlikely that someone would be able to read and interpret philosophical texts correctly by themselves. Not impossible, but very unlikely. I would also echoe what this anon said about writing and receiving feedback. You don't know what you know until your forced to write about it. Then you turn in it to your GSI/professor only to find out you still don't really know shit. Rinse and repeat. With any luck, you will eventually begin to reach understandings.

If you want to do philosophy seriously, you need to major in it. Hopefully afterwards you'll retain the necessary skills to continue doing philosophy throughout your life. I find it highly unlikely that anyone would possess those skills before putting in a few years of serious dedication to the field, and furthermore suspect that those skills would be lost should a person stop doing philosophy for an extended amount of time after their graduation.

It's ok to read philosophy on the side. But if you really want to get into the suck, you have to major in it.

Sum up what you've learned from reading this year. Show that your time wasn't wasted.