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>Philosophy prof. asks class if anyone believes that an ultimate transcendental truth exists
>I raise hand, sitting in front right of corner of class.
>Turn around and all hands are down.
>Prof. moves on

>> No.11835511

>>11835502
I feel you anon

>> No.11835512

>>11835502
>Philosophy prof. asks class if anyone has a waifu pillow at home
>I raise hand, sitting in front right of corner of class.
>Turn around and all hands are down.
>Prof. moves on

>> No.11835515

>believes in capital "T" truth
>taking philosophy classes
If you keep making these mistakes at some point they will begin to significantly hamper your life.

>> No.11835519

>>11835502
>Philosophy prof. Asks if anyone reads white males
>I raise hand, sitting in front right corner of class
>Turn around and all hands are down
>Prof. moves on

>> No.11835521

>holding a philosophy class and ask if anyone believe that an ultimate transcendental truth exists
>no one apart from one guy at the front raises his hand
>make a mental note to give him the lowest grading possible
>move on

>> No.11835526

i don't understand why it's fashionable to believe your own field of study is functionally useless

>> No.11835527

>>11835502
what point are you trying to make? did you want him to ask you a follow up? do you honestly think you could tell him something he didn't already know?

>> No.11835545

>>11835527
>classes are held to satisfy the professors ego
What about the other students? Maybe they didn’t know what Anon wanted to elaborate on

>> No.11835549

>>11835545
so the prof should take a 10-30 minute break for every student who thinks they have some valuable insight? it doesn't seem like the prof is the egotistical one, it's the OP guy who is upset because the prof assumed he had nothing valuable to say

>> No.11835552

>>11835502
did you prepare bayesian statistics

>> No.11835553

you guys are dullards. op doesn't care that he wasn't called on, he's lamenting the death of objectivity. he's probably religious given the monk wojak.

>> No.11835574

>>11835553
You assume a moron to be more then he is

>> No.11835584

and then no one clapped

>> No.11835593

>>11835515
>>11835521
>>11835527
>>11835549
>>11835574

I both raised my hand and made this thread as a joke you stupid fucking faggots.

>> No.11835601

>>11835593
>I was only pretending to be insecure as a joke h-haha

>> No.11835610

>>11835601
I really am not religious tho. I thought it was funny because I could picture someone from lit in the same shoes being actually ashamed and/or infuriated.

>> No.11835618

>>11835610
oh wow you're not religious? this is top tier humour and doesn't scream insecurity lad, epic, do you play fortnite by any chance?

>> No.11835626

>>11835610
okay sorry op but ur gay im not defending (You) anymore

>> No.11835721

>>11835526
It's pretty intellectually bankrupt desu.

>> No.11835731

>>11835549
>OP guy who is upset because the prof assumed he had nothing valuable to say
You may be right to claim that the prof isn't egotistical. However, it wouldn't have hurt to maybe see what he has to say. I could understand if half the class raised their hands, but one guy shouldn't take up much time.

>> No.11835753

>>11835731
what if it's one guy each lesson?

>> No.11835763

>>11835502
>Philosophy prof. asks class if anyone has a gf
>I don't raise hand, sitting in front right corner of class
>Turn around and all hands are up, even the girls
>Prof. moves on

>> No.11835775

>>11835731
>>11835753
In this case it might look like the question was asked expecting nobody to say yes and so a very important question could be roundabout assumed without argument. "Well, surely all reasonable people would agree with my basic assumptions". Then when one guy raises his hand, well, he's probably just dumb or religious or something, lol, moving on.

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11835779

Isn't "There is no ultimate transcendental truth" an ultimate transcendental truth?

>> No.11835784

>>11835779
uhhh no?
pls don't try and be clever, honey. it's just embarrassing for every else who has to watch

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11835787

>>11835775
>he's probably just dumb or religious or something, lol, moving on.
>students literally never have anything valuable to say

>> No.11835788

>>11835779
Slow down there pal, when we said “be skeptical of narratives” we didn’t mean OUR narratives!

>> No.11835795

>>11835775
or maybe he just wanted to know how many people are familiar with the concept and believe in it so he knows how to plan following lessons

>> No.11835796

>>11835784
Why not

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>>11835779
Careful bud or it's another round of self crit for you

>> No.11835917

>>11835763
Lol’d

>> No.11835944

>>11835502
>sitting in the front
The only true philosopher in the class is the guy coming in late and who will drop out after spending all his money on booze.
And no, even the professor isn't a philosopher.

>> No.11835959

So what would you have said if the professor pointed at you, and then raised the same hand to his chin, head down as if pondering whether or not he truly cared about what you had to say?

>> No.11835961

>>11835944
>philosophers in a philosophy class
what an absurd concept

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11835971

>>11835779
Basically, yes.
Science doesn't believe that the earth is flat, but its believers create such a belief through feedback loop.

>> No.11835980

>>11835961
w0t

>> No.11836216

>>11835779
zeno... easy on the paradoxes

>> No.11836241

>>11835779
woah, you sure showed those ebil leftist postmodernist marxists!!
based and magapilled omg daddy peterson will be so proud of u and ur clean room, braise jebus deus volt

>> No.11836332

>>11836241
i doubt its healthy to project politics onto everything you see like this

>> No.11836350

>>11835779
insane woke levels here

>> No.11836490

>>11835779
this is why the question needs to be rephrased. usually when one speaks about transcendent truth one is speaking about some kind of platonism. it is perfectly acceptable to be against platonic and metaphysical views. when the question is posed in such a decontexualized way, it can easily be subject to the stupidest reversals.

>> No.11836493

>>11835618
not him but I do what's your username??

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>>11835502

>> No.11836740

>In Philosophy
>Professor asks me about the concept of society
>Put on the spot but remember a certain quote from Monogatari
>"Having friends lowers my intensity as a human."
>Professor looks stunned, calls the student councilor to check me for depression

>> No.11836815

Okay, I will martyr myself in this snort of a thread.

How is transcendental truth antithetical to the study of philosophy?

>> No.11836824

>>11836740
>coddling your students to such a ridiculous degree

>> No.11836967

>>11836815
It's not.
Most philosophers are not nominalists.
In fact, the mainstream is moral realism.

>> No.11837418

>>11835502
>Everyone started too clap
>that boy was none other than saint albert "clean you're room" einstein™ d'aquino

>> No.11837479

>>11836490
>plato believed in another realm where the perfect dog lives next to a tetrahedron
Bunch of weaponized pseuds desu

>> No.11837504

>Literature prof. asks class if anyone understood a single chapter of Ulysses
>I raise my hand, sitting in front right of corner of class
>Turn around and all hands are down
>Prof. smilesmirks and moves on

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11837553

>>11835502
>Philosophy prof. asks class if anyone believes that an ultimate transcendental truth exists
>I raise hand, sitting in front right of corner of class.
>Prof. asks what truth(s) I mean.
>I tell her that mathematics are universally true. For example, one plus one will always equal two.
>Her rebuttal (not paraphrased) is: "Does it, though? Does one body plus one body equal two bodies? Can you and I not be a single body? For example, a body politic?
>I start to respond, but another student cuts me off.
>He's a literal platonist.
>The discussion spirals out of control for half an hour.
>Finally, one of the girls in the back row points to the clock; there are two minutes left in class.
>Prof. rushes to recap Judith Butler, but can't quite get all her points across.
>Two weeks later, and we still haven't made up for all the lost time.
True story.

In hindsight, I should have said "all bachelors are unmarried."

>> No.11837615

>>11836967
This discussion. drives me up the wall. Several of my friends are philosophy PhD candidates who either have graduated or are about to graduate. They're all moral realists, and they all tell me that moral realism is out of fashion and that the mainstream of philosophy is relativist (and subsequently proceed to act like they're daring rebels). Every time I talk to (academic or professional) relativists about this, they act like everyone is a realist and THEY are painted in to a corner.

I am a hard anti-realist, so my money is on the realists being whingy crybabies, but it rly makes u think

>> No.11837693

>>11837615
Well regardless of that particular debate our we-live-in-a-society really needs to stop holding up rebellion as valuable in itself.

>> No.11837715

>>11837693
Why?
I think it is valuable, because it leads to ramification of thought.

>>11837615
Recent surveys of the field demonstrate that moral realism still holds a comfortable majority (>50%). This is even more common in top ranked programs (both PGR and QS).

>> No.11837782

>>11837553
>Does it, though? Does one body plus one body equal two bodies? Can you and I not be a single body? For example, a body politic?

No way. I dont believe this

>> No.11837974

>>11835502
>go to Catholic university
>professor asks us to raise our hands if we believe in God
>everyone raises their hand

Feels good desu

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11838022

>>11837782
100% true my guy. Lying is a no-no for a kantboi like me.

To be fair, I could tell she was just kinda fucking around, but boy was it triggering for the STEMlord who hijacked my argument.