It’s getting out of hand.
Can’t We Have Original Ideas That Require No References?
You’re allowed to be a philosopher.
I have a graduate degree in philosophy from a reputable institution, but I usually don’t say this in my writing. Why? Because it doesn’t fucking matter. I can be a philosopher whether or not I was trained as one. That’s what my expensive education taught me.
(I usually don’t use swear words in my writing either.)
You know what I learned as a philosophy student? That the physical world is all there is, and any physical theory that science can’t prove (such as the physicality of thoughts as neuron firings) can be proven through argument and logic, and someday will be proven through science. I spent like fifteen years unlearning that stuff.
I also learned to think critically and how to construct a logical argument. Maybe I learned to write essays, too. Maybe that’s a big deal. I am not going to totally blast my education here.
My point is that if my old lecturers knew what I’m doing now (i.e. reading tarot, meditating, and talking about the fabric of reality as consciousness) they’d be ashamed of me. Recently, I contacted one of them, and asked if she thought the arguments surrounding Presentism (a presently popular…
