I'm new to rigorous philosophy and have already signed up for your Paradox and Infinity class on edX because I'm very interested in the topics to be discussed. But isn't philosophy fundamentally a discussion? You describe in your first video that there are fruits to be had after a lot of work that we don't have time for so we'll be skipping the labor in order to get a taste of the fruit. But the topics covered so far aren't conclusively answered (time travel and free will) and without a proper discussion we largely get a single viewpoint that can make us feel like we're being mislead, as if you're hiding important counter points (not illustrated by the Frankfurt case) to the case you are making. I know we're only one week in, but this sours the fruit for me.
Do you feel that the online format does justice to the field of philosophy when the students aren't able to properly participate in discussion of the topics?
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I'm new to rigorous philosophy and have already signed up for your Paradox and Infinity class on edX because I'm very interested in the topics to be discussed. But isn't philosophy fundamentally a discussion? You describe in your first video that there are fruits to be had after a lot of work that we don't have time for so we'll be skipping the labor in order to get a taste of the fruit. But the topics covered so far aren't conclusively answered (time travel and free will) and without a proper discussion we largely get a single viewpoint that can make us feel like we're being mislead, as if you're hiding important counter points (not illustrated by the Frankfurt case) to the case you are making. I know we're only one week in, but this sours the fruit for me.
Do you feel that the online format does justice to the field of philosophy when the students aren't able to properly participate in discussion of the topics?
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