Topic: Picking a topic for my Honors thesis
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU started this discussion 15 years ago #15,091
So I need to come up with a topic over winter break for my Philosophy Honors Thesis, but I'm shit at coming up with ideas. Hit me with some to spark some thoughts in my brain. It can be from any field of philosophy (ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, etc.).
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #264,684
Do it about Minichan.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,685
dw !AIy/L67q.s joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 41 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,686
> asking a serious question on minichan
> 2011
> 2011
vocalon !RVtoegPubI joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 7 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,687
Do it on the troll mentality and why people want to see the fall of others.
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 17 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,691
Something to do with the ethics of the prison system.
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Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,703
A quick Googling romp turns up things like the nature of beauty, neoplatonism, and myths and ancient skepticism as being hip and interesting topics among philosophers. Metametaphysics or metaontology also seems to get mentioned, but words with too many metas in front of them start to look silly after a while.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,708
@264,702 (B)
Such as?
@previous (G)
I'm not really big on aesthetics, or Medieval Philosophies. And yeah, the prefix "meta-" should be used a lot less frequently. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Such as?
@previous (G)
I'm not really big on aesthetics, or Medieval Philosophies. And yeah, the prefix "meta-" should be used a lot less frequently. Thanks for the suggestions though.
Anonymous B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,713
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Is there a perfect method of moderation on an internet forum?
Do we really have the right to tell dreamworks to go to bed?
Is there a perfect method of moderation on an internet forum?
Do we really have the right to tell dreamworks to go to bed?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,716
@previous (B)
Yes of course; our current moderation team is perfect.
Yes, he really needs to go to bed.
Sorry, but intriguing as those questions are, I don't think they quite make the cut.
Yes of course; our current moderation team is perfect.
Yes, he really needs to go to bed.
Sorry, but intriguing as those questions are, I don't think they quite make the cut.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,720
Write about the ethics of Holocaust reparations.replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,721
Use something from this.
dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,729
this thread is cool
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #264,739
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@264,739 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
It is high level! I flipped through it IRL and it's very deep, I can ssure you.
It is high level! I flipped through it IRL and it's very deep, I can ssure you.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,756
@264,744 (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
Thank you, I agree. I bet your mom is cool.
@264,746 ()
Oh, it is probably too deep for me then. I need something more simple.
Thank you, I agree. I bet your mom is cool.
@264,746 ()
Oh, it is probably too deep for me then. I need something more simple.
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@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Fair enough. The sheer depth of Halo's philisophical elements are probably a little beyond what you're doing here.
Fair enough. The sheer depth of Halo's philisophical elements are probably a little beyond what you're doing here.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 42 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,762
@previous ()
Yeah, I bet Plato and Kant would be absolutely dumbfounded by the profound questions raised by video games.
Yeah, I bet Plato and Kant would be absolutely dumbfounded by the profound questions raised by video games.
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floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 28 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,765
@264,756 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
write about utilitarianism and the effect sophism has on system with no prerequisite moral boundaries
write about utilitarianism and the effect sophism has on system with no prerequisite moral boundaries
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,769
@264,764 ()
And they're dead too. If they were so smart why didn't they outsmart death?
@previous (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
And they're dead too. If they were so smart why didn't they outsmart death?
@previous (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 0 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,770
statist decadence and its effects on the current american political system
Anonymous I replied with this 15 years ago, 34 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,771
Do something about massive cocks.
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 29 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,773
Marxism and its prevalence in academia.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,799
@264,770 (K)
lol ron paul 20/12 bud
@264,771 (I)
What do you want me to do about massive cocks? They're a precious natural resource.
@264,773 (L)
Good thought, but I'm gonna stay away from doing my thesis on political topics because that's not really my area of interest.
@264,776 ()
That's just like, your opinion, man.
lol ron paul 20/12 bud
@264,771 (I)
What do you want me to do about massive cocks? They're a precious natural resource.
@264,773 (L)
Good thought, but I'm gonna stay away from doing my thesis on political topics because that's not really my area of interest.
@264,776 ()
That's just like, your opinion, man.
stickybuns !bENfolDsOU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,801
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Then do it on the nature of materialism in historical Christian theocratic tradition.
Then do it on the nature of materialism in historical Christian theocratic tradition.
floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 15 years ago, 5 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,802
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,807
@264,801 (stickybuns !bENfolDsOU)
Uh what?
@previous (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
Anything in the field of metaphysics (Causation, time, space, free will, etc.) or Ethics.
Uh what?
@previous (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
Anything in the field of metaphysics (Causation, time, space, free will, etc.) or Ethics.
Anonymous I replied with this 15 years ago, 21 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,808
stickybuns !bENfolDsOU replied with this 15 years ago, 53 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,810
@264,807 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
What don't you understand?
Another topic idea: Objectivism and its effect on economic scholars.
What don't you understand?
Another topic idea: Objectivism and its effect on economic scholars.
dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,817
@264,807 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
the ethics of suicide
the ethics of war
the ethics of murder
etcetera
the ethics of suicide
the ethics of war
the ethics of murder
etcetera
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 28 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,818
@264,810 (stickybuns !bENfolDsOU)
None of my professors consider Ayn Rand a serious philosopher. Insults about her range from "a third-rate novelist" to "a wacko".
None of my professors consider Ayn Rand a serious philosopher. Insults about her range from "a third-rate novelist" to "a wacko".
stickybuns !bENfolDsOU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,819
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
New topic: Philosophy professors and the alienation of Randian thought.
New topic: Philosophy professors and the alienation of Randian thought.
floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 15 years ago, 13 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,820
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dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 29 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,823
floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,827
then quantum suicide and the ethics of an individual in the multiverse
dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,829
the ethics of freedom of speech
Anonymous I replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,832
Nigger dicks and whether they actually are, on average, longer than caucasian penii.
Anonymous G replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,836
@OP
Ugh. My little search for topics has lead me down a road of reading lengthy comparisons of contingentism and necessitism in abstracts and available papers, and I'm reminded why I never seriously pursued philosophy. How do you stand reading this stuff?
Ugh. My little search for topics has lead me down a road of reading lengthy comparisons of contingentism and necessitism in abstracts and available papers, and I'm reminded why I never seriously pursued philosophy. How do you stand reading this stuff?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 49 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,837
@264,819 (stickybuns !bENfolDsOU)
Yes!
@264,820 (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
I agree.
@264,827 (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
There was a book that touched on the intersection between ethics and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. I forget what it was called though. Basically, if every possible human being commits every possible immoral act in an infinite number of universes, what is the purpose of morality anyway?
@264,829 (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
I can't just do "The ethics of X". It needs to be a little more narrow than that.
Yes!
@264,820 (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
I agree.
@264,827 (floorboard !hbZVTk6JYc)
There was a book that touched on the intersection between ethics and the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. I forget what it was called though. Basically, if every possible human being commits every possible immoral act in an infinite number of universes, what is the purpose of morality anyway?
@264,829 (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
I can't just do "The ethics of X". It needs to be a little more narrow than that.
dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,838
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
im just shitting out random groups of words after "the ethics of" so i'm afraid i won't be able to help you anymore then
im just shitting out random groups of words after "the ethics of" so i'm afraid i won't be able to help you anymore then
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,843
@264,836 (G)
It can be a pain. Even though some (most) articles can be obnoxious, there still is something that I find really appealing about the field.
@previous (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
Go to bed then.
It can be a pain. Even though some (most) articles can be obnoxious, there still is something that I find really appealing about the field.
@previous (dw !AIy/L67q.s)
Go to bed then.
dw !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #264,844
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Louis CK just said "i hate little boys. i'm like the opposite of a pedo" and that was a bit stupid but oh well.
Louis CK just said "i hate little boys. i'm like the opposite of a pedo" and that was a bit stupid but oh well.
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@264,818 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
My professors do that with everyone they disagree with, but can't refute, too. We always look at strawman opponents, then their pet view.
My professors do that with everyone they disagree with, but can't refute, too. We always look at strawman opponents, then their pet view.