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Philosophy 2017 doubts,discussions and answer writing

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  • @yoga123 Point duly noted. However I have started this thread also for those absolute beginners like me who aren't taking any coaching. Further I have seen many misconceptions regarding theories of Indian and western philosophy. So writing articles and discussing them is very beneficial in getting the firm ground both for newbies and experienced.

    Now regarding aforesaid article, Descartes agrees that in spite of M nd B being different, they are a complete whole. Our common sense also says if A and B are different, it doesn't mean they cannot come together and interact.
    Philosophy and common sense don't go together esp in rationalistic philosophy #truefact
    And there is no possible way to either refute or accept these philosophical system coz we don't know a bit about actual philosophy of these thinkers that run in several books in Latin, German, etc etc :no_mouth: except the surface stuff taught by coaching teachers. It's for the best coz the purpose is just to get done with the exam.
    Even if you hadn't joined any coaching, pls refer to their material. :)
    @Neyawn pls chip in about do's and don't's in philo optional :D
  • @yoga123 I don't think there would be anybody who is taking philosophy optional and wouldn't refer to coaching material ;) . Yes any guidance regarding do's and don'ts is more than welcome for newbies like us.
  • @yoga123 I don't think ;) . Yes any guidance regarding do's and don'ts is more than welcome for newbies like us.
    Thought the same initially but ur doubts made me re-think coz some of the arguments mentioned above for refuting dualism are taken from Mitra sir's notes. Hardly any space of doubts regarding them :p
  • @yoga123 LOL.. Yeah I refer to Mitra's handwritten and printed notes,too. I supplement these notes with reference books as not all concepts are very well written for the beginners. However, you will easily see the difference while reading my note on Descartes' causal argument.
    PS : any remark (Read : criticism, if any) on that note is always welcome.
  • @yoga123 btw have you appeared for mains earlier with philosophy optional ?
  • @Rocky_Sultan no I haven't appeared with Philo earlier but that status is about to get updated in about a month ;)
    What about your note on Descartes' argument?
  • @yoga123 btw have you appeared for mains earlier with philosophy optional ?
    Nope . She hasn't. But she is good. We discuss sometimes.
  • @Neyawn Yea I believe she is.
  • @Neyawn We newbies would love it if you could also pitch in a couple of articles of your choice on any philosopher and post some questions pertaining to the articles. It would be better if it's written in original language.
  • edited November 2016
    If Trump wins US presidential election tomorrow, would Hegel opine that Idea/Geist has provoked itself?
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