#most of the classes have been presentations by freshmen classmates whose interpretations are understandably very basic and tentative
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I have been trying for days to find a topic for the "paper" I need to turn in for this Philosophy of History course on Friday, and I got nothing.
I so intensely dislike this subject you cannot imagine.
#This is the main reason I didn't take it the first time around#because they told me back then it wasn't required#and I had no interest in it#unlike most other branches of philosophy#it's constituted mostly by Prussian Philosophers#writing theories about history where of course Prussia is the pinnacle of humankind#theories that have the randomness of Tumblr shitposts without any of the fun#You open JSTOR and won't be able to find more than a couple dozen papers on the subject itself#and how could you#It's a discipline that has like 2-3 possible questions tops#is history linear or cyclical or something else#Does History have a purpose (so is there a providence) or not?#And that's pretty much it#By the point you are asking the question about the subjectivity of historical narratives you are talking about hermeneutics#and therefore philosophy of language and the mind#My frustration is not helped by the fact that the professor herself has taught very little#most of the classes have been presentations by freshmen classmates whose interpretations are understandably very basic and tentative#so the fact that she's asking for this without specific guidances is adding insult to injury#but wait there's more!#she intends the papers to be read collectively and peer discussed and evaluated#grrrr#Anyways if you need me I'll be on the pit of despair
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