thomas kuhn as well

just the basics

What was the most interesting thing you taught?

@Togger You prob went over his paradigm shift then.

yes

Did you learn Occam's Razor as well?

Throttles you scummy atheist

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i think it was interesting to think about realism vs instrumentalism in terms of some scientific theories

and the epistemological limitations of science are good to remember

so you dont fall prey to scientism

Scientism annoys me so much

Seems prominent with a lot of new atheists nowadays

new atheists suck

Pure atheist sucks

Ikr

im an atheist but the whole culture surrounding new atheism is so bad

If you want a good atheist figurehead

Check out

Graham Oppy

He's a philosopher of religion

its okay, i dont really think about religion at all anymore

I generally enjoy the way Nietzsche resonates with younger people, @Throttles.

Most of my students are somewhat aware of who he was, albeit through wrong understanding of his ideas, and they are, generally speaking, eager to know a bit more.

I would say in terms of interaction with the class, overall interesting topics and subsequent fun events, his perspectivism is probably among the funniest things I've ever had to talk about.

And, of course, every pseudo-nihilistic, anti-religious teen loves yelling "God is dead".

Duh.

Kant is a nightmare to teach. Nobody cares about him.

So is Locke.

So is Spinoza.

The god is dead stuff is just as toxic as the atheists are evil people

That's completely untrue.

Dude

Go over his dinner parties @Vlad

And make your students act one out

"God is dead" has nothing to do with refuting the existence of any given god in the first place, @Cobra Commander.

Kant is like

Hysterical

We actually did this in uni, Gerry.

I could be a professor

Our professors would gather, combine us into groups, assign a philosophical stance to each of us, and make is debate things.

The most fun I've ever had studying, period.