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You will understand philosophical topics beyond your classes, lectures, textbooks and papers. In the small forum environment, you'll get to see a personal side of professors and their philosophical endeavors, that is, something not seen in the institutional environment of suit-and-tie philosophy education, with desks arranged into ranks and files. No, that is not how philosophy works - it is an active conversation between a few thinking people, for example Descartes and Gassendi. The practical benefit: you will receive better marks on philosophy papers as a product of two factors: increased philosophical insight and increased philosophical interest. |