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(Bus Turd, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:40, archived)

hehheh

( Sargant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:41, archived)

to answer a question down there,
i'm pretty much sure i'll be off to do philosophy in durham.
( bananaman, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:48, archived)

philosophy eh?
i know someoneone doing PPE in bristol, who's never done philosophy before in his life. he's finding it the best part.
( Sargant, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:50, archived)

very few people have.
i wouldn't ever go near economics with a bargepole, mind. no basis in FACT whatsoever.

i've applied to bristol but really don't want to go there (which is a bit stupid) because their course looks as bad as cambridge's.
( bananaman, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:52, archived)

Philosophy is relativistic as well.
If you're looking for "facts" you simply won't find them in academic circles.
( Sexy Picard 2000, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:01, archived)

i don't know,
i'd expect lots of facts from the geography department. and i just don't like economics because it's arse and there are far more important things, like cheese.

and most importantly, durham's philosophy course looks like i'll enjoy it most.
( bananaman, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:03, archived)

I dunno...
...if you try to find facts in political geography, you'll run into problems. The map of the world looks different depending on who's making the map.

If you're looking at human geography / anthropology type stuff, that's even more of a problem--half of that is economics.

I guess the quest for objective fact isn't so important to me. The facts are usually disappointingly anticlimactic when you finally get to them. It's wanting to know that makes us matter.

edit: But philosophy is better than econ by far, I agree.
( Sexy Picard 2000, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:09, archived)

well all geography starts with facts, in my experience.
especially physical geography - rocks love truth.
( bananaman, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:12, archived)

True,
only metaphysics (and, if you've got an extreme amount of blind faith, creationism) can mess with physical geography... :-)
( Sexy Picard 2000, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:19, archived)

if you look hard enough at facts
in any area at all, you'll bash into philosophy pretty quickly.
( freshlegs, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 22:28, archived)

I like the eyebrow movement
in that :)
( HickyVicki, Mon 10 Nov 2003, 21:43, archived)