Philosophy – Why not?

I have just put my application in to commence the Graduate Certificate of Philosophy at Murdoch University.

Although it is only a Grad Cert and Murdoch probably isn't a uni necessarily associated with philosophy – I am excited about studying something that I love, by distance education, with other students who are doing it because they love it too.

 

Hopefully in the longer term I could transfer to a Master of Arts (Philosophy) at UQ – and should get credit for this – so it is a start.

I had a look at the courses on offer and found this one – Film and Philosophy. I am excited because it is as though someone just designed the course just for me.

Film! Philosophy! Having to watch films for uni! Commentary! I am very excited. And I get a postgrad qual to study something I love. Excellent news!

But why philosophy?

It may come from all those long hours whiled away in coffee shops – smoking Marlboro Lights (back in the day when you could still smoke in coffee shops) with a group of like minded souls, trying to make sense of the world. It may come from reading Sophies World when I was 18 – and seeing that it really answered a lot of questions for me – as well as reframing some others. It may be because I am a ardent listener of The Philosophers Zone. It may come from still needing to make sense of the world and not really believing in a divine being.

But I think it is just because I need a challenge.

 

What is your new years challenge?