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   From: bucky@kaufman.net   
      
   Mitchell Holman wrote:   
      
   >     Philosophy is one of those fields that can   
   > be as broad or narrow as the instructor wants.   
      
   No, it's not.  Philosophy is an art, not a science.  You can't   
   just isolate one area and say you know the subject.   
      
   The hindus have a story about 5 blind men.  Each touches a   
   different part of an elephant, and each comes away with a   
   different perspective.   
      
   But if you were to learn that philosophy from CCCCD, you would   
   believe that Aesop made that story up.  You would be misinformed.   
      
      
   > If he wants to exclude religion there is still   
   > LOTS to work with;...........   
      
   Yeah - same goes for math and science and literature.   
      
   School is a place to knock down the walls of ignorance, not   
   build them.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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