"Monte Cook Presents" Iron Heroes?

[Akrasia]

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I respect professors and teachers. But I cannot stand professors and teachers who cannot think outside their tiny little boxes.

I sometimes doubt my ability to think inside my tiny little box!

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

But did he have the goods?

In my opinion? No.

I prefer philosophers with a soul.

 

[Campbell]

But did he have the goods?

If I had to hazzard a guess, I would not say he had the right of it. I would however say that the little man had guts, and was quite entertaining as far as philosophers go. As a cynic, his work is deeply appealing to me, Of course I've learned over time that philosophy that appeals to my aesthetic tastes is most likely faulty. However I do admire the man for taking a hard line with the study of philosophy, and the intellectual posturing involved in the field.

 

[DaveMage]

I respect professors and teachers. But I cannot stand professors and teachers who cannot think outside their tiny little boxes.

Amen to that.

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

Yeah, but no offense to you Mouseferatu, it sounds like the teacher was right.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Yeah, but no offense to you Mouseferatu, it sounds like the teacher was right.

If the assignment had been to "find an appropriate use of Aristotle's logic," he'd have been right. It wasn't. The assignment was to write a paper--any paper--that showed that we'd read and understood the material contained in the portions of the book we'd been assigned. Period.

It did that. Deciding after the fact that he wanted to judge it by alternate criteria was uncool.

(I think it important to point out, incidentally, that this was a Western Literature course, not a Philosophy course.)

 

[Dr. Strangemonkey]

If you demonstrate that you have read the material and then you use it inappropriately have you really demonstrated understanding?

I wasn't there and I haven't read the paper so a C might be a little harsh nonetheless, but the point does seem to go the other way.

 

[Mouseferatu]

If you read the material and then used it inappropriately have you really demonstrated understanding?

I wasn't there and I haven't read the paper so a C might be a little harsh nonetheless.

I think I'm not making myself clear. What I got from the professor's feedback was not "This is inappropriate because of anything in the source material."

It was "inappropriate" because the professor objected to the way I used the material. IOW, he just didn't like it.

Now, it's always possible that's not what he meant. But it's what came across in his notes, both to me and to others whom I asked about it.

And I think we've taken this thread about as far off-topic as we can.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

Eric's grandma may be offended. Check your diction before a mod does, please.

 

[Akrasia]

... And I think we've taken this thread about as far off-topic as we can.

Maybe the professor in question would have been easier on you had you prefaced your paper with "Monte Cook Presents ..."