Philosophy, yes it might for newbeginners feel as difficult. But, foremost I think reading philosophical texts challeng us in different ways than reading more «fact” oriented texts. It is as Hubert Dreyfus said in an interview; you have to read philosophy slowly and over and over again to comprehend its meaning….. In this interview he was asked how he having dyslexia could become a philosopher. According to him; the need for slow reading was an advantage
important input on the application of phenomenological theory or, for that matter, any theory in e.g. health research. The thing is; we must bother to read and study philosophical theory
Absolutely. We've both heard our colleagues complain that philosophy is difficult (as if the anatomy, kinesiology or pathology that they swear by were themselves easy), or that we're a 'practical' profession, suggesting that their day-to-day work is absent, or at least agnostic, of any particular belief systems, values or hierarchies. It reinforces for me how powerful socialisation is in convincing people that biomedicine is apolitical, culturally neutral and ahistorical.
Philosophy, yes it might for newbeginners feel as difficult. But, foremost I think reading philosophical texts challeng us in different ways than reading more «fact” oriented texts. It is as Hubert Dreyfus said in an interview; you have to read philosophy slowly and over and over again to comprehend its meaning….. In this interview he was asked how he having dyslexia could become a philosopher. According to him; the need for slow reading was an advantage
important input on the application of phenomenological theory or, for that matter, any theory in e.g. health research. The thing is; we must bother to read and study philosophical theory
Absolutely. We've both heard our colleagues complain that philosophy is difficult (as if the anatomy, kinesiology or pathology that they swear by were themselves easy), or that we're a 'practical' profession, suggesting that their day-to-day work is absent, or at least agnostic, of any particular belief systems, values or hierarchies. It reinforces for me how powerful socialisation is in convincing people that biomedicine is apolitical, culturally neutral and ahistorical.