Philosophy

1 - I never offered advice, I voiced my oppinion and directed it towards you.
2 - I couldnt care less as to what you are doing, if I did I would have read your profile.
3 - Since when did we start talking about reputations?

THERE ARE HOMES FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

Ok, just break it up please, everything seems to be turning into an argument nowadays. Splitting up complaints into numbered sections does nothing to help.

If you really really want to argue, do it through PM.

Talking about philosophy...

Is AS/A Level Philosophy a good subject to take? I've chosen it for my choices for the Sixth Form, but I'm still a tiny bit unsure as to exactly what the lessons are like and whether I'll be good at it, as I've never done philosophy at all. It looks pretty interesting to me though.

Is it well respected? I'd be taking it at the same time as Double Maths, Physics and Chemistry with my current plans.

Ive been looking into it and it seems like a good choice, well respected by Universitys and employers alike. I would recomend reading Philosophy: The Basics (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415146941/ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/026-8990563-5030013) if you want to know more.

Sure - pretty interesting, I'll see...

And Mad Caddie - your views were slightly extreme and biased I have to say; you weren't giving the impression that you knew that much about what you were talking about, at least initially.

hahaha, this is like the funniest thing i've ever read...philosophy?! Racial distribution in Argentina?!

The point is, Mad caddie, philosophers attempt to do the exact opposite of that which u accuse them; being narrow minded. Quoting E F Shumacher, "Our task is to look at the world and see it as a whole". In order to see the whole, it is first neccessary to dissect it into smaller subunits...philosophy is vital in this dissection. It looks at not the how, but the why, and not the specific but the principle. Contrary to what you have previously said it actually couples quite well with science (at least, Frued is of that opinion...surely you should know this, having studied his works?)

Talking about philosophy...

Is AS/A Level Philosophy a good subject to take? I've chosen it for my choices for the Sixth Form, but I'm still a tiny bit unsure as to exactly what the lessons are like and whether I'll be good at it, as I've never done philosophy at all. It looks pretty interesting to me though.

Is it well respected? I'd be taking it at the same time as Double Maths, Physics and Chemistry with my current plans.

Philosophy would be really good to take along such science and maths based subjects. It'd show employers/unis that you can write good critical essays and analyse ideas in ways beyond mathematical reasoning.

I did self, mind and body philosophy and moral philosophy last semester (as part of my degree). It's hard, especially if you're not a particularly arty person (I'm not trying to insult you... it sounds like you're a science-y person) but it has been useful in writing essays in general.

I don't know what it'd be like at A-level, my school didn't offer it.