What is the point of a philosophy class if you can't debate or argue about ideas being taught. It seems like it would be a great class for discussion. Common, h

What is the point of a philosophy class if you can't debate or argue about ideas being taught. It seems like it would be a great class for discussion. Common, how can you read Foucault and not start a debate wondering what he meant. > She went on to swear at us in this guilt-inducing way a couple more times before the semester’s end. Why is that ever ok? Why is the professor still teaching there? What if they have tenure. What does a professor have to do then to be kicked out. It would seem like swearing at students in class would be a good reason. > As hyperbolic as this might sound, voicing a strong pushback against any idea that the Professor favored was nearly unthinkable. It suddenly dawned on me, as I was typing this, that it's actually a useful class! It does teach a modern approach to discourse. That's exactly what is popular and so it makes sense to teach it that way - shutting off debate and discussion, swearing at people, demoralizing them, making them feel guilty, punishing if they don't appear guilty enough, etc. Looking back, I am sure this student would find this class was more memorable and useful than the other one. They'll forget about Thomas Nagel but never forget how they could not discuss Focault.