r/AcademicPhilosophy 14h ago

Besides math and logic. Are there other systems to get a-priori knowledge or possibilities ?

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Sorry if this is the wrong sub to post this on. There's a 1 post per day limit on r/Askphilosophy


r/AcademicPhilosophy 8h ago

Got a C in an important philosophy class, feeling very bad 😕

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Literally the lowest grade I've had in my post-secondary years and it's in my 3rd year so I can basically rule out grad school (at a top-50 institution at least).

More importantly it's just bothering me because it's an (Early) Analytic Philosophy class and it's something that I'm actually pretty good at usually. My marks throughout the class were in the B range, but it was my final exam that brought me down badly, and I just wasn't prepared for the exam.

I know it's maybe not a big deal in the long run but damn. How did I do so badly in a subject that I im fairly well read in, even on a personal level outside of school? I've had coffee chats with professors and wrote really good essays about the contents of the class. My professor even told me i was in the top half of the class. This exam just caught me off guard. And now I've got this C on my transcript. It's embarrassing.

I really hope I'm not sounding whiny or anything. It's been weeks and I still think about it daily. I'm really passionate about philosophy so it's just upsetting to not do as well as I expected of myself. Hope it's okay to vent here lol.


r/AcademicPhilosophy 5h ago

Do positive rights entail compulsory labor depending on the circumstances ?

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Many positive rights that put obligations on states and individuals to do something for others are largely uncontroversial because the methods used to enact them aren't dependent on compulsory labor , they use tax funding.

But what if a country can't gain revenue through taxes for example least developed countries which have a very low income earning population further causing low tax revenue as well. It could also be that human resources aren't available or developed enough to perform complex tasks (like treating complex illnesses) in such a case would a right to healthcare and food entail the state creating a compulsory service which conscripts , trains and commands a public welfare service (at least until alternative funding can be viable when the economy is developed) ?

Are positive rights actually only luxuries that economically developed and politically stable have an obligation to implement ? Is there an obligation to create conditions where such rights can be implemented ?