Alley123

Greetings, I was also a Philosophy and Physics major, and although very interesting, if not extremely interesting, especially if one has that particular bent that makes it such, the work load can approach impossible. I mean let's check it out for a moment; you need the math through advanced calc, this math part is not even considered a big deal, it just you need it contained in the essential "flows" if you want it all to "work". The physics courses all have problems that have to be done, and these problems can often take a bit of time to do, some like an hour. So there is certainly a lot of busy work time even once you have done the reading or attended all lectures. Philosophy is almost like reading science text books, with one small exception, it's usually even denser. Philosophy can get worse because it often gets into examining broader notions, like human consciousness for example. And like the extreme math that you will need, it is probably good to on the side do some casual reading in the Philosophy of Science. I always had a few extra textbooks lying around covering the Philosophy of Science, and that does cover a lot of history about it too. The other thing about Philosophy to keep in mind is that the papers you will have to write really must adhere to stricter guidelines than say a paper normally written for History or English. This is because the philosphy professors are additionally examining the logic, that is an important part of philosophy as well. And if you mess upin that area you can easily loose a letter grade without even batting an eye, or two for that matter. Basically the crux of the matter is this, and explains why the combiniation of the two subjects physics and philosophy can and are so dam rigorous ..... and the reason is due to the level of abstractions that exist in both. Although there area areas that seem to jive in both, physics and philosophy are actually totally dicotomous to each other, totally different ends of the intellectual scales. It can get crazy, for example, the idea of building machines that can predict the future for us, of course if you know anything at all about this subject you know that in modern physics it is considered a total impossibilty to do - it is not supported by physics to put it bluntly, but philosophy says "well let's take a shot at it anyway" to give you an idea. Thanks and best of luck ..