Good luck with all that, sadly I don't think this Forum will furnish the sort of advice you want.v83 wrote:Hi,
Good to meet some other philosophers. I've just finished studying my MA in Philosophy and am hoping to go on to study the subject at PhD level. Obviously this requires a research proposal - two areas of interest are metaphysics and philosophy of mind, but I'm really not sure how to go about researching and deciding on a topic. It just seems like looking for a needle in a haystack! Is it just a case of doing stacks of reading until an idea just "clicks"? Has anyone else completed a philosophy PhD and would recommend it? Or has any advice about how to go about researching a proposed topic?
Thanks so much
V83
You'll have to fend off a clutch of religious nutters, one or two clowns and the odd fascist, but as for anyone with actual knowledge of a formal study of philosophy you might want to keep trying elsewhere.
Disappointing, I know, but true.
Have you tried https://philpapers.org ?