If you're not participating in discussion section,

如果你不参与讨论
you're not doing what the section is there for.

那你就没有完成讨论的目的
Philosophers love to talk and we love to argue.

哲学家爱谈论同样也爱辩论
The way to get better at thinking about philosophy

只有通过通过谈论哲学
is by talking about philosophy.

才能让我们更好地了解哲学
So I'm putting my money where my mouth is.

这就是我让你们积极参与讨论的原因
I'm saying, "Look, yeah,

我是说"嘿
that's an important part of the class.

那是这门课很重要的一部分
So important that it's going to be worth 25% of your grade."

重要到要占分数的百分之二十五"
Again, it doesn't mean...

再次重申这不是意味着
this is slightly different from the papers...

这和论文有些区别
that you've got to be brilliant philosophically to get an A.

不是说你要有渊博的哲学知识才能得到A