Philosophy actually holds the distinction of being the discipline at the academy that influences the most fields of study. Ethics alone is important in the Medical profession and of deep concern to the field of Law.The philosophy of religion governs not religious thought but also the various non religious world views as well. Their is the philosophy of science and questions of epistemology that influences a wide variety of critical thought as well.
It is almost hard to think of a profession that could not be better practice with the help of philosophy.
On the one hand, this is absolutely true. I'm pretty sure that a philosophy degree would help with almost any endeavor. On the other hand, it's unlikely to help enough with any given endeavor to justify the high cost of a college degree, except in a handful of cases.
It's a nice degree to have earned if you can afford to spend a few years on basically just self-improvement instead of having to jump straight into making a living, but for most people, I'd say avoid it, unless you're going to double major.
It's a nice degree to have earned if you can afford to spend a few years on basically just self-improvement instead of having to jump straight into making a living, but for most people, I'd say avoid it, unless you're going to double major.
I don't know about other universities, but at Cornell, at least, the major's requirements are written light, with the expectation that you will double-major. There's even an open-ended requirement for a number of courses outside the department: your advisor just has to sign off on them being sufficiently philosophical. IIRC, I claimed this for courses in political science, history of science, Renaissance history, and evolutionary biology - but I could probably have gotten it just with my history major work, or maybe even my incomplete linguistics major work.
It's a nice degree to have earned if you can afford to spend a few years on basically just self-improvement instead of having to jump straight into making a living, but for most people, I'd say avoid it, unless you're going to double major.
I don't know about other universities, but at Cornell, at least, the major's requirements are written light, with the expectation that you will double-major. There's even an open-ended requirement for a number of courses outside the department: your advisor just has to sign off on them being sufficiently philosophical. IIRC, I claimed this for courses in political science, history of science, Renaissance history, and evolutionary biology - but I could probably have gotten it just with my history major work, or maybe even my incomplete linguistics major work.
Tufts does it rather differently - it's a pretty hardcore major there. I almost doubled in computer science as well, but that's just because I found the courses (even upper level courses) ridiculously easy.
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On the one hand, this is absolutely true. I'm pretty sure that a philosophy degree would help with almost any endeavor. On the other hand, it's unlikely to help enough with any given endeavor to justify the high cost of a college degree, except in a handful of cases.
It's a nice degree to have earned if you can afford to spend a few years on basically just self-improvement instead of having to jump straight into making a living, but for most people, I'd say avoid it, unless you're going to double major.
candidus inperti; si nil, his utere mecum.
Tufts does it rather differently - it's a pretty hardcore major there. I almost doubled in computer science as well, but that's just because I found the courses (even upper level courses) ridiculously easy.