Any other apricians studying philosophy in school?

[Nameless Son]

Maybe we can compare/contrast: What kind of program are you in? where? What's your department like? Do you like it? etc.

[Gratis]

If you're studying Philosophy in school I hope it isn't your major.

[Nameless Son]

If you're studying Philosophy in school I hope it isn't your major.

....:rolleyes:

[Baron Samedi]

I probably will be soon.

[Baron Samedi]

If you're studying Philosophy in school I hope it isn't your major.

Yeah, here's a better idea... Let's all become mindless business majors instead!

[Nameless Son]

I probably will be soon.

Cool do you know where? Oh and at what level?

[SaxonCeorl]

Maybe we can compare/contrast: What kind of program are you in? where? What's your department like? Do you like it? etc.

I wasn't, but I did have one philosophy class. I wrote a criticism of Cartesian Dualism. I was 20, so it was probably crap :laugh:

[Damião de Góis]

My older brother teaches philosophy. That's pretty much all you can do with that degree.

[Baron Samedi]

Cool do you know where? Oh and at what level?

Undergrad, somewhere in the south.

[askra]

i have studied philosophy but at a high school specializing in science education, so it wasn't the main subject.

[Gratis]

Yeah, here's a better idea... Let's all become mindless business majors instead!

Because that's what I said?

A business major would at least be useful.

[supergiovane]

I studied philosophy in high school. I'm still mad at Greeks because they killed Socrates.

[Loddfafner]

I would expect more than a few employers will value those who have been trained in logic, can write clearly about complex topics, and think outside the box, and then train them in the specifics of business life. Business students tend to be robots who can so little more than memorize predigested bullet points.

[Gratis]

That must be why philosophy majors get so many jobs then.

[Baron Samedi]

That must be why philosophy majors get so many jobs then.

They actually do.

Most philosophy majors can run circles around any job interviewer intellectually, and know exactly what he wants to hear before he even says it.

[Nameless Son]

Job prospects for undergrads are OK, but for grad students looking at academia it's another story... in short, it's abysmal.

Personally I feel philosophy - or the type of thinking used in philosophy - is necessary to escape mainstream social dogma without falling into your own. I'm such a centrist at heart!