Inevitably, whenever philosophy students tell people what they’re majoring in, they’re asked: “What do you do with that?” Such a student can always point to former philosophy majors such as Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Clinton, Harrison Ford, Pearl Buck, John Elway, Carly Fiorina, Woody Allen and T.S. Eliot. “There’s a kind of pre-professional way of looking at it as, ‘Well, this is training for other things I could do for my profession, to make a living,’ but it’s also training for living itself. That’s what a lot of people find valuable about it. They think when they finish, ‘Well, maybe I’ve still got some work to do to get a job. But I’m really glad I did this because my practice in thinking about things in this way enriches my life. It makes everything more interesting for me.’ - John MacFarlane (UC Berkeley Philosophy Department Chair)
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:00:37 +0000
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