Every college administrator, course counselor, dubious parent, or other well-intentioned but ill-informed meddler who's ever asked a philosophy (or other humanities-centered) major "whaddaya gonna do with that?" needs to read this page from Carlin Romano's America the Philosophical:
mmm the bias.
ReplyDelete"know-it-all ayn rand."
Thanks.
This is some good info for anyone else pestered by the
"what are you going to do with that" question.
I'm in philosophy to be happy, and I am happy.
So that's what I'm going to do with a philosophy degree, be happy.
Indeed oaf.
ReplyDeleteYou study gelatin substitute advertising for other people like your mom, future employer, or future umbilical cord grapplers.
You study philosophy for yourself.
The fact of the matter is, despite are good friend Carlin's book selling pageantry, there are no guaranteed economic benefits of a philosophy degree.
I think we should be teaching people to be okay with that, rather than filling their head with a truth that has more stretch marks than Octomom.
Also, regardless of bias, Ayn is a know it all. I read all her books in this annoying shouted whiny voice. IDK why.
Seconded on Rand...^
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of HR development for Philosophy degrees. It seems as though typical HR reps are really sucking it up at the whole "ethics" thing :P
It would seem that any job requiring "thinking outside the box" would be a good fit....
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