What Exactly Can Philosophy Do for You?
HINT: To be EMPLOYABLE and HAPPY
Learn how to self-advocate & approach life more intentionally
The numerous subdisciplines in philosophy allow students to dive into more specific subject matter and learn ✓ how to understand & fairly consider the views of others, helping them to ✓ work across differences and ✓ engage with people of all backgrounds & experiences.
Students who focus their coursework on philosophical subject matter develop marketable skills such as: excellent ✓ written & verbal communication, as well as ✓ reading and ✓ public speaking skills.
Philosophy courses teach students how to reason well by analyzing and understanding arguments and assertions so that poor reasoning can be ✓ identified, ✓ critiqued, and ✓ replaced with better reasoning.
Students of philosophy cultivate the skills as well as virtues necessary for a life & career of: critical thinking, ✓ truth seeking, ✓ clarity, ✓ rationality, ✓ reflection, and ✓ independent judgment. The study of philosophy also helps students build their capacities for ✓ moral & ethical reasoning.
Students can use the skills developed through philosophic contemplation to ✓ excel in any career, ✓ adapt to a changing world, and ✓ find fulfillment in areas of their personal lives.
Instrumental Value
(what else it can get you)
Intrinsic Value
(why it matters for it's own sake)
Philosophy is the top major at Cambridge — in terms of average number of total sexual partners per student, according to Varsity
“Going on a date with these precious overthinkers guarantees you’ll learn something new”
E.g., Work for the White House!
"The skill requirements listed on the application were traits like being able to process complex information (I’ve read Kant), use sound judgment to solve complex problems (I had three semesters of formal logic under my belt), and write in a concise manner depending upon the intended audience (concise might be a stretch but I certainly had plenty of experience writing for an intended audience… mostly whichever professor was leading the class). As I read through the list, the same thought looped through my mind at each checkpoint: I could do this."
