According to one interpretation of recent testing data, “[p]hilosophers are the smartest humanists, physicists the smartest scientists, economists the smartest social scientists.” (HT: Leiter Reports) This may help explain why, as noted earlier, philosophy majors have higher mid-career salaries than students who major in advertising, biology, business management, criminal justice, education, human resources, medical technology, and nursing.
Another Reason to Study Philosophy
December 17, 2010 by Rico Vitz
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While I found myself on my MA course to be head and shoulders above the professors and academics in intuition and the skill of conceptualisation, yet I have no job, no pension, and no prospects.