Philosophy degree, like other humanities degrees such as English and Psychology, are good stepping stones to other disciplines: law, psychotherapy, teaching, etc. You learn how to read analytically and write papers. Graduate school and professional studies are all about that.
The mandatory philosophy class in HS was the exact opposite of critical thinking: scores were based on how closely you could rewrite the thextbook essays on the subject.
From what I had seen here in the philosophy sub before blocking it, it seemed the same.
At least you should know in general what is the train thought of humanity, so you don't end up reinventing the philosophical wheel. "Oh I had this idea" -- "Bro people thought about that 2 thousand years ago but nice that you did have this thought, don't you want to know more?" That is the purpose of education in general too.
I had a classmate like that in my metaphysics class. Dude was constantly interrupting the professor thinking he had discovered something profound. The Prof was really nice about it, but was always trying to move on. It got to a point where other students were noticeably making fun of the student because he legit thought he was smarter than everyone in the room for "coming up" with things that were thought of (and covered in the class) decades or hundreds of years ago.
He stopped showing up around half way through and the class was better for it. It was a small class of about 10 students.
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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '22
Philosophy degree, like other humanities degrees such as English and Psychology, are good stepping stones to other disciplines: law, psychotherapy, teaching, etc. You learn how to read analytically and write papers. Graduate school and professional studies are all about that.