From: Westbrick | #034Anyway, it's late and I'm rambling now, but the point is that it's misleading to pretend that other disciplines somehow "suffice" in place of philosophical learning.
I still just fail to understand how a class on philosophy is the ONLY place to learn 'pure philosophy'
I was speaking within the context of a college education. You can always pick up a introductory philosophy textbook or try diving into original works of the greats, even though this won't facilitate nearly the same level of learning a college course from a good university would.
AlphaRayAllen posted...
Yeah, but the real world isn't an ethics classroom. People generally want you thinking within the field, not with such a broad mindset.
It's the same reason why a liberal arts degree isn't even a good idea on paper. There's no focus.
Which kind of "people" are we talking about? Business people? That can't be it, because philosophy is one of the few liberal arts degrees that can jump straight into the business world fairly regularly (unlike, say, Women's Studies or Art History or silly stuff like "Painting"). I've known several people who got a high-paying business job right out of college with just a philosophy degree + calculus.
Besides, you're arguing that it's good to remain narrow-minded your entire life. That's... not something we should be advocating.
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