{"id":281,"date":"2011-03-23T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/believingbullshit\/2011\/03\/23\/why-philosophy-degrees-are-among-the-most-useful-evidence-demolishing-myths-peddled-by-philosophy-bashers\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T09:20:00","slug":"why-philosophy-degrees-are-among-the-most-useful-evidence-demolishing-myths-peddled-by-philosophy-bashers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/believingbullshit\/2011\/03\/23\/why-philosophy-degrees-are-among-the-most-useful-evidence-demolishing-myths-peddled-by-philosophy-bashers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why philosophy degrees are among the MOST useful. Evidence demolishing myths peddled by philosophy bashers."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cxm0zNb9Zbo\/TYm9Yw-yr-I\/AAAAAAAAAgk\/yttpscRoFBE\/s1600\/gre2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Cxm0zNb9Zbo\/TYm9Yw-yr-I\/AAAAAAAAAgk\/yttpscRoFBE\/s400\/gre2.png\" style=\"cursor: hand;cursor: pointer;float: right;height: 310px;margin: 0 0 10px 10px;width: 400px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/philosophy\/benefits.html\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/philosophy\/the-benefits-of-studying-philosophy\">Here<\/a> is an excellent resource on why philosophy degrees make especially smart and successful businessmen and women, lawyers, journalists, etc. (you are actually <span style=\"font-style: italic\">dramatically<\/span> better off doing a first degree in philosophy than business administration for a career in business).<\/p>\n<p>Some very good answers to &#8220;Philosophy? What are you going to do with <span style=\"font-style: italic\">that<\/span>?&#8221; question. Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/philosophy\/benefits.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Includes GRE test performance (philosophers do staggeringly well &#8211; look right), comparative salary information, and various other useful bits of evidence that collectively puncture the peculiar modern myth that philosophy isn&#8217;t &#8220;useful&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I previously commented on the GRE scores comparing philosophy students with all other students <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlaw.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/verbal-vs-mathematical-aptitude-in.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A quote from Fordham:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition, as the marketplace becomes more competitive, graduate degrees become more desirable, and that entails a strong performance on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), the exam most business schools require their applicants to take. Philosophy majors consistently outperform other majors on the GMAT, including <span style=\"font-style: italic\">all<\/span> business majors, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">all<\/span> humanities majors, and <span style=\"font-style: italic\">all<\/span> social sciences majors. Philosophy majors enjoy <span style=\"font-style: italic\">enormous<\/span> advantages going into business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first and last testimonials are especially good. Opening quote from the final &#8220;testimonial&#8221; on linked page:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of management theory is inane, writes our correspondent, the founder of  consulting firm. If you want to succeed in business, don\u2019t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an excellent resource on why philosophy degrees make especially smart and successful businessmen and women, lawyers, journalists, etc. (you are actually dramatically better off doing a first degree in philosophy than business administration for a career in business). Some very good answers to &#8220;Philosophy? What are you going to do with that?&#8221; question. 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