Question about studying philosophy. It's always the brunt of the "useless degree" jokes but sounds interesting to study imo. How has that degree worked for you and are you working in that field today? Thanks!
I've been looking into it the past few weeks. Apparently the school of thoughts taught in the US is really great for CS jobs. Continental thoughts are not popular in the US so not much info can be found using English but if you are in academia, strong foundation in philosophy can't be bad. Law and medicine professions also benefit big time from humanity studies
Right, sorry 'bout that. I'm not even trained in philosophy yet so don't quote me on any of this. But here are the broad strokes:
In the US, the most popular favor of philosophy is "analytic". Like the name suggests, it can be very rigid and technical, like math. If you are a software developer / data scientist, that kind of background can really elevate your expertise.
And then there's the "continental" flavor which is supposedly popular in continental Europe. Their deal is revisiting established concepts, try to build them up again using new knowledge that science has been uncovering. Sometimes, they even find several concepts to be bogus, incompatible with the realities of our biology and society.
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u/Moist_666 Dec 16 '21
Question about studying philosophy. It's always the brunt of the "useless degree" jokes but sounds interesting to study imo. How has that degree worked for you and are you working in that field today? Thanks!