为什么要学习哲学?

哲学的价值:

The ultimate value of philosophical study goes far beyond its contribution to one's livelihood. 哲学 broadens the range of things one can understand and enjoy. It can give one self-knowledge, foresight, and a sense of direction in life. It can provide, to one's reading and conversation, special pleasures of insight. It can lead to self-discovery, expansion of consciousness, and self-renewal.

That being said, the study of philosophy is also valuable in pursuing a vocation. Much of what is learned in philosophy can be applied in virtually any endeavor. This is both because philosophy touches on so many subjects and, 特别是, because many of its methods are usable in any field.

解决一般问题. The study of philosophy enhances, in a way no other activity does, one's problem-solving capacities. It helps one to analyze concepts, definitions, arguments and problems. It contributes to one's capacity to organize ideas and issues, 处理价值问题, and to extract what is essential from masses of information, and to synthesize a variety of views or perspectives into a unified whole.

沟通技巧. 哲学 also contributes uniquely to the development of expressive and communicative powers. It helps one to express what is distinctive of one's view; enhances one's ability to explain difficult material; and helps to eliminate ambiguities and vagueness from one's writing and speech.

有说服力的权力. 哲学 provides training in the construction of clear formulations, 好论点, 还有一些恰当的例子. It thereby helps one develop the ability to be convincing. These capacities can be developed not only through reading and writing in philosophy, 同时也通过哲学对话, 在教室内外, that is so much a part of a thoroughgoing philosophical 教育.

写作技巧. Writing is taught intensively in philosophy courses, and many philosophical texts are unexcelled as literary works. 哲学 develops interpretive writing through its examination of challenging texts, comparative writing through emphasis on fairness to alternative positions, argumentative writing through developing students' ability to establish their own views, and descriptive writing through detailed portrayal of concrete examples.

The Uses of 哲学 for 最大的菠菜的平台 and Professional Schools

哲学 can yield immediate benefits for students planning postgraduate work. 作为法律, 医疗, 业务, and other professional school faculty and admissions personnel have often said, philosophy is excellent preparation for the training and later careers of the professionals in question. A good indicator of the superior preparation philosophy majors receive for graduate studies are the following links:

哲学在GRE中的表现

哲学在LSAT中的表现

哲学在非学术事业中的应用

最近的研究表明, 雇主希望, 和奖励, many of the capacities which the study of philosophy develops: for example, 在一次采访中 纽约时报 记者Adam Bryant与Laszlo Bock连线, the senior vice president of people operations at Google, 博克说:“对于每一份工作, the number one thing we look for is general cognitive ability…It’s learning ability. It’s the ability to process on the fly, the ability to pull together disparate bits of information.”  The other qualities Bock said he looks for are 领导, humility and ownership, i.e.，一种责任感.”  The least important attribute he looks for is ”expertise.” More important than expertise in a particular area, 说一杯啤酒, 一个人是否具有高认知能力, 天生好奇, 愿意学习, and has emergent 领导 skills…” (“How to Get a Job At Google” by Thomas L. 弗里德曼 纽约时报, February 22, 2014) Similar reports were published by 《体育菠菜大平台》 2014年3月4日 《体育菠菜大平台》 2014年3月31日. The vocational value of studying philosophy is reflected in the statistics on median income from amongst all graduates in the Humanities:

大学毕业后主修哲学专业

智慧, 领导, and the capacity to resolve human conflicts cannot be guaranteed by any course of study, but philosophy has traditionally pursued these ideals systematically, 以及它的方法, 它的文学, and its ideas are of constant use in the quest to realize them. 良好的推理, 批判性思维, 构建良好的散文, 判断成熟, 强烈的相关性, and an enlightened consciousness are never obsolete, nor are they subject to the fluctuating demands of the market-place. The study of philosophy is the most direct route to the full development of these qualities.