<p>My first love is Linguistics, but I also really enjoy Philosophy. So, I was thinking of double-majoring in Linguistics and Philosophy, which brings me to my two questions:</p>
<p>1) Is that advisable? Like, is that something that would end up being more difficult than necessary, or is it doable?</p>
<p>2) Do you know of any schools that have fairly strong programs in both? or that have any programs that would make the combination easier (such as joint majors, etc.)?</p>
<p>Actually, in my view, linguistics and philosophy have significant overlap, at least in terms of how language interacts with who we are and how we view the world. I am also interested in both of these fields, along with a host of others. As for your second question, quite a number of colleges have very good double/joint major programs. One factor you might consider is the number and difficulty of required classes or categories. A more open curriculum makes a double major more feasible.</p>
<p>Cygne, I’ll take what you said about the core classes into consideration when searching for colleges. And, do you happen to know of any colleges that offer a joint major in this area? (I only know of UCLA at the moment).</p>
<p>Gil, I’ve never heard of Cognitive Science, can you elaborate on what exactly that is?</p>
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<li><p>No, should be doable. I am very interested in both of these subjects as well (but I’ve decided to double major in linguistics and Russian instead, and keep philosophy as a hobby). There is an overlap, in the philosophy of language and cognitive science, so some courses may count towards both majors. I’d say go for it.</p></li>
<li><p>MIT (Noam Chomsky, 'nuff said), Stanford, and NYU come to mind as schools with exceptionally strong linguistics and philosophy programs. But since they’re both fairly popular majors, any top 50 school will facilitate it.</p></li>
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