P H I L O S O P H Y ?

College Majors
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<p>best school to study philosophy at?</p>

<p>what schools are looking for philosophy majors?</p>

<p>is it tougher to get in most collegese as an intended philsophy major?</p>

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<p>Probably easier to get in, as there aren't a lot of students dying to be philosophy majors.</p>

<p>Be wary of rankings of the "best" colleges for philosophy, as there is much dispute as to what philosophy actuall IS. Carefully check the courses being offered at the schools you are interested in, to see if they are the type of courses you want.</p>

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<p>I completely agree with the above post. Definitely check the course catalog.</p>

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<p>How do you know what type of philosophy courses you'll be interested in?
I mean, what hs offers a philosophy course?</p>

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<p>IB kids take a philosophy class of sorts (Theory of Knowledge). </p>

<p>Alternately, there are books like Sophie's World that make people interested in philosophy.</p>

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<p>Okay, so I guess what I'm asking is, what types of philosophy classes are there and how do they differ.
I'm somewhat interested in philosophy, but only from what I know from what I've read from the famous greek thinkers. How do I know what I'm supposed to be interested in?</p>

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<p>There are a lot of different types of philosophy. Some philosophers even debate over how to categorize themselves, but generally, I would say that you can take:
1. Political Philsophy
2. Period Philsophy (ex. Greek, 17th century, 18th century, postmodernist)
3. Subject Philosophy (ex. Philosophy of Art, Law, Science, Religion, Gender, etc).
4. Ethics/Morals
5. Logic</p>

<p>There will always be overlap. </p>

<p>You know what you're interested in by taking lots of intro courses. That's what first year is for. :)</p>

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<p>thanks alot!</p>

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<p>In the listings of philosophical disciplines you managed to miss epistemology and metaphysics!</p>

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<p>Search past posts on the subjects.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Maybe read the stanford encylopedia of philosophy a bit to see what interests you. Maybe <a href="http://www.philosophypages.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.philosophypages.com/&lt;/a> . Maybe philosophy forums.</p>

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<p>Studying philosophy is excellent (perhaps the best?) training for law school, but can be useful for any number of post-graduate pursuits. Statistically philosophy majors often have the highest GRE scores--and LSAT's and GMAT's, too!</p>

<p>And its the philosophy majors who apply to philosophy grad schools. Thus, graduate studies in philosophy are <em>not</em> "easy to get into." They are extremely competitive, probably more so than for professional degrees (law, medicine, management). Teaching philosophy is the usual career goal, and you'll probably need a Ph.D. to teach. Faculty positions available each year far exceed the number of new Ph.D.'s. About fifteen years ago this situation was supposed to change, but it hasn't yet.</p>

<p>Having said all that, I am not in the field but very happy having pursued my graduate degree in it. The approach and perspective philosophy has given me serves me well in both my professional and personal life.</p>