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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A good philosophy grad would seem well suited for any number of entry level knowledge work jobs. I can't see why philosophy would be any worse than any other liberal arts major, or majors like sociology etc.[/quote]

Agreed.  [b]There is something to be said about education for education's sake.  After all college is about education, not training, although some here struggle with that concept.[/b][/quote]

When one is spending upwards of $200K on an undergraduate degree, count me in among those who struggle with the concept of education for education's sake. In fact, count me in among those who think it is sheer lunacy to incur that sort of expenditure to earn a college degree and to be oblivious of the whether one will get a job thereafter.[/quote]

I think a philosophy degree actually could be excellent training for any number of jobs.  This is a knowledge economy, so skills like writing, speaking, analyzing texts, organizing information, are all vital. There's a lot of middle ground between pure vocational education and just farting around for "education's sake."

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