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Originally Posted by Jellicletrb  I've seen quite a few answers so far that I thought were quite sensible and informative....but we all know what will happen. Papasmurf will move on to another forum and add this one to the list of from which he "as yet not got one sensible reply", and his very first post on the next forum will be this: |
Hah, I wouldn't be surprised at that, though I have to agree with one aspect of what he says - there have been good answers supporting the idea of learning debate and critical thinking skills, but I haven't heard of a good answer for making philosophy a career. I'm not even sure if it's possible to be a "philosopher" without also being a professor, or a novelist, or something that is otherwise useful. However, if it is possible to spend your time writing long-winded academic essays that only get read by other philosophers, then I'm not sure exactly what the "usefulness" of such a career would be.