16 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I know a lot of people with undergraduate philosophy degrees. I can't say I've been impressed with their reasoning skills. Every single one of them is working fast food. These aren't lazy people by any means. They applied for many professional jobs, but employers are just not interested.

Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 4:45 PM

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Marjon said...

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Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 8:44 AM

Anonymous said...

It makes sense.



In the US Philosophy majors divide into

1)hobby majors and the

2)serious ones who also have several other majors and are expected to know at least Calc and a lot on using math to puzzle solve, typically to CalcIII/Diffy Q, Linear Algebra and Real Analysis and explain it better than the mathematicians.



Also most top philosophy majors go into computer science, medicine, law, and business.



What do you call a philosophy major? Boss.

Sunday, June 12, 2016 at 5:34 PM

Anonymous said...

Philosophy majors also do very well on quantitative reasoning - note that they still took 8th place, even though most get little formal training in this field.



Altogether, philosophy and physics majors both perform very well across the board.

Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 8:08 PM

Anonymous said...

To January 6,



Yes you're 100% right about this. However, the overlap is significant. That is to say, those students who intend to do philosophy are almost exclusively people who did philosophy in undergraduate studies. This is simply because given both the competitiveness of the programs and the slow growth of the field, you have a very small chance of gaining acceptance unless you have a background in philosophy. Very few do.



That being said, the philosophy students know this. I highly suspect (although I have no numbers to back up this claim) that only very highly qualified philosophy students actually apply to philosophy grad programs. So it could partly be why the numbers are so high. Not to say the student class in general isn't bright. When I was still an undergraduate, the only students with GPA averages lower than the philosophy kids were the engineering, physics, and math students.

Monday, September 29, 2014 at 3:16 AM

A said...

I am a bit confused. Your axes state 'intended graduate major', not 'undergraduate major'. Are you not saying that students who intend to do philosophy outperform, which is a different thing from saying that students who have done philosophy outperform (not saying there is no overlap)?

Monday, January 6, 2014 at 9:16 PM

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 12:31 AM

Anonymous said...

1. I've heard of economics majors, but what's an economy major?

2. Did you mean to say "em-dash" instead of "hyphen," or was that part of the sarcasm?



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Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 11:22 AM

Anonymous said...

And all of those surveyed would be able to spot the silliness and the worthlessness of the "results". Oh wait, I put the period outside the quotes: I must be a philosophy major. Oh wait, I used sarcasm: I must be a fizix major. Oh wait, I spelled "physics" wrong--I must be an economy major. Oh wait, I used a colon in one sentence and a hyphen in another to do the same job: I must be an engineer. Oh wait, you ended the first paragraph of your summary, "Reflections on the Data," with, "there's a few things" when "a few things" needs "there are." I guess you ain't so smart after all, Skippy.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 1:31 AM

Anonymous said...

I was a philosophy an English major and I crushed the GREs, with the exception of quantitative reasoning. Philosophy honed my analytical mind to be razor- sharp and, as the years go by, I am thankful for the agile mind such a "worthless" discipline has given me. It's really helped me in my career as a novelist.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 10:59 PM

Anne said...

Another consideration is, which students are likely to take the GRE intending to go into these grad programs? I'm a philosopher and can testify that philosophy grad schools are extremely selective (and chances for a job in the profession are slim), and thus undergraduate advisors are unlikely to recommend anybody but the best students even apply. Whereas for say, journalism, undergrad advisors might be much more likely to encourage a merely-very-good student to try for grad school. I would be interested to see the numbers of people taking the exam from each discipline.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 6:19 PM

Anonymous said...

Philosophers use the term 'logical fallacy' frequently, since the word 'logical' in philosophy means, most centrally, 'of or related to logic,' as in "logical atomism," "logical positivism,' "logical omniscience," "logical possibility," and so on.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 1:51 AM

Anonymous said...

And in philosophy, we try to teach that it's "logic fallacy," not "logical fallacy." No fallacies are logical.

Monday, July 29, 2013 at 11:15 PM

Anonymous said...

I would be very cautious about extrapolating these numbers to science reporters as well. Many had a technical background prior to moving to journalism.

Monday, July 29, 2013 at 6:04 PM

Anonymous said...

It would be interesting to see the average GRE scores of APS members.

Monday, July 29, 2013 at 4:09 PM