RE: Philosophy Versus Science
August 23, 2025 at 4:19 pm
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2025 at 4:23 pm by Alan V.)
Here are the last several paragraphs from Angrboda's linked article:
She makes a good point that the reasoning tools of philosophy do help people think more clearly. That is why they are so commonly applied in other, spin-off areas of study. However, I still would not want to study the history of philosophy or otherwise be a philosophy major. IMO, either pursuit would make me less useful in certain ways.
Quote:What still isn’t known
While our results point to real growth in students’ intellectual abilities and dispositions, they do not capture everything philosophers mean by “intellectual virtue.” Intellectual virtue is not just a matter of possessing certain abilities but of using those abilities well: at the right times, for the right reasons, and in the right ways.
Our measures do not tell us whether philosophy majors go on to apply their newfound abilities in the service of truth and justice or, conversely, for personal gain and glory. Settling that question would require gathering a different kind of evidence.
From Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
She makes a good point that the reasoning tools of philosophy do help people think more clearly. That is why they are so commonly applied in other, spin-off areas of study. However, I still would not want to study the history of philosophy or otherwise be a philosophy major. IMO, either pursuit would make me less useful in certain ways.
