I've found philosophy helpful because it's so confusing. I'm not sure if I'm a utilitarian or a Kantian, I'm not sure exactly what "knowledge" means when I go to the grocery store, I'm not sure if there's a "God" or not. But I'm able to make my way through life despite the confusion. I'm able to deal with confusions and uncertainties, even if I'm not able to resolve them.
John McCreery wrote:
Seriously, though. I found the article consistent with my own impressions of the utility of an undergraduate degree in philosophy, not as access to transcendental Truth but, instead, as learning to think, talk and write clearly about all sorts of things—invaluable skills for people who can never be sure where their lives will take them or what they may wind up doing.Whether, of course, this sort of pragmatic, a.k.a., sophistical, rationale for the discipline meets proper standards of philosophical rigor, that's another question.
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