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The main reason to study philosophy is that it is fun, interesting, and important to reason about the universe and our place in it. There are also more more practical reasons.  Here are some links you may find useful.

General Comments on The Value of a Philosophy Major or Minor
Development of Important, Basic, Transferable Skills
Higher Scores on LSATs, GMATs, GREs
Excellent Preparation for Law School
Excellent Preparation for Business Career
Some Former Philosophy Majors

General Comments on The Value of a Philosophy Major or Minor

• "Philosophers Find the Degree Pays Off in Life and Work" (New York Times, December 26, 1997, Section: Business/Financial), From Brandeis Department of Philosophy: http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/philosophy/philpays.html
• "Think On: Philosophy is a Quintessentially Modern Discipline"  (London Times, August 15, 1998), from Center for Environmental Philosophy, University of North Texas:  http://www.cep.unt.edu/times.html
• "How Philosophy Pays Off", from Eric Steinhart (C) 1998: http://www.philosophy.eku.edu/patterson.htm
• "Why Major in Philosophy," from Judy Pelham: http://www.arts.yorku.ca/phil/whymajor.html
• Collection of Useful Links:  http://www.louisiana.edu/Academic/LiberalArts/PHIL/WhyStudyPhilosophy.html

Development of important, basic, transferable skills

• From Illinois State University:  http://www.philosophy.ilstu.edu/students/careers.html

Higher Scores on LSATs, GREs, and GMATs than almost every other major

• "Why Major in Philosophy?  Why Not?" (from Texas A&M):  http://phil-www.tamu.edu/Undergrad/why_major.html
• "Philosophy Rocks the Graduate Record Exam": http://www.lclark.edu/~phil/gre.html
• Comparison of LSAT, GRE, and GMAT scores of philosophy majors with other majors: http://www.philosophy.eku.edu/scores.htm

Excellent preparation for law school

• From the American Bar Association (Click the Skills and Values Link): http://www.abanet.org/legaled/prelaw/prep.html#Skills%20and%20Values

Excellent preparation for business careers (especially for the long run)

• "How Does Philosophy Relate to My Career?" (Article from Wilfrid Laurier University quoting business executives): http://cubic.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=57&s_id=464&sb_id=797
• "To Beat the Market, Hire a Philosophy Major" (New York Times, January 10^th, 1999), From the Brandeis Department of Philosophy: http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/philosophy/philbeat.html
• “Why study philosophy? A statement by Jordan Kotick, Vice-President J.P. Morgan, Wall Street,” (Letter from Jordan Kotick to Department of Philosophy and Religion, Central Michigan University): http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/john_wright/why_study_philosophy.htm
• Article on USA Today’s All-USA College Academic First Team and how they are using their philosophical skills in their careers: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2004-02-11-college-all-starts-cover_x.htm

Some former philosophy majors

• Compiled by Eastern Kentucky Department of Philosophy:  http://www.philosophy.eku.edu/phimajors.htm

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