tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post934526684731406896..comments2024-02-26T03:25:06.471+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Why Study Philosophy at University?Stephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-24388713009862857392012-11-26T13:18:21.617+00:002012-11-26T13:18:21.617+00:00Philosophy...what are you going to do with that?&q...Philosophy...what are you going to do with that?"<br /><a href="http://dissertation-topics-examples.info/" rel="nofollow">dissertation-topics-examples.info</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163359132794721227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-37628926776237959322012-09-09T10:06:08.341+00:002012-09-09T10:06:08.341+00:00Thanks Jordan - much appreciated.Thanks Jordan - much appreciated.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-2941239643936814792012-09-08T22:02:44.074+00:002012-09-08T22:02:44.074+00:00"A remarkable amount of vision of from the JP..."A remarkable amount of vision of from the JP Morgan interviewers, though I suspect he may have had very good connections." <br /><br />Actually, no connections. I was one of many, many being interviewed all those years ago. It worked out for me to be sure and clearly, Philosophy did not get me the job. But it certainly was distinctive and helped a great deal. Fro what it is worth, I still use Philosophy and the skills my studies taught me. It is remarkable how insightful some of the writings of David Hume for example, speak to, for example, current market conditions (recall Hume's comments on running too much debt and then think of the current situation in Europe...), Kant on the role of humans in history (and thus market history) etc etc. <br /><br />Just something to consider.<br /><br />J. Kotick. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-5915596476526621142012-09-07T23:49:28.661+00:002012-09-07T23:49:28.661+00:00first link not working.first link not working.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-49406271770370385622012-09-07T19:26:26.267+00:002012-09-07T19:26:26.267+00:00In response to Anonymous:
Perhaps thinking outsid...In response to Anonymous:<br /><br />Perhaps thinking outside the box simply means questioning the fundamental assumptions everyone else takes for granted? If that's what the banker meant, then I'd say he's right in his surmise that a philosophical degree leaves you well equipped. Otherwise I agree with you that there's not much mileage in the expression. Then again did you expect anything but buzzwords from a head of a bank's strategic hiring committee? They're known for their numeracy and economic ruthlessness; not their conceptual lucidity.Sketch Sepahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08718306851088111340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-18355321192825549132012-09-07T18:40:10.238+00:002012-09-07T18:40:10.238+00:00I've always found the best way to deal with so...I've always found the best way to deal with someone who asks the 'Philosophy? What are you going to do with that?' question is to shout 'CRASS INSTRUMENTALIST' in their face and then run away to read some Wittgenstein under a tree.<br /><br />Seriously though, why does anyone have to 'do' anything with the degree they're studying? Study philosophy because you love philosophy. Or don't study it because you don't love it - go and study something else. For God's sake don't study it because you want to be an investment banker.<br /><br />I also dislike the 'think outside the box' tag. My philosophy degree didn't seem to be much 'thinking outside the box'. I thought about things that other students weren't thinking about (properties, conceptual schemes, the private language argument) but then other students were thinking about things I wasn't thinking about (the chemical bonding in benzene, the history of Prussia, the legal ramifications of R v Brown). At no point did I ever think 'well now I'm really thinking outside the box'. Any degree worth its salt should teach you the value of original and independent thinking (which is all the mileage I can get out of 'thinking outside the box'). Philosophy does do this but it's hardly alone.<br /><br />OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-39855164353793578932012-09-07T10:46:30.658+00:002012-09-07T10:46:30.658+00:00peaked = piqued /whinge
A remarkable amount of vi...peaked = piqued /whinge<br /><br />A remarkable amount of vision of from the JP Morgan interviewers, though I suspect he may have had very good connections.xenideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02527515587503087809noreply@blogger.com