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| - | On February 28 I was reflecting again about my career path, and I took a rather decisive step towards philosophy. I have been weighing two options over the past several years, philosophy (in which I would write and teach) and psychology (in which I would be a counselor). I've see-sawed back and forth, but that day I realized that the weight had tipped more clearly to the side of philosophy. | + | On February 28 I was reflecting again about my career path, and I took a rather decisive step towards philosophy. I have been weighing two options over the past several years, philosophy (in which I would write and teach) and psychology (in which I would be a counselor). I've see-sawed back and forth, but that day I realized that the weight had tipped more clearly to the side of philosophy. |
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| - | I realized again that I really do value my diverse interests, and it would be nice if my career could reflect them. I could see that happening with philosophy, because philosophy professors regularly list their research interests in their faculty profiles, and they are often collections like, "Philosophy of physics and decision theory," or, "philosophical theology, philosophical psychology, the epistemologies of the early modern philosophers, and the works | + | I realized again that I really do value my diverse interests, and it would be nice if my career could reflect them. I could see that happening with philosophy, because philosophy professors regularly list their research interests in their faculty profiles, and they are often collections like, "Philosophy of physics and decision theory," or, "philosophical theology, philosophical psychology, the epistemologies of the early modern philosophers, and the works |
| - | of David Hume, St. Augustine, and Jonathan Edwards" or, "Business Ethics and Policy; Kant; Induction and Confirmation; Ethics; Philosophy of Religion," or, "Media Philosophy, Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Informal Logic & Critical Thinking Pedagogy, Aesthetics." In one way, philosophy is a meta-discipline. It's a field of study in which you think about the nature of other fields. | + | of David Hume, St. Augustine, and Jonathan Edwards" or, "Business Ethics and Policy; Kant; Induction and Confirmation; Ethics; Philosophy of Religion," or, "Media Philosophy, Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Informal Logic & Critical Thinking Pedagogy, Aesthetics." In one way, philosophy is a meta-discipline. It's a field of study in which you think about the nature of other fields. |
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| - | Psychology is a diverse field, of course, but it's still only psychology, and I have found that as with all my other interests, my level of interest in it comes and goes. My key observation during this cycle of reflection was that over the past year I have had a number of opportunities to get back into psychology, such as during Stephen Ministry training, but it hasn't happened. That makes me think psychology is just one of the crowd rather than a career-making preoccupation. | + | Psychology is a diverse field, of course, but it's still only psychology, and I have found that as with all my other interests, my level of interest in it comes and goes. My key observation during this cycle of reflection was that over the past year I have had a number of opportunities to get back into psychology, such as during Stephen Ministry training, but it hasn't happened. That makes me think psychology is just one of the crowd rather than a career-making preoccupation. |
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| - | I like helping people, but there are plenty of ways I could help people as a philosopher. I could do <a href="http://www.geocities.com/centersophon/">philosophical counseling</a> or be an advisor to some organization, for instance. The world needs people who can think. Bad thinking can hurt people, and an awful lot of it goes on: People don't listen to each other for understanding; they let their preconceptions, worries, and desires rule their whole thought process; they make bad arguments for good causes that turn people off who might otherwise be convinced; etc. | + | I like helping people, but there are plenty of ways I could help people as a philosopher. I could do <a href="http://www.geocities.com/centersophon/">philosophical counseling</a> or be an advisor to some organization, for instance. The world needs people who can think. Bad thinking can hurt people, and an awful lot of it goes on: People don't listen to each other for understanding; they let their preconceptions, worries, and desires rule their whole thought process; they make bad arguments for good causes that turn people off who might otherwise be convinced; etc. |
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| So now I'm about 95% sure philosophy is my field. Once I decided that, I began thinking about my next steps. | So now I'm about 95% sure philosophy is my field. Once I decided that, I began thinking about my next steps. | ||
Latest projects: Copleston's History of Philosophy
On February 28 I was reflecting again about my career path, and I took a rather decisive step towards philosophy. I have been weighing two options over the past several years, philosophy (in which I would write and teach) and psychology (in which I would be a counselor). I've see-sawed back and forth, but that day I realized that the weight had tipped more clearly to the side of philosophy.
I realized again that I really do value my diverse interests, and it would be nice if my career could reflect them. I could see that happening with philosophy, because philosophy professors regularly list their research interests in their faculty profiles, and they are often collections like, "Philosophy of physics and decision theory," or, "philosophical theology, philosophical psychology, the epistemologies of the early modern philosophers, and the works
of David Hume, St. Augustine, and Jonathan Edwards" or, "Business Ethics and Policy; Kant; Induction and Confirmation; Ethics; Philosophy of Religion," or, "Media Philosophy, Ethics, Social & Political Philosophy, Informal Logic & Critical Thinking Pedagogy, Aesthetics." In one way, philosophy is a meta-discipline. It's a field of study in which you think about the nature of other fields.
Psychology is a diverse field, of course, but it's still only psychology, and I have found that as with all my other interests, my level of interest in it comes and goes. My key observation during this cycle of reflection was that over the past year I have had a number of opportunities to get back into psychology, such as during Stephen Ministry training, but it hasn't happened. That makes me think psychology is just one of the crowd rather than a career-making preoccupation.
I like helping people, but there are plenty of ways I could help people as a philosopher. I could do philosophical counseling or be an advisor to some organization, for instance. The world needs people who can think. Bad thinking can hurt people, and an awful lot of it goes on: People don't listen to each other for understanding; they let their preconceptions, worries, and desires rule their whole thought process; they make bad arguments for good causes that turn people off who might otherwise be convinced; etc.
So now I'm about 95% sure philosophy is my field. Once I decided that, I began thinking about my next steps.