Our faculty and students pursue the exciting, big questions that have always stimulated thinkers in differenteras and cultures. How should we live? What do we owe eachother, or future generations? How should we reason, and weigh evidence? More deeply: What is it to be a person, or to be a citizen? What is it to think, to reason? New answers to these questions are always being proposed and debated; new questions are being asked too. It's interesting stuff.
Why.........??
You study philosophy becauseyou want to pursue the big, interesting questions that are still being answered in interesting ways, and you wantto develop the skills of articulation and argument that philosophical work hones.
But you may be wondering how to reassure someone who thinks there is no point to this outside the classroom.
There is! We havethe long version ofthe explanation here. The short version is this: philosophy develops skills thatare crucial to almost any career you might pursue.
Law schools and graduate business schools recognize this. Read that long version though, for many surprising details, e.g. that Philosophy majors do better than Business majors on the GMAT,and have higher mid-career salaries too.
Our alumni are thriving in all walks of life: media, management, sales, public service, finance, the arts, non-profits, law, marketing, consulting... the list goes on and on.
information and philosophy about anything else you can read it at this source:
https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/philosophy/undergrad?e_pi=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C2275081883