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When I was in college, a philosophy degree was seen as excellent training for a career in Law.
by JauntTrooper 2mo ago
When I was in college, a philosophy degree was seen as excellent training for a career in Law.
- wongarsu 2mo agoBoth professions require writing detailed, overly specific, reasonably watertight arguments that will be read by only a handful of people, so that tracks
- datakan 2mo agoArguments so watertight that none of them ever agree with each other and have argued for thousands of years without a resolution to even the most basic of questions.
- programjames 2mo agoThe appearance of a logical argument is easier to achieve and often good enough for their purposes (publishing papers, winning lawsuits).
- mothballed 2mo agoConnections are far more important IMO. The opinion itself is there for the plebs so they don't revolt when the high-IQ trickery flagrantly mismatches the plain language of the constitution. The courts are really the main thing nowadays that can provide legitimacy to the acts of the state since it doesn't follow the people or the documents authorizing it.
- SoftTalker 2mo agoUsing a vocabulary that is known only to themselves.
- palmotea 2mo ago> Using a vocabulary that is known only to themselves. So? Almost all professions have jargon known only to themselves. You think most people have any clue what a garbage collector is?
- antonvs 2mo agoA monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors, after all.
- SoftTalker 2mo agoLaw and medicine seems to go overboard with e.g. latin terms for everything.
- keiferski 2mo agoPhilosophy undergrad here and yeah I’d say law school was the typical next step. A few medical school as well.
- kriro 2mo agoBut a law degree is probably even better. I know what you mean though, consulting companies also hire the (top 1-3%) philosophy majors and math/physics majors for the same reason. Good thought processes.