Why I Majored in Philosophy Despite Everyone Telling Me Not to
Here is one example I love telling my business major friends: capitalism as we know it today was given its framework by a moral philosopher Adam Smith, who famously wrote The Wealth of Nations.
Further, an education in philosophy has made a significant mark on some of American history’s greatest figures such as Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
.. For some of us philosophy majors, we are just genuinely curious about some notions in life that are often taken for granted. For instance, is our ability to have rational thought just a product of our brainwaves, the interaction of different neurotransmitters?