What Do Philosophers Do?

[ganabb]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

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[phpTaskForce]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem
This is what philosophers do from programmer's perspective 

[BitsBitsBits]

They think about useless stuff.

[BawsyBoss]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem
This is what philosophers do from programmer's perspective 

That actually messed with my mind for a second.

[Frscott]

They sit on a toilet with pen and paper.

[ALToids]

They "work" as a community organizer until they're pulled up the ladder promoting Hope & Change and eventually they become President.

[sana8410]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

Anyone and everyone can be a philosopher... its not a vocation and it requires no degree. I consider myself one... I waste a lot of time just writing down my thoughts... "philosophizing"... we are thinkers, nothing more and nothing less. I write down my works on YA, Blogger, whatever. Many find my thoughts insightful... and that is all that matters.

But those who have degrees in philosophy often only teach the subject to the next generation.

[zolace]

A Philosopher is not an occupation, it is simply any person that ponders the world around them. Not for money, not because they were told to, because they have the desire to wonder about things others would usually not wonder about or explain the unexplainable. They share ideas with each other, testing their theories and thoughts with those of other thinkers.

[noviapriani]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem
This is what philosophers do from programmer's perspective 

"Philosophy" means in the original Latin, "the love of knowledge". It was the first science. It still is. It may not be empirical, abiding by the methods of science we use today... but it is still the pursuit of truth. Science, philosophy, religion... they all seek to discover and uncover the truth to our world through their own methods.

[BitCoinNutJob]

I took philosophy at uni but i didnt consider myself a philosopher until many many years later and i would now consider myself a qualified philosopher mostly via years of interaction and debating on the internet. Not because i studied the subject academically.

One thing i did learn at uni was socrates was the coolest.

[herzmeister]

it's probably a thing to study in your retirement age 

[roslinpl]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

My brother have a master degree  as a  Philosopher - he finished Uniwerytet Jagieloński in Poland  and he is working as eCommerce manager for 4F (http://4f.com.pl/) company - biggest clothing brand in Poland not much to do with a Philosophy - but we must understand that philosophy is a passion - not a job.

[robbyd86]

They do a lot of thinking, writing, and debating with others on why they are right and everyone else is wrong

[Este Nuno]

Professional philosophers who are trained in philosophy and teach or write for a living use their skills for many things. It's mainly learning how to apply logic to help better understand things. It's applicable in any scenario in life. Understanding how to use critical thinking and logic is probably one of the most underrated skills in general.

Modern analytical philosophy is not all wishy washy irrelevant mental masturbation. Philosophy in general gets a bad rap since people often associate it with unproductive musings on things that can not be known or things that are supernatural and easily dismissed. But someone trained in modern analytical philosophy is someone who understands modern symbolic logic, modern neurology and the biochemistry involved with our brain function, the philosophy of language and how we communicate and many more relevent topics.

[TeseracT]

they are writing books, and if they caught some attention, than they give lectures, that is all they can do.

[Velkro]

They think about useless stuff.

Wrong, many philosophers pushed civilization forward

[Este Nuno]

They think about useless stuff.

Do you consider logic useless?

[insulting_robot]

> ...

> this is the insulting robot

> what philosophers try to achieve in reasoning, robots solved a long time ago

[Skele]

They think about useless stuff.

One thing i learned between dreams inside philosophy class was that this boring thing is the first step of all remaining science,

it is the main idea, "I think and then exist"...

[LostDutchman]

What Do Philosophers Do and what type of jobs do Philosopher get when they graduate ?

They mentally masturbate and don't get high paying jobs.

Generally they teach others to do the same things.