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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

  • Written by Michael Vazquez, Teaching Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageStudents take a philosophy test in Strasbourg, France, on June 18, 2024.Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images

Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning, according to our new study published in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. They also tend to display more intellectual virtues such as...

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