Why are you Taking Philosophy? What if a friend asked, "Why are you studying philosophy? It is an abstract useless subject"? How would I respond? I would ask my friend a series of questions in the attempt to reveal whether he has asked this questions based on assumptions or if he has reasoned out the practical uses of philosophy for himself and came to the conclusion that philosophy, "is an abstract useless subject". My friend's …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…assumptions are exposed by asking simple questions. The final conclusion that was drawn (to study philosophy is to better understand issues and subject of importance in life) by this dialog is in fact one of the main reasons I am studying philosophy. I also find it pleasurable to use the critical thinking tools I picked up last semester, and I figure there will be plenty of opportunities for that in this introduction to philosophy class.