Like I understand that a lot of them are professors at first, but who just goes “I’m gonna pay this person to think and probably be sad”
Is it all just the books and speeches?
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Most philosophers work at universities, and have teaching positions in addition to their research. However, some really are just researchers or authors, publishing for others to read their work. Occasionally, you also see philosophers as consultants, though generally not on philosophy *per se.* For example, an author might hire a philosopher whose focus is philosophy of science, as a consultant for a book on science education and history.
Philosophers may also find employment as journalists, counselors (non-medical ones, obviously), public speakers, speechwriters, or a handful of other professions. More or less, anything to do with knowing thought and language in an argumentation sense. Philosophy also often overlaps with mathematics, as logic, epistemology, and axiology are areas of thought shared between the two disciplines.
In that way, it’s much like most other humanities degree. It may land you a job in the specific field you studied. Or it may land you a different job that simply *makes use of* the skills you had to develop as part of earning a philosophy degree.
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