People make a lot of fuss about how “philosophy is useless” but I was thinking that a lot of people feel the same way about pure mathematics, yet the concept of “applied mathematics” is pretty well accepted to have value.
Is there a similar field of “applied philosophy” where people trained and well researched in philosophy use their skills for industrial / business purposes? If so, what would their main purpose be and how/when would they be brought on by potential businesses?
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There is no “Applied Philosophy” because philosophy is (despite degrees giving the contrary impression) more comparable to a practice than a more or less well defined field like math or the sciences. You have dive into the actual subdivisions of philosophy to find such applied variants, like Applied Ethics.
I think it maybe depends on what you mean by philosophy. If you take philosophy as the study of what’s true, what’s valuable in human life, etc., then in a sense you could consider to be “applied philosophy” any discipline that studies *how* people make philosophical decisions, such as sociology or psychology. How do people (as individuals or as communities) come to understandings about what they think is true or about what they find to be most valuable in life?
One example that comes to my mind is a book called *The Righteous Mind* by psychologist Jonathan Haidt. The first half of the book lays out a schema for the ways people make moral decisions. The second half of the book is an instruction manual for companies to leverage this understanding of how people make moral decisions to manipulate them (e.g., using certain rhetorical techniques in advertising).
Sure thing. It is commonplace for introductory courses in each discipline to include content on the history, development, and applied philosophy of that discipline. There may be more or less emphasis on various strands in philosophy (*e.g*. ethics, aesthetics, logic, value) that pertain to that field.
Beyond that, there are substantial philosophical foundations for many professional pursuits, and specific coursework is typically required for people in their associated disciplines.
For example, these courses are listed in the [University of Florida undergraduate catalog](https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses/).)
* Agricultural & Natural Resource Ethics
* Animal Welfare Ethics
* Applied Pharmaceutical Law Ethics
* Bioethics
* Development & Philosophy of Agricultural Education
* Engineering Ethics and Professionalism
* Environmental Engineering Ethics
* Environmental Ethics
* Ethical & Legal Issues in the Health Professions
* Ethical Hacking
* Ethical Issues in Family, Youth, & Community Services
* Ethical Issues in Sport
* Ethics & Ecology
* Ethics & Problems in Advertising
* Ethics & Problems in Mass Communication
* Ethics & Problems in Media
* Ethics & Professional Responsibility in Public Relations
* Ethics and Innovation
* Ethics in American Politics
* Ethics In Artificial Intelligence
* Ethics in Global Business
* Ethics of Communication
* Ethics, Data, & Technology
* Fire & Emergency Services Ethical Practices
* Genetical Ethics
* Global Ethics
* Introduction to Philosophy of Law
* Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing
* Medicine and Philosophy
* Moral Leadership in Agricultural and Natural Resources
* Philosophy of Education
* Philosophy of Language
* Philosophy of Natural Science
* Philosophy of Religion
* Philosophy of the Social Sciences
* Policy, Ethics and Public Leadership
* Principles of Pharmacy Law & Ethics
* Problems & Ethics of Journalism in Society
* Science & Ethics in Daily Life
* Sports Media Law & Ethics
There is applied philosophy, but it has been renamed. For a long time, “science” was called “natural philosophy”, but in the mid 1800s the preferred english term changed to “science”. Science is very much based in the philosophical ideas which originated during the Enlightenment.
Another area of philosophy that oculd e considered applied woudl be Ethics. A fair number of companies have Ethics officers.
A law degree is, in all honesty, a degree in an applied philosophy, although that obviously isn’t a philosophy degree (but at the same time; philosophy majors seem to do well in law school).
Beyond that would be ethicists, but at the same time the kinds of ethical problems that are coming to the forefront require and understanding of the technology and practices that are causing the dilemma, which a philosophy degree alone would be insufficient for. Hence why a lot of professional ethical courses are taught by members of those professions instead of my philosophy majors.
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