The Department of Humanities

Harris-Stowe State University

HGA 208

The professional Power of Philosophy

Skill Sets for Any Profession Skill Sets for Financial Success
Angela Davis, social activist Phil Jackson, NBA coach

Angela Davis, a proud feminist, Black Phil Jackson, legendary Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles
Panther, prominent social activist, and Lakers coach, majored in philosophy at the University
retired University of California philoso- of North Dakota. Players, contemporaries, adminis-
phy professor, majored in philosophy at trators, and fans call him The Zen Master. Inquiries
Brandeis University and worked under into Eastern philosophy helped him develop the
Herbert Marcuse. These studies strongly coaching style that won him 11 championships as a
influenced her campaigns against racism, coach, added to the two earned as a player. He even
capitalist inequalities, sexism, and anti- published a book, Sacred Hoops, about how sport
LGBTQ sentiment. and philosophy interplay in his mind.

Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice George Soros, billionaire banker

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Thurgood

The Man Who Broke the Bank of England completed his
Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave.
Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy in 1952 at the Lon-
He studied literature and philosophy at Lin-
don School of Economics. He scored an entry-level job at
coln University. He founded the NAACP Le-
graduation at Singer & Friedlander, a bank. George Soros ap-
gal Defense and Educational Fund. He ar-
plied the critical and analytical skills students of philosophy
gued many civil rights cases, most famous-
learn to the world of finance to eventually became up a bil-
ly Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in
lionaire, launching his own hedge fund and investment firm.
1954. In 1967 he became the first African
American Supreme Court Justice.

Ricky Gervais, actor and comedian Bruce Lee, martial artist and filmmaker
Skill Sets for Admissions Exams

The famous comedian of TV

Bruce Lee studied philosophy extensively at Uni-
L.S.A.T
versity of Washington and beyond. He read the
shows Extras and The Office majored in
philosophy at University College London.
Tao Te Ching and was inspired by the concept of (Law School Admissions Test)
wu wei, action accomplishing its purpose in ac-
Fans can certainly see the humorous
cordance with the natures of things and events.
benefits of devoting time, energy, and
He frequently touted philosophys role in shap-
money towards the philosophical arts if
ing both his acting and his athletics.
Philosophy majors rank FIRST among all majors in
pursuing an entertainment career.
law school acceptance rate: 82.4%.

Major LSAT score Compared to Average

Arian Foster, NFL Running Back Elena Kagan U.S. Supreme Court Justice ,

Philosophy 157.0 +4.7pts

Former American football running Justice Kagan attended Princeton University
where she wrote a senior thesis on the his-
Economics 156.2 +3.9pts
back Arian Potts Foster, known for his
signature Namaste bow, graduated tory of American radicalism in the hope of History 154.5 +2.2pts
from the University of Tennessee in clarifying her own political ideas. She re-
2009 with a Bachelors degree in Phi- ceived a fellowship and went to England for English 153.5 +1.2pts
losophy. Foster holds the Texans fran- a year to study philosophy at Worcester
chise records for rushing yards and College at Oxford, where she received a
Psychology 151.7 -0.6pts
rushing touchdowns, having also Masters of Philosophy degree. She was Political Science 151.5 -0.8pts
played for the Miami Dolphins. He an- nominated to the bench by President
nounced his retirement October 2016. Obama in May, 2010. Accounting 151.5 -0.8pts
Sociology 149.4 -2.9pts
Communications 149.4 -2.9pts
Study Philosophy Business Administration 148.2 -4.1pts
Criminal Justice 145.4 -6.9pts
to fight for social justice...
When I went to law school, I was told by all my professors that they were going to teach
me how to think like a lawyer. I soon found out that I already knew how to do that; I
The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them. had learned to do so as a philosophy major.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett John S. Paul, philosophy major and attorney (Bryan, Texas)

Action is indeed the sole medium of expression for ethics. G.R.E

Jane Addams
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Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. Cornel West

to reflect on oneself and ones world...

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelli-
gence plus characterthat is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates

We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the hu-
man condition. Frantz Fanon

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker
must think for truth, not for fame. W.E.B. Dubois

*Special thanks to Professor Seth Vannatta (Philosophy, Morgan State University) for granting permissions to adapt this poster.