It gives me a sense of the beauty and wonder of life. It helps me understand people in dire circumstances. Of all the gifts that his philosophy degree has given him, said Dr. Bruner, the Nebraska graduate, creativity is probably the most important. Those who majored in science, then headed straight for medical school and years of practice can have a narrow outlook, he said. We have a very mathematical way of going about it.
Computers are a lot like that as well.
Both philosophers and computer programmers use Boolean logic, Mr. Myrick explained, though philosophers are more likely to call it Aristotelian logic. If it is true or false, it can be on or off. And it can be a switch. And computers have a lot of little, tiny switches. One Princeton graduate shelved books in libraries to support his interest in acting before returning to school years later for a master's degree in library science.