Philosophy is uniquely suited to honing your skill in doing this. Nevertheless, if all you are interested in is the shortest path to your degree, and if you sincerely believe that everything not related to your major is just a worthless square to be filled to get your degree, then do not study philosophy. In fact, don t study any humanities. Take something else . You are in the right place.
Philosophy is too hard for any one to do.
In many ways this misconception has already been addressed, but a word or two is needed here. First of all, many philosophers could agree that the questions are impossible, but at the same time maintain that they are very, very important. The questions are important because they set us a philosophical task. If we do not take the questions seriously, if we do not treat them as if they are answerable, then the philosophical enterprise generates none of the benefits mentioned in the previous section. No human activity can be coherently engaged in without a goal to which it is directed.