Why do some people become students of philosophy?

1. Because all people may not have uniform choice.

2. No. It is only as per their sweet-will. There was no compulsion or force to take philosophy.

3. Yes.

4. Inner spiritual burning urge.

5. Jullunder, Punjab, India.

As many philosophers dictated, a philosophers life is the freest life. In today academic, it also whole true. A philosophy professor, once tenured, is the most free human being (as free as it can get). They work for 20 hour per week on what they love (they pick their topic of teaching and philosophers tend to love discussing about what they teach). They get financial security (not making more than they need relieve them from a lot of stress and luxurious hobby that strip you from the freedom of philosophy). To get pay to think about what we love is the ultimate goal of freedom. Student learn philosophy become that the best job in the universe.

There are a few reasons.

1) They took some philosophy courses and really liked them and did well, so they decided to make philosophy their major. (This is why I took philosophy).

2) They were interested in philosophy to begin with. These students usually were interested in continental philosophy (especially Nietzsche) and are disappointed to find they have to study analytic philosophy, which is quite a bit different.

3) They want to get into law school. Students who do their degree in philosophy tend to score very highly on the LSAT. ( http://www.potsdam.edu/academics/AAS/Phil/upload/L... )

4) Some other reason not listed above.

Philosophy is the ultimate knowledge of life and universe. Every soul by its nature is having an inborn quest and undergoes the cycle of repeated births and deaths to gain the ultimate knowledge.

Those who are in the advanced stage of evolution are naturally inclined towards philosophy right from their childhood and pose questions on life, universe, God and salvation.

There's a wide range of reasons why someone might be interested in different philosophies. It could be anything from working in politics......to liking to think.

Who Needs Philosophy? Only 8 percent of students now major in the humanities

http://nation.time.com/2013/03/07/who-needs-philos...

Our interests and behavioral dispositions are as unique as our fingerprints.

Even within a family, one’s way of being happy may not be the same with another. One, for example, may find that he is happier when he is in a contemplative mood and his twin brother, steeped in group laughter and fun, may find solitary disposition rather boring.

We notice that the differences grow bigger when one has to deal with people from other cultures.

http://awate.com/unique-as-our-fingerprints/

Humans are free to do what they want, without this freedom there could be no morality. In such a case, no basis for what could be deemed as good or bad behavior in the eyes of a God because without freewill we would just be pre-programmed unable to change or alter what has already been laid out in front of us. There are only two things certain in each one of our lives, we live, and then we die, everything in between is up to the individual.

Hard determinism only clouds the mind if we are enslaved to thinking we are free, then those who believe that they have no control over life are going through life making decisions based on what they perceive as pre-determined. To say we have a path set for us is to make us no more than a robot, and because robots cannot discuss topics intelligently and cannot act intelligently in situations proves that theory wrong.

We all have identity each human individual is unique even twins are different. Our minds are just as unique as our fingerprints

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Every child is born with a unique set of personality traits. Ask any

woman who has given birth to two or more children and she will attest to

the fact that while still in the womb her children showed marked

differences in their behavior.

http://www.enotalone.com/article/5582.html

We are all individualistic, meaning that we are all different in thinking.

Our minds are as different as our finger prints -

no two are identical. Palmistry also says the same

thing. Every human is unique. Not only do our

organs differ, but our personalities differ. Each

human develops different goals, and has special

traits or feelings which differ in a million

different ways from others.

Significant differences exist between the male and female brains. Although what follows has been meticulously gathered from the research and writings of leading scientists and psychologists, it is by no means a hard and fast rule or description of every man and every woman. Every person is different and unique.

That every person is unique and has an intrinsic worth.

http://www.answers.com/Phenomenology

Only a small percentage of people have a bent of mind towards philosophy.

Some people are inescapably drawn to ask questions about the questions they just asked themselves. If I had to guess I'd go with they're born philosophers, biologically geared to do our heavy lifting in that field.

just a choice for the source of a livelihood like others choose agriculture, construction, arts, etc., as their profession.

they have nothing better to do, aren't smart enough to do a scientific degree or maths.... aren't creative enough to do art... and don't fancy business studies.

cuz they are bored with their lives. and not good at math.