Hey dude, thanks for the post,
I don't think I ever claimed Philosophy graduates 'dominated the world', though I'm not sure any particular degree does (with the possible, and lamentable, exception of PPE - though this does contain Philosophy!) I believe that degrees are what you make of them, and any degree subject from a respected institution can get you into most careers if you make the effort. My point, as you were, I think, suggesting, was more that Philosophy equips its students with tremendously well-rounded skills, moulding them into excellent future business people and professionals, while giving them a subject they will likely cherish for the rest of their lives.
On the one hand you say philosophy was a 'stepping stone' to true empiricism, and on the other you say science isn't dependent on philosophy. This seems like a contradiction, since, by your own admission, empirical science wouldn't have been reached without philosophy. If something cannot exist without another thing, it is reliant upon that other thing having existed.
I have lots of respect for science students also. The material is clearly challenging, and I admire the sacrifice some science students make to study, frankly, very dull subject material over what, to me at least, seems the eminently more interesting material of the humanities. But that's just a personal reason, as I know some genuinely enjoy the sciences' subject material too, especially in Physics. Hearing about the structure of a root hair cell for an hour, though, just makes me want to self harm.
I think Philosophy and Science have a great deal in common, and are best when working alongside each other. If I ever said Philosophy was the best degree then I was wrong, there is one degree, which I know Oxford do, which is definitively the best degree available in this country for those seeking intellectual nirvana: BA Physics and Philosophy.
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