Philosophy majors do well according to various measures of critical reasoning and intellectual habits. But is this an effect of studying philosophy, or an effect of students already talented in these ways choosing to major in philosophy? A new study suggests that while there are indeed selection effects, there is some "initial and suggestive evidence"| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession
A new study "offers the strongest evidence to date that studying philosophy does indeed make people better thinkers." Readers may recall the previous research of Michael Prinzing (Baylor) & Michael Vazquez (UNC), discussed here last year, about how "philosophy majors tend to [show] more growth than non-philosophy majors" on some traits indexed by the Habits of Mind| Daily Nous - news for & about the philosophy profession