Bryan Frances (Fordham) writes with the following request:
I want to put together a fancy pamphlet that I can give freshman who are enjoying my intro class. Something with a title more or less along the lines of ‘Why Studying Philosophy is a Good Thing’. Something with lots of nice pictures, graphs, glossy pages, etc. I was thinking it would have several sections:
1. Why Philosophy is Good for the Mind.
2. Why Philosophy is Good for the Soul.
3. Why Philosophy is Good for Your Career.
4. Famous People Who Studied Philosophy [including testimonials]
5. Some Questions Philosophers Investigate
6. Why Philosophy is Enormously Influential in the World
I suppose that this has already been done in many other places—and done well. Could you let me know where to find such a thing? I’d like to steal it, maybe adjust it a bit for my university, and then get a few hundred to hand out to freshman whom I think are “susceptible” to philosophy.
I know I've seen a lot of great promotional materials for studying philosophy. Who can help Bryan out?
I want to know this too!
ReplyDeleteThis was done pretty well in Plato's Gorgias, but that might not meet some of your criteria.
ReplyDeleteSUNY Fredonia has a very pretty brochure, available here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fredonia.edu/department/brochures/SUNYFredonia_Philosophy.pdf