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Consolations of philosophy.

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AuthorWyllie, William
PositionLetters - Letter to the editor

Listening to the recent CIMA webcast on ethics, I recalled a job interview I had in the seventies. As an aspiring accountant with a degree in the unfashionable subject of philosophy, I was not high on the wish-list of the City firm that offered the interview, but an agency got me through the door.

As is often the case with recent graduates, the ice-breaker gambit was my studies: Interviewer: "I see that you studied philosophy. What exactly did you cover?" Me: "A whole range of subjects, including epistemology, logic, aesthetics and ethics." (Most interviewers at this point would say something along the lines of "what's epistemology?"...

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