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It's clear why Formal Logic is studied in undergrad philosophy programs, but there's only so much space to study the core Philosophy ideas in the undergrad time allotted, and what you're suggesting sounds like they'd be getting a math degree rather than a phil degree.

It would be more appropriate for graduate phil courses to consider the ideas you highlighted.

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In my undergrad experience, there was way more choice in a PHIL degree than Math/Engineering or even English. My suggestion is to jump on the CT train early because it is new, but truly enlightening. It's the best framework we have for ontological assessment, and that is one of the three major areas of undergrad philosophy.

Yes; why should we give degrees in understanding the parts of philosophy which have been disproven or refuted? The word "mathematics" literally means things which humans must teach each other. Mathematics is philosophy, but with proofs.

Look at ethics for an example. Mathematics is the venue for arguing against utilitarianism. Putting those together with category theory, we get a mathematical explanation for why pragmatic ethics is preferable to utilitarian ethics.

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