<p>Continental philosophy is basically mainland European philosophy (i.e. French, German, Medieval, Greek…basically 90% of philosophy). BC has a very solid department. Where philosophy elsewhere is dying a death of a thousand cuts, philosophy at BC has remained strong and growing. Since the time I matriculated here two professors has been added. </p>
<p>The major itself is a intellectual adventure. When you think about it, Ph.D stands for Doctor of Philosophy, that means philosophy has traditionally touched a wide ranging number of fields. The thinking critically should never be underestimated (as seen by philosophy consistently having the second highest Lsat score while Political Science having the 16th). Furthermore, philosophy is the easiest major to complete (2 introductory classes and 8 electives of your choice). A lot of folks I know have philosophy and another major.</p>