Computer Science and Philosophy or History?

I've decided that I'm going to major in Computer Science, yet I would really like to do a double major and also get a liberal arts education. I would like to do either history or philosophy, but I can't decide which. I've taken over a year of classes in both, so I'm familiar with the methods and materials in both. Philosophy would help improve my critical thinking, reasoning skills, etc., yet I'm a little apprehensive that some of it would be too much of an abstraction, and somewhat unecessary. History is more empirical, less theoretical, and examines dimensions of human life and history besides only the philosophical, such as cultural, political, artistic, scientific, technological, etc. The computer science aspect is more geared towards my career path; interesting and widely applicable. But I don't want to get a degree only for utilitarian purposes; I also want a full education. So let me hear your reasons for studying either philosophy or history, and how I might go about it.

Computer Science and Philosophy or History?
It's obvious you have given this a lot of thought and you have pretty much answered your own question.





The Philosophy majors I have known have a tendency to think about and discuss an issue until they start going around in circles. From my experience and what you have written, I think you would be much better off with the History major. You might even want to explore the history of computer science as one of your major papers. My experience is that History majors excel at writing analytically.





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Reply:I did a double major and one of them was history the other was education. I chose history because I found it to be extremely interesting and you will actually learn things that will be of use to you in the future. History teaches us why thing are the way they are today. Philosophy would be a good major to choose if you were going into law school. Hope that helps!