Is philosophy dying?

Philosophy, as a field of discipline in universities, today is perceived as much less important than science in the modern world. Philosophy is relegated to being a discipline focused on ethics and history, but the more abstract questions of philosophy concerning the ultimate nature of reality and humankind are perceived of little value in the real world and philosophy is often relegated to crackpot areas like the paranormal or pseudo-scientific disciplines like integral theory. Philosophers are also not doing anything to help the situation.<br><br>I’m a very philosophically inclined person, I find it extremely valuable to contemplate the nature of reality and I’m an avid reader of philosophy and I try to incorporate it into my own life and worldview, but I do agree that philosophy is dying as an academic discipline in the modern world. I’m currently in university and I would love to major in philosophy but I realize that it won’t be of any value in my life.<br><br>I’m sure most philosophers would dispute this, but just by considering the role of philosophy throughout human history, it played a most prominent role in ancient Greece and the ancient world. Then it took a backseat to religion in the middle ages and entered a renaissance in the enlightenment. But since the 20th century, philosophy has returned to being relegated to the fringes of society and the discipline perceived as being both arcane and useless.<br><br>I think perhaps the fault lies in humans. What the modern world is doing today is slowly handing over all our questions to science. I think that the questions we have about ourselves and our place in the world, the meaning of things and the nature of existence and reality, should be left to philosophy.