In Search of Wisdom
I was J.W. Bertolotti’s guest on this edition of his podcast, talking about How to Think Like a Philosopher.
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Tag: Reason & rationality
The astonishing mind of Derek Parfit
Parfit often said, “If my arguments don’t succeed, my life has been wasted.” Fortunately he was wrong. He ultimately failed, but more brilliantly than almost all the rest of us could ever succeed.
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Next Big Idea Club
Julian shares five key insights from his new book, How to Think Like a Philosopher: Twelve Key Principles for More Humane, Balanced and Rational Thinking. Read or listen to the audio version—read by Julian himself.
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What does it mean to be human?
In Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Enquiry and Hope, Sarah Bakewell reflects on 700 years of humanist thought, perusing the work of various writers, thinkers, scientists and artists who have spent time trying to understand what it means to be truly human. She tells the story of humanism, explaining why it has continued to flourish for so many years in spite of opposition from other groups.
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The Author Archive podcast
In this conversation Julian wonders about the validity of monarchy, whether truth in politics is essential, if wisdom inevitably comes with age, why there is so much angst around trans people …… and much more! How does AC/DC fit in to all this, and…. does thinking like a philosopher make you feel better??
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