19 September 2019
subscribe
follow
Programs
Popular Tags
Share this video: |
|
 |
|
Or choose a specific part to share: |
|
Start at:   |
|
|
|
|
Embed this video, or the specific part you've chosen, on your site:
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Massimo Pigliucci (CUNY Graduate Center, Plato's Footnote, How To Be a Stoic)
- Dan questions the rationale for a liberal arts education . 7:27
- Massimo defends the liberal arts . 7:49
- Does studying the humanities make you a better citizen? . 7:40
- Campus protesters with a little learning . 4:41
- Valuing the liberal arts for their own sake . 7:58
- Massimo: The humanities are dangerous . 5:24
Follow:
Daniel Kaufman
Massimo Pigliucci
Daniel Kaufman
Massimo Pigliucci
Recorded:Nov 20
Posted:Nov 28, 2015
Download:
- Dan’s essay, “On Some Common Rationales for Liberal Education (and why they aren’t very good)”
- Dan and Massimo discuss Gilbert Ryle and “knowing how” vs. “knowing that”
- “How Philosophy Makes You a Better Leader”
- “Tech Leave You Cold? Major in Philosophy!”
- “Be Employable, Study Philosophy”
- “Is Philosophy the Most Practical Major?”
- “Why Study Philosophy”?
- GRE scores by major
- “From Technologist to Philosopher”
Sophia | Nov 28, 2015 | Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
Being free together
Psychologist David Barash, author of Buddhist Biology, argues for combining existentialism with Buddhist notions of interconnectedness. Plus: The ecosystem of the self.
Sophia
How should philosophy professors teach controversial subjects?
Philosophers Daniel Kaufman and David Ottlinger consider.
The Wright Show
The traits that make your self yourself
Robert Wright speaks with psychologist Nina Strohminger about her research on the essential components of the self.
Sophia
What comes after postmodernism?
Daniel Kaufman and E. John Winner ponder a future of cultural stagnation.
The Wright Show
Can quantum physics solve the free will and mind-body puzzles?
Robert Wright speaks with Alexander Wendt, author of the book Quantum Mind and Social Science, about two of philosophy’s most intractable problems.
Why does Freud persist?
John Horgan speaks with Frederick Crews, author of Freud: The Making of an Illusion, about why Freud is still a cultural icon long after his ideas have been discredited.
Sophia
Western philosophy and white supremacism
Philosopher Crispin Sartwell lays out his argument comparing mind-body dualism with racism.
The Wright Show
The trouble with corporate mindfulness
Robert Wright speaks with Ronald Purser, author of the new book McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality.
Sophia
How the Internet unleashed humanity’s id
Philosopher Daniel Kaufman and journalist Oliver Burkeman discuss the psychological impulses that shape online news media today.
Feeling bad about positivity
View these comments on a non-video page
View these comments on a non-video page