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MeaningofLife.tv videos — December 2019
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Dec 28, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & Joseph Biehl
- Why Joe left academia
- Bemoaning the apathy of today’s college students
- Joe’s nonprofit, the Gotham Philosophical Society
- How can philosophers help improve a place like New York City?
- Should philosophy be parochial or universalist?
- Philosophical anti-realism and parochialism
- Neighborhood pride in the cosmopolitan city
Dec 24, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Rhonda Magee
- Rhonda’s path to meditation and Buddhism
- Rhonda’s new book, The Inner Work of Racial Justice
- Is equanimity the enemy of activism?
- Using mindfulness to overcome biases and stereotypes
- How Rhonda deploys contemplative practices in her law school classroom
- Can one feel compassion for a cop who shot an unarmed black man?
Dec 17, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & Spencer Case
- In praise of non-elite institutions
- Spencer’s journey from Mormonism to professional philosophy
- Does philosophy matter?
- The role of temperament in shaping philosophers’ views
- Does moral philosophy contribute to moral progress?
- Dan: It doesn’t matter whether God exists
- Dan and Spencer’s concerns about the role of activism in philosophy
- Does it matter if philosophy matters?
- Spencer: Trying to live with integrity is central to philosophy
Dec 4, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & Massimo Pigliucci
- Are philosophers experts?
- Socrates didn’t have a PhD
- Massimo hates when teachers claim to learn “just as much” from their students
- What does philosophers’ expertise actually consist of?
- How much is philosophy like mathematics?
- What philosophers of science can teach scientists
- The disappointing personal morality of moral philosophers
- Grandmothers, the examined life, and the people who live best
Dec 2, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson
- Jay’s new book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error
- Why Jay embarked on a path of mysticism
- Ayahuasca, unitive experiences, and bad trips
- Jews who are “religious but not spiritual”
- Finding “real happiness” through meditation
- Varieties of enlightening experience
- What’s distinctive about Jewish mysticism?
- The things Jay still takes from Judaism
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