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How Philosophy Helps (with Kieran Setiya)

How Philosophy Helps (with Kieran Setiya)

Update: 2024-02-18

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Kieran Setiya--a philosopher at MIT who wrote the terrific book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide that Dave Schmelzer talked about on the last episode--joins Dave for a lively conversation about how philosophy can help with our deepest questions and about how it interacts with the spirituality we talk about here.

Mentioned on this podcast:

Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya

LIfe is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, by Kieran Setiya

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How Philosophy Helps (with Kieran Setiya)

How Philosophy Helps (with Kieran Setiya)

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