What if “having a philosophy” were actually deeply unphilosophical..?
I discuss the meaning of philosophy, the philosophical way of life, and four threats to the same.
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00:00 Belated festivities, timely thanks and an exhortation
02:01 Introduction: Philosophy and the Four Threats to it
10:52 1. CONVICTION. Only the Nose Bug Knows.
15:06 2. FATIGUE. Hemingway’s cats.
18:30 3. MISOLOGY (not a rice dish). Nihilism.
22:37 4. SHAME. Love of the people.
27:25 The problem of relativism. Christianity and philosophy.
32:03 Closing remarks.
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