The Importance of Having Children

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Sally Kohn: I remember hearing Paul Bloom, one of my advisors and our former guests here on the show, talking about... He had two sons who were in there like four or five. The other one was about eight or nine. And he would always be saying things like, oh, I got to do this or oh, my kid did that. At some point, after a year or two, I asked him. So Paul, it sounds like having kids is actually a bad thing. You seem to always be talking about what horrible experience you're having with kids. But he looks at me sort of shocked and said, no, it's absolutely the best decision I've ever

Our streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why people mistakenly think they're not morally responsible, and how his new study casts doubt on Sam Harris's "pamphlet" on free will. Eddy also describes his new project (with Toni Adleberg and Morgan Thompson) on why women leave philosophy. Plus Dave and I discuss some reasons for having children, and eat a little Partially Examined Life crow.

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"Name five women in philosophy. Bet you can't." Tania Lombrozo, [npr.og]

"Do Women Have Different Philosophical Intuitions than Men?" Eddy Nahmias (philosophyofbrains.com)

"Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?' Eddy Nahmias. [nytimes.com]

Eddy on Bypassing [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Edd trashing Tamler's Book [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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