All Men Desire to Know, All Human Beings Desire to Know

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AirSol: I want to say something about that all men desire to know, all human beings desire to know. When AirSol says this, you can also read it as polemic against Socrates because you read these dialogues. Most people who are talking to Socrates are kind of after a couple of exchanges,. They are like, goodbye. We have seen a lot of examples at that point in the semester. People are like, I really fed up with this. And I just sort of seeing you opposed to all the corrupt the youth thing here, of course, brings to mind Socrates.

In today's world of misinformation and misrepresentation, it's wise to be skeptical. But has our skepticism gone too far? What does it look like to not only refute what is false — but also to follow what is true?

In this episode, hear from two philosophy professors, Dr. Meghan Sullivan of Notre Dame and Dr. Katja Vogt of Columbia University. Their conversation from April 2022 draws from philosophers like Aristotle and Plato, and they discuss how truth can be appreciated and acted upon, what it means to pursue truth together, and how rediscovering the value of truth just might make our lives and society better.

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