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PREMIUM-Episode 73: Why Do Philosophy? (And What Is It?)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Importance of Philosophy

Philosophy in doing philosophy isn't a profession, it's why philosophize. "I had this compulsion to explore the foundations of arguments or the rational basis for things" I was always interested in understanding sort of the logic behind what somebody was and then also what that position committed them to. And so in a certain weird way, philosophy wasn't necessarily an avocation or a field of study that I chose."

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