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Ambition vs. aspiration with philosopher Agnes Callard
ReThinking
How to Stop Arguing to Win and Start Arging to Learn
When we reason to argue, we're not pursuing the truth. We end up marshaling our most sophisticated reasoning skills for a purpose that is not about doing our best reasoning. Agnes's solution to this conundrum is to change how we argue. To stop arguing to win and start arguing to learn. So if you can take the skills you normally use to persuade an argument, and instead apply them to pressure testing your own thinking, it could make you smarter.
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