In episode 243 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Aaron Preston for a second time. This time we discuss the nature of philosophy and how it ought to aid in human flourishing. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/ Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 0:00 - What kind of philosopher is Aaron Preston? 10:40 - What is philosophy? 14:04 - What Good is Speculative Philosophy? 16:37 - Should your ethics professor be an ethical person? 19:35 - Specialists vs. Generalist Philosophy 22:37 - What is Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding? 29:28 - What is Continental Philosophy? 35:30 - Is Jordan Peterson a philosopher? What about Joe Rogan? 44:54 - How Should we initiate people into philosophy today? 48:57 - Philosophy of Religion is Philosophy of Hard Mode 52:48 - The History of Philosophy 1:02:11 - what is the role of public philosopher?