We're often just saying words without really knowing what we mean by those words. What you you think, you have the thought, in a way, but you haven't seen to the bottom of your own thought. And i think that's what's lost when we ignore great thinkers of the past. We might have them, like they might be ours in a sense, right? It's not like riverbank and money bank, right? That's a deep problem. If you just slake, oh, well, t its a chair and it's yellow right there. Um.
Philosopher and author Agnes Callard talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of philosophy, the power of philosophy, and the search for wisdom and truth. This is a wide-ranging conversation related to the question of how we learn, how to behave ethically, and the role of religion and philosophy in encouraging good behavior.