The Importance of Conceptual Clarity in Philosophy

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I think it's not I don't think it's just conceptual clarity that we're doing though it's even if psychologists were really good at conceptual clarity. I still think there's ways in which philosophers can explain like why this matters and why this should matter to you and why this is meaningful. And as I like by analogy I think a good philosopher can do this for people in light of this research in light of what we know can help these people learn more about themselves and their life. Yeah, that's our expertise we're like friends with friends to the world.

Special guest Valerie Tiberius joins us to talk about values, well-being, and friendship. What role should reflection play in the good life? What about emotion? How can we make our values more consistent and sustainable? Do we know our friends better than we know ourselves? Plus, are philosophers experts? Experts of what? What are the boundaries of our discipline? And what motivates a gay Mormon to stay in the Church? In the first segment, David and Tamler list a few things they're grateful for on Thanksgiving, including you, the listeners (awwwwww...)

Links

National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation [wikipedia.org]
Valerie Tiberius personal website [sites.google.com]
Tiberius, V. (2012) Cell Phones, iPods, and Subjective Well-Being. In Brey, P., A. Briggle & E. Spence (Eds.). The good life in a technological age. Routledge. [verybadwizards.com]
Desire theories of well-being ( from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Well-Being) [plato.stanford.edu]

Special Guest: Valerie Tiberius.

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