Meditations with Zohar

Kieran Setiya: Philosophy, Self-Help, and AI S1 E25

Jan 18, 2023

01:21:08

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Do You Have Any Examples of Self-Help in Philosophy?

02:56

Cheating in Quant Investing

05:45

Is Life Experience a Good Thing?

03:10

Introduction

4min

Do You Have Any Examples of Self-Help in Philosophy?

3min

Is There a Dialogical Approach to Self-Help Writing?

2min

Podcasting and Philosophy in Oral Form

4min

The Magic of 40 in Kabbalah

2min

Is Life Experience a Good Thing?

3min

Mid Life Slash Mid Career Recognition

2min

The Midlife Experience

6min

The T-Lic and the Anti-Capitalist Movement

5min

10.

Is There a Real Risk That the Optimism Is Obsolete?

3min

11.

Is Heidegger Right?

4min

12.

Philosophy Is Helping the Fly Get Out of the Bottle

2min

13.

Let's Not Overvalue Knowledge

3min

14.

Do You Think of Intuition in Philosophy?

3min

15.

Cheating in Quant Investing

6min

16.

Is There a Right Answer or a Less Right Answer?

6min

17.

What Knowledge Is?

5min

18.

Law and Literature

4min

19.

The Role of Accountability in Politics

3min

20.

The Chatbot and Philosophy

5min

21.

The State of Philosophy Outside of the Academy

2min

22.

Is the Humanities Department a Good Idea?

4min

This week, Zohar is joined by Kieran Setiya, philosopher, MIT Professor, author of Life is Hard and Midlife, and podcast host of Five Questions, to discuss the genre of self-help, brokenness, AI, why moral philosophy can't be outsourced, existentialism, phenomenology, podcasting, the conditions of knowledge, and how to balance the ameliorative and the contemplative.