Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Kieran Setiya: Facing up to Life

Mar 28, 2023

41:57

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The Pain of Urinating

01:20

The Meaning of Life

01:22

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Direct Moral Experience in Philosophy

3min

The Pain of Chronic Pelvic Pain

2min

The Pivotal Moment in Life Is Hard

2min

The Good Life

2min

The Importance of Friendship

2min

The Importance of Self-Help in Philosophy

3min

The Importance of Absurdity

2min

The Role of Hope in a Laying Disappointment

2min

10.

The Meaning of Life

5min

11.

The Importance of Recognizing Life Is Hard

3min

12.

The Virtue of Hope

2min

13.

The Risks of Hope in Midlife Crisis

4min

14.

The Importance of Recognizing What Matters

2min

15.

How to Stop a Compulsive Talker

2min

16.

How to Start a Genuine Conversation With Someone You Don't Know

2min

17.

How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way

4min

Life is hard. But drawing on the insights of philosophers ancient and modern, Keiran Setiya has written a witty and hope-filled book chronicling his own realization that, even with chronic pain, while his life may not be perfect, it can still be richly rewarding.