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Wisdom for Life discusses Practical Philosophy – ideas, insights & practices from philosophical traditions that can be applied to live happier, more intentional, and more productive lives. Join your hosts as they dive deep into the well of wisdom for your everyday benefit.
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Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Being Caught In The Gaze
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Stoicism, Concern, and Care
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
AITA Cases Revisited
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
In this forty-first episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler go back to the types of real-life moral dilemmas set out in the Reddit AITA forum. They narrate, discuss, and analyse a number of selected cases, and give their one judgements on whether anyone in these cases is acting like a jerk or not.
Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Truth, Society and The Marketplace of Ideas
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
The Topic of Truth Take Two
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
In this thirty-ninth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler continue their discussion of the topic of truth. They review several of the insights and theories about truth from the previous session, including what the correspondence and coherence theories of truth are. Then they discuss another main approach, the pragmatic theory of truth, looking at some of the diverse formulations of that view, coming in particular from C.S. Pierce, William James, and John Dewey. They discuss how and where a pragmatic approach can be helpful for how we approach truth in our everyday lives.
Monday Jun 21, 2021
The Meaning of Truth
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Memory and Truth
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Studying Philosophy Outside of Academia
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Matt Van Natta's book The 5-minute Stoicism Journal - https://amzn.to/32HBcUh
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations - Stoic Ideas and Practices
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Marcus' Meditations, originally written just to himself, are an important gateway through which hundreds of thousands of people have gotten into Stoicism over the last few decades. Dan and Greg discuss who Marcus was, how they got into his work, why the Meditations matter, and some of the useful ideas, insights, and practices Marcus provides us.