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In this forty-third episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the phenomenon that gets called "the gaze" or "the look" (le regard, in French), starting with Jean-Paul Sartre's famous analysis of it, and the examples he provides in Being and Nothingness. They then discuss the notion of the "panopticon" and how it figures into the "surveillance society", and then examine gender and power-relations in the "male gaze". Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this forty-second episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler tackle a common misconception of Stoic philosophy, namely that it involves withdrawing from the world and from other people, in order to insulate oneself from negative experiences and emotions. This would mean that Stoicism would be incompatible with caring or concern for other people, and that would be strange, given that classic Stoics life Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius made love, affection, and concern for others central to their own teachings and practice. So, how can a person practice Stoicism and still cultivate healthy relationships with other people? That's what this episode delves into in depth Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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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.
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In this fortieth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler bring their discussion of the topic of truth to a close by focusing on the popular metaphor of the marketplace of ideas as a locus in which true opinions and viewpoints are likely to be discovered, and false ones revealed as such. They discuss some of the difficulties involved in discovering and articulating truth, whether the "marketplace" really works, and how our current social and political factionalization creates new obstacles and challenges Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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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.
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In this thirty-eighth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the nature, meaning, and value of something that we all talk about, but which is a bit tough to define - truth. Among the topics they range over are whether truth can be subjective or objective, whether there is a difference between moral truths about what we ought to do or what has value, and experiential truths about objects in the world. They also discuss several main theories of what truth is or what makes something true, including the correspondence theory of truth, the coherence theory of truth, and the pragmatic theory of truth, Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirty-seventh episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the relations between human memory and the truth or falsity of matters. Among the topics that they discuss are what memory is and how it works, how our memories work less like a camera simply recording images and more like an artist putting together a complex mosaic. They take some detours in discussing Plato's notion of the forms and their importance for knowledge, how our memories can be deceiving, the "Satanic panic" of the 1980s and its connections with supposed repressed memories, and some of the novels of science fiction author, Philip K. Dick Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirty-sixth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss some approaches and resources for studying philosophy outside of traditional academia.
Among the topics that they discuss are why it is useful for non-academics to study and apply philosophy to their lives, how the cultural prominence academic philosophy is a fairly recent historical development, the variety of resources available today for independent and lifelong learners, and where and how to find them.
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In this thirty-fifth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler welcome special guest Matt Van Natta for a dialogue and interview about Stoic philosophy, practices, and their applications in life. During their conversation, they discuss why practices are important to Stoicism, but that more than just practices is needed even to use the practices effectively. They also discuss applications of Stoicism to dealing with acute and chronic pain, mental health and illness, relationships, and other areas of challenges in life. The Good Fortune Podcast - https://immoderatestoic.com/good-fortune Matt Van Natta's book The Good Fortune Handbook - https://amzn.to/3tMlrHJMatt Van Natta's book The Beginner's Guide to Stoicism - https://amzn.to/3gy56m7
Matt Van Natta's book The 5-minute Stoicism Journal - https://amzn.to/32HBcUh
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In this thirty-fourth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler highlight one important work of practical philosophy, the Meditations by the Stoic Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. The 1900-year anniversary of his birth is coming up on April 26, and several events are commemorating it. 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. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (Hayes translation) - https://amzn.to/39Xuq0S Modern Stoicism/Aurelius Foundation Event - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marcus-aurelius-anniversary-conference-tickets-141293351217 New Acropolis Event - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roman-banquet-celebrating-marcus-aureliuss-1900-years-of-legacy-tickets-146688311689 ReasonIO Event - https://withribbon.com/u/reasonio Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirty-third episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler engage in a wide-ranging discussion centered on what living a meaningful life is, what the challenges, obstacles, or misunderstandings that stand in the way can be, and useful perspectives and practices for keeping, finding, or developing meaning on one's life. Some of the approaches and thinkers they discuss include Existentialists like Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, and Friedrich Nietzsche; Stoics like Seneca and Epictetus; Cynics and Minimalists; and Aristotle and Aristotelians.Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit (with Lucy Lawless) - https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2014/01/02/sartres-no-exit-read-with-lucy-lawless-jaime-murray/ Why It's Good To Give - https://wisdomforlife.podbean.com/e/why-its-good-to-give/ Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirty-second episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler celebrate hitting the milestone of being on the air together, producing the Wisdom for Life show, for a year. They discuss a number of topics, including the backstory for the show itself, lessons they have learned (sometimes the hard way), their favorite episodes, why community radio is so important (and how you can support it), and what they'd like to do with the show this coming year. Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirty-first episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the topic of Philosophy As A Way Of Life. This was a common, recurring, and traditional approach in philosophy until roughly the last two centuries. For this episode, Greg and Dan interviewed one of the present-day experts in this field, John Sellars, one of the co-founders of Modern Stoicism, ltd, professor of philosophy at Royal Holloway College in London, and the author of many books and articles on the matter. They discuss what Philosophy As A Way Of Life is and what its main characteristics are, how it differs from standard types of academic philosophy, the importance of philosophical practices, and a number of other related topics. John Sellars' article, What Is Philosophy As A Way Of Life can be found here - https://www.parrhesiajournal.org/parrhesia28/parrhesia28_sellars.pdf The book recommendations from this session are:Pierre Hadot, Philosophy As a Way of Life - https://amzn.to/2N3nnvdMartha Nussbaum, The Therapy of Desire - https://amzn.to/2Z8N14dAlasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue - https://amzn.to/3afmOHlJohn Sellars, The Fourfold Remedy - https://amzn.to/3agvKfE Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this thirtieth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss an advice forum on Reddit called AITA (Am I The A-Hole), which has 2.5 million members, and allows people to post their accounts of moral conflicts they are in or anticipate being in, and then advice and judgements from readers.
Dan and Greg introduce and describe the forum, and discuss the usefulness and morality of having such a forum, and then go on to examine several of their favorite cases found in the AITA Reddit from moral perspectives.
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In this twenty-ninth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the notion of "asymmetric knowledge problems", that is, situations in which some of the people involved have significantly more knowledge or information than others, who typically ought to be provided with that information.Dan and Greg discuss and examine a number of common situations in which these sorts of information imbalances arise, and what we can do within the scope of our lives and society about these problems. They also discuss the concepts of information literacy, information overload, and a distinction between known unknowns and unknown unknowns articulated by Donald Rumsfeld. Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this twenty-eighth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss the "paradox of choice", which is the idea that having a greater range of options - usually looked at as a good thing - often makes people less able to choose and less happy with the choices they make.They discuss Barry Schwartz's conception of this in terms of consumer purchasing in his book titled "The Paradox of Choice, and then broaden consideration of this problematic to a number of other fields. After that, they discuss how resources and insights from philosophy can help us avoid falling into the paradox of choice and to be happier with the choices we do make. Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this twenty-sixth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler discuss how people can use resources and insights from philosophy to do well in the sort of polarized society we have been becoming for decades, and which was revealed as such even more in our recent 2020 election. They discuss a number of ways in which our political processes are fractured and how people are often alienated from each other, from their political representatives, and from an increasingly contentious culture. Philosophy can help to provide us with needed perspective and practices that not only allow us to get by, but even perhaps, in some ways, to make things better for ourselves and for others. Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this twenty-fifth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler are joined by special guest, Michael DeVito, former defensive end for the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs, and the topics they discuss revolve around the issue of being a fan of professional sports. Since retirement, Michael has earned two Masters degrees in philosophy and is currently a PhD student in philosophy at the University of BirminghamThere are many examples of fans behaving badly due to their emotional attachment to their teams, and so this raises a question: can being a committed fan be a part of a rational way of living? Or is a genuine attachment to a professional sports team - or indeed any sort of fandom - incompatible with an intentional, virtues-oriented mode of life?The answer they provide is that it is indeed possible to be a good fan - not just "good" in terms of being devoted to a team, but in moral and ethical terms. Michael DeVito's Wikipedia Entry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeVito Gregory Sadler's article "Stoicism, Sports, And Packers Fandom" - https://medium.com/stoicism-philosophy-as-a-way-of-life/stoicism-sports-and-packers-fandom-3895f9423e57 Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this twenty-fourth episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler revisit their previous discussions of Stoic philosophy, not least because October and November are the "Season of Stoicism", with Stoic Week, the main Stoicon conference, and a number of Stoicon-X conferences coming up. They discuss a number of practices and insights from Stoic philosophy, and a recent case of a person who wrongly used Stoicism as a pretext for bad behavior in the workplace. They also address a question about whether taking medication for mental illness is compatible with Stoicism, and briefly discuss a Stoic practice deriving from Epictetus, that of examining and rejecting mistaken inferences More on Stoicon can be found here : https://modernstoicism.com/stoicon/More on StoiconX can be found here : https://modernstoicism.com/stoicon-x-events-coming-up-worldwide/More on Stoic Week can be found here : https://modernstoicism.com/stoic-week/ Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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In this twenty-third episode of the Wisdom for Life radio show, hosts Dan Hayes and Greg Sadler continue their conversation from the last show, when they began examining philosophical thought experiments to see what we can learn from them to improve our lives or to better understand ourselves. They engage in in-depth discussion of the Teletransportation Paradox, Searle's Chinese Room, Rawl's Veil of Ignorance, and Nozick's Experience Machine. Show Music is by Scott Tarulli - https://www.scotttarulli.com/
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