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At the intersection of philosophy and my life
Reflecting on the theme of “examining one’s life”.
In this episode, Laurance engages in some professional and personal reflection to explain how these components have combined in shaping the direction of his life (so far!). He cites the phrase “the life of the mind” as a powerful motivating force in his own education, but acknowledges its limitations, including the reference to just one mind, and its focus on cognition and reasoning over emotion and affect. He reminds listeners of Jonathan Haidt’s colourful metaphor of the mind’s reasoning rider and its emotive elephant, and his thesis that…
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