Episode 91: What Does It Mean to Think Philosophically? (with Matthew Feeney)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2015-07-17

Three friends with four philosophy degrees between them sit down to discuss what it means to think philosophically. Why is philosophy so important? How do you learn to think philosophically?

Philosophy is concerned with three basic questions: "What is there?," "How do I know about it?," and "What do I do about it?" The three questions correspond to the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.

Our Cato colleague Matthew Feeney joins us this week to talk about philosophy, rhetoric, why people disagree about politics, performative morality, the non-aggression axiom, and more.

Show Notes and Further Reading

Last week's Free Thoughts Podcast with Andrew I. Cohen on the intersection of philosophy and public policy.
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/how-much-should-philosophy-influence-public-policy

Our Free Thoughts Podcast with Michael Huemer on political authority and ethical intuitionism.
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/problem-political-authority

Brink Lindsey's book, Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal (2012).
http://www.cato.org/events/human-capitalism-how-economic-growth-has-made-us-smarter-more-unequal

Jonathan Haidt's morality quiz at YourMorals.org.
https://www.yourmorals.org/

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