# Agnes Callard

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#366: Professor Agnes Callard - Is The Examined Life Actually Worth Living?

Agnes Callard is professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, and a public intellectual. She is the author of the new book ‘Open Socrates.’ Timestamps:Contrasting Tolstoy with Socrates 0:00The Tolstoy Problem 03:40Tolstoyan Thinking & The Mental Health Epidemic 06:00 The Reason Behind Tols…

Agnes Callard - Socratic Wisdom for Our Modern Times

Across the headlines, we appear to be falling into a post-truth world. But the questions that most resonate with humanity—on life, death, love, and leadership—remain as pertinent as they were in the age of Socrates. Now philosopher and University of Chicago Professor Agnes Callard joins us to exami…

Philosopher Agnes Callard Has Some Questions About Questions

Our goal at Chicago Humanities Tapes is to help you get closer to the answers to life's biggest questions with the brightest minds the world offers. And we'll get those answers eventually according to philosopher Agnes Callard, though it might take another 10,000 years of humanity. So, how do we li…

Living The Philosophical Life | Agnes Callard

In this episode, Brain in a Vat is joined by renowned philosopher and author Agnes Callard to explore the timeless relevance of philosophy in everyday life. Drawing from her work on Socrates, Agnes makes a compelling case for why philosophical inquiry matters, now more than ever. From the pig farme…

Living The Philosophical Life | Agnes Callard

In this episode, Brain in a Vat is joined by public philosopher and author Agnes Callard to explore the relevance of philosophy in everyday life. Drawing from her work on Socrates, Agnes makes a case for why philosophical inquiry matters, now more than ever. From the pig farmer analogy to Socratic …

Socrates' lessons on life, death, and conversation with Agnes Callard

This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her latest book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. GUEST:  Agnes Callard: Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Chicago and author of Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life If you or some…

#1129 Agnes Callard - Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

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The Ancient Art of Being Human

Humans have had plenty of time to think about it, but still rarely agree on what it means to live a good life. What actually motivates us toward particular actions, and is that the same as what should motivate us? If we don’t already have guiding principles, where can we find them? This lively pane…

Exploring Plato's Republic with Agnes Callard and Tim Blake Nelson

What is justice? And how can societies achieve it? These are central questions in Plato's The Republic, a text that steadfastly questions the core tenets of liberalism. Join in dialogue with Professor Agnes Callard and Tim Blake Nelson for 24 episodes as they deconstruct Plato’s crowning achievemen…

ReThinking: Ambition vs. aspiration with philosopher Agnes Callard

Before Agnes Callard was a philosophy professor at the University of Chicago, she was on her high school debate team — and she still loves to debate anything and everything. Her work regularly appears in major outlets such as The New York Times, and she was recently profiled in The New Yorker for h…