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#796: L.A. Paul — On Becoming a Vampire, Whether or Not to Have Kids, Getting Incredible Mentorship for $250, Transformative Experiences, and More
L.A. Paul is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. She is also the author of Transformative Experience. Her work on transformative experience has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC, among others. And in 2024, she was profiled by The New Yorker.
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Timestamps:
[00:00;00] Start
[00:05:55] The role of Quentin Smith.
[00:09:56] Early philosophy class disasters.
[00:13:34] How is philosophy relevant to the average person?
[00:20:17] A correspondence experiment with philosophers.
[00:25:29] The role of philosophy in modern times.
[00:27:50] The vampire problem.
[00:39:31] What you can't expect when you're expecting.
[00:42:36] When transformative experiences happen without our consent.
[00:48:12] Choosing between potentially transformative experiences.
[00:52:09] How Laurie made the choice to have children.
[00:56:34] What galvanized Laurie's trajectory from hard sciences to philosophy?
[01:01:14] Recommended reading for the novice philosopher.
[01:02:59] An aside defining counterfactuals.
[01:07:15] What makes understanding analytic philosophy a worthwhile endeavor?
[01:10:29] What readers can expect of Laurie's book, Transformative Experience.
[01:12:30] Epistemology.
[01:13:15] How to maintain a passion for philosophy.
[01:17:21] Commonly misrepresented philosophical concepts.
[01:19:59] Continental philosophy.
[01:21:48] Philosophy beyond the academic.
[01:23:46] Laurie vs. Agnes Callard.
[01:25:34] Aristotle vs. drugs.
[01:32:01] Thoughts on life's final transformative experience: death.
[01:35:48] Forgiving the philosophers and other parting thoughts.
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L.A. Paul is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. She is also the author of Transformative Experience. Her work on transformative experience has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC, among others. And in 2024, she was profiled by The New Yorker.
Sponsors:
MUD\WTR energy-boosting coffee alternative—without the jitters: https://MUDWTR.com/Tim (between 15% and 43% off)
Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 Ultra sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating: https://eightsleep.com/tim (save $350 on the Pod 4 Ultra)
LinkedIn Ads, the go-to tool for B2B marketers and advertisers who want to drive brand awareness and generate leads: LinkedIn.com/TFS ($100 LinkedIn ad credit)
Timestamps:
[00:00;00] Start
[00:05:55] The role of Quentin Smith.
[00:09:56] Early philosophy class disasters.
[00:13:34] How is philosophy relevant to the average person?
[00:20:17] A correspondence experiment with philosophers.
[00:25:29] The role of philosophy in modern times.
[00:27:50] The vampire problem.
[00:39:31] What you can't expect when you're expecting.
[00:42:36] When transformative experiences happen without our consent.
[00:48:12] Choosing between potentially transformative experiences.
[00:52:09] How Laurie made the choice to have children.
[00:56:34] What galvanized Laurie's trajectory from hard sciences to philosophy?
[01:01:14] Recommended reading for the novice philosopher.
[01:02:59] An aside defining counterfactuals.
[01:07:15] What makes understanding analytic philosophy a worthwhile endeavor?
[01:10:29] What readers can expect of Laurie's book, Transformative Experience.
[01:12:30] Epistemology.
[01:13:15] How to maintain a passion for philosophy.
[01:17:21] Commonly misrepresented philosophical concepts.
[01:19:59] Continental philosophy.
[01:21:48] Philosophy beyond the academic.
[01:23:46] Laurie vs. Agnes Callard.
[01:25:34] Aristotle vs. drugs.
[01:32:01] Thoughts on life's final transformative experience: death.
[01:35:48] Forgiving the philosophers and other parting thoughts.
*
For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.
For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors
Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.
For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.
Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.
Follow Tim:
Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss
Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss
YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss
Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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