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Ep. 242 - What is Philosophy and What's It Good For? w/Dr. Jared Henderson


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In episode 242 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Jared Henderson  @_jared  to discuss the nature of philosophy, both academic and public. Jared is a rising star in the YouTube philosophy sphere, did his PhD on formal theories of truth, and works as an ontologist in the tech world. Check the time stamps for the specifics of what we got into in this conversation.

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13:27 - Why Jared Henderson Left Academia
17:16 - What is Jared Henderson's Day Job?
19:09 - Jared Henderson's Wife is a Philosopher Too
20:45 - What is Philosophy?
23:36 - the Virtues of Continental Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy
30:35 - Luring People Into Philosophy
35:37 - How to start learning philosophy
45:00 - Public and Public-facing philosophy
53:22 - Self-Help, Self-Improvement, and Philosophy as a way of life
1:45:00 - Sci-fi authors present philosophical ideas better than philosophers?

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