Philosophy For Flourishing

Jackson Upmann asks Jon his questions on philosophy and flourishing. The discussion ranges over what philosophy can and cannot tell us about career choices, the nature of values, life as the standard of value, and more.

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The basic ideas that people accept are like a computer’s operating system. If the OS has bugs and is vulnerable to viruses, it wreaks havoc on the machine and its user. The same goes for a person’s fundamental ideas about the nature of the world, his means of gaining knowledge, and what he ought to do with his life. In this episode, Jon gives an overview of some of the ideas that have aided progress, and some that have hindered it.

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0:00 Introduction

2:36 Plato's World of Forms and the Philosopher Dictatorship

6:22 Aristotle's philosophy of this world

10:22 Immanuel Kant and the Phenomenal Realm vs the Noumenal Realm

16:15 Ayn Rand's revival of Aristotle

21:08 Final comments

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The Cave and the Light by Arthur Herman, reviewed by Jon Hersey: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2016/08/the-cave-and-the-light-plato-versus-aristotle-and-the-struggle-for-the-soul-of-western-civilization-arthur-herman/

“Aristotle Versus Religion” by Andrew Bernstein: https://theobjectivestandard.com/2014/02/aristotle-versus-religion/

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Julia Galef’s The Scout Mindset was one of my favorite books of 2021. It’s loaded with great tips for thinking more clearly and thereby improving your life. Here, I talk about what scout mindset is, why it’s powerful, and how to make it second nature.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Introduction

1:40 The Scout Mindset

9:20 Darwin's search for truth

15:14 Tips for practicing the Scout Mindset

19:19 Do you have a Scout Mindset?

24:42 Final comments

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Independence and the Socratic Method, with Michael Strong: https://youtu.be/6GJrJMMaeVc

Relationship Maintenance: https://youtu.be/MbGiogxi89w

Cal Newport on Flourishing at Work: https://youtu.be/PlwHVjNFKbE

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Michael Strong is an education serial entrepreneur and the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalism Can Solve All the World’s Problems. Here, we discuss the virtue of independence and how the Socratic method can be used to cultivate it in oneself and others.

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0:00 Introduction

2:38 Is truth universal and what does that imply?

6:10 Certainty vs. Dogmatism

11:29 The Socratic method, Independence, and morality

23:15 Developing the independent thinking of young children

27:26 The Socratic method and persuasion

33:40 What's the purpose of education? How have we gone wrong? How can we fix it?

42:35 Using the Socratic method to level up in a field

47:05 Final comments

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Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the bestselling author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and most recently, A World Without Email. In this episode, we talk about how the “hyperactive hive mind” approach to work undermines our productivity and happiness, what he’s learned from heroes like Lincoln and Socrates about building a better world, considerations surrounding the choice to have kids, and much more. 

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Just as we can build muscle, so we can build moral character—and we must if we want to flourish. Jon discusses morality and flourishing with Lawrence Reed, president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education.

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The artist’s job is to determine what is worthy of contemplation, and then to convey it via appropriate means. How can we adopt and apply the skill of prospecting for value, even if we’re not artists?

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Jon speaks with entrepreneur and business history chronicler Gary Hoover about the history and morality of business, and what makes people and their businesses thrive.

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Jon speaks with art expert Luc Travers about how to “read” paintings and extract meaningful experiences from them.

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Jon speaks with Dr. Andrew Bernstein about literature and how great stories enhance our lives.

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Sherlock Holmes: Literature’s Most Singular Man | The Hero Show, Ep 28: https://youtu.be/XzGxqIlBg1o