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10% Happier with Dan HarrisHow To Live Well—Even Amidst Failure, Uncertainty, Loss, and Physical Pain | Kieran SetiyaPractical ways to lead a good life. Kieran Setiya is the Peter de Florez Professor of Philosophy at MIT, where he works on ethics and related questions about human agency and human knowledge. He is the author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide and Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. He also maintains a Substack newsletter, Under the Net. In this episode we talk about: How Kieran became interested in practical philosophy (and philosophy more generally) A brief history of philosophy The connection between philosophy and self-help Whether Buddhism is a...
2025-09-221h 18
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc547. Exploring Midlife and Living Well Through Philosophy feat. Kieran SetiyaWhat is the intrinsic link between philosophical inquiry and personal development? How can academic thought and theory be applied well to practical living in the real world?Kieran Setiya is a professor of philosophy at MIT and also the author of a number of books, including Knowing Right From Wrong, Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, and Midlife: A Philosophical Guide.Greg and Kieran discuss how philosophy and self-help have diverged over time and the potential for their reintegration. Kieran explores the practical use of philosophical reflection in everyday life...
2025-05-3054 min
The Overexamined LifeThe Meaning of Life with M.I.T. Head of Philosophy Kieran SetiyaI sat down with Professor Kieran Setiya, Head Philosophy Professor at M.I.T., and asked him about some of the profound topics Keiran wrestles with in his most recent book "Life is Hard". We explore the meaning of life, finding hope, navigating injustice, existential value, and most importantly for me at least, regret.Sick of being ruled by your emotions?Join our Patreon for AD-FREE listening, bonus episodes, and mindfulness exercises that are actually fun: patreon.com/TOLclubKieran's book: http://www.ksetiya.net/life-is-hard.html W...
2025-04-1441 min
BigIdeas.FM: Audiobooks delivered as conversational podcasts!Midlife by Kieran Setiya: A philosophical guideMidlife by Kieran SetiyaGet the book: https://amzn.to/4gVolBXHow can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive.You will learn why missing out might...
2024-12-3036 min
Sternstunde PhilosophieKieran Setiya – Was tun, wenn das Leben hart ist?Kieran Setiya ist erfolgreicher Philosophieprofessor und glücklicher Familienvater – und hat chronische Schmerzen. Ein Rezept gegen das tägliche Leiden sieht er in der Philosophie: Sie lehrt ihn, dass ein glückliches Leben nicht dasselbe ist wie ein gutes Leben. Das Gespräch führt Barbara Bleisch.
In seinem sehr persönlichen Buch «Das Leben ist hart» denkt der Philosoph Kieran Setiya über philosophische Rezepte nach, wie mit Schmerz, Angst und Frustration, aber auch mit Einsamkeit und Hoffnungslosigkeit umzugehen ist. Billige Trostmanöver weist er kategorisch zurück: «Das wird schon wieder!» oder «Alles hat seinen Grund!» hält er für unzulängliche...
2024-06-0856 min
Think Act Be PodcastEp. 222: Dr. Kieran Setiya — Midlife 2. How to Think More Clearly About What Life Can and Can't OfferMy guest this week is Dr. Kieran Setiya, a philosophy professor at MIT and author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide (affiliate link). Topics we discussed included: The extent to which midlife is a time of crisis Elliott Jaques’s coining of the term “midlife crisis” in 1965 Data showing that life satisfaction is U-shaped, with a low in middle age Common significant challenges in midlife Past, Present, and Future The feeling of having missed out on other possible lives The tremendous loss we would experience if missing out were not possible The power of philosophy in the self-help...
2024-03-0655 min
The Pocket ContemplativeHow Philosophy Helps (with Kieran Setiya)Kieran Setiya--a philosopher at MIT who wrote the terrific book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide that Dave Schmelzer talked about on the last episode--joins Dave for a lively conversation about how philosophy can help with our deepest questions and about how it interacts with the spirituality we talk about here. Mentioned on this podcast:Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran SetiyaLIfe is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, by Kieran Setiya
2024-02-1846 min
Smart People PodcastLife is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way with Kieran SetiyaKieran Setiya teaches philosophy at MIT, working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. He is an author and also has a podcast called Five Questions.Kieran's book, Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, is available now.To learn more about Kieran, go to ksetiya.net. You can also find more of his writings on his Substack: ksetiya.substack.com.Support the Show - Become a Patron!Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast
2023-10-2452 min
Shrink Rap Radio#850 Isabella Clarke Interviews MIT Philosopher Kieran Setiya on Accepting Life as HardBIO
Kieran Setiya is a professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he works on ethics and related questions about human agency and human knowledge. He is the author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide and Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, which was selected as a Best Book of 2022 by The Economist and The New Yorker. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, the LA Review of Books, the TLS, the London Review of Books, The Atlantic, Aeon, and The Yale Review. Website: http://www.ksetiya.net; Twitter...
2023-06-0600 min
Philosophy BitesKieran Setiya on LonelinessWhat is loneliness and why is it harmful? How does it differ from just being on your own? In the latest episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast, Kieran Setiya discusses this important topic with Nigel Warburton.
2023-03-0918 min
Pulled Up ShortIs hope worth hoping for? (Kieran Setiya)Featuring Kieran Setiya (guest) with Stanton Wortham (host) and Gregory Fried (commentator)The conventional wisdom is that hope is a good thing. Hope is valorized, especially in the face of hardship and the many challenges of life. However, in this episode, Kieran Setiya offers us reasons why we ought to be skeptical of hope as a pacifying force, especially in comparison to the motivation elicited by other emotions like grief, rage, and fear. Tune in to consider how we might rehabilitate our understanding of hope.
2023-02-2732 min
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and LifeKieran Setiya on How Philosophy Can Help Guide Us Through LifeThis week I was excited to connect with Kieran Setiya about his newest book, Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. Kieran teaches philosophy at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. In addition to his latest book Kieran is the author of Practical Knowledge, Reasons without Rationalism, and Knowing Right From Wrong.In this conversation we discuss the reality that life can be hard and there is no cure for the human condition: But Kieran believes philosophy can help. In this chat he...
2023-02-1449 min
Meditations with ZoharKieran Setiya: Philosophy, Self-Help, and AIThis week, Zohar is joined by Kieran Setiya, philosopher, MIT Professor, author of Life is Hard and Midlife, and podcast host of Five Questions, to discuss the genre of self-help, brokenness, AI, why moral philosophy can't be outsourced, existentialism, phenomenology, podcasting, the conditions of knowledge, and how to balance the ameliorative and the contemplative.
2023-01-181h 21
Lead From the HeartKieran Setiya: How To Live Well When Life Is HardestYou might not think a book on philosophy could be a bestseller these days, but the title of MIT professor, Kieran Setiya’s new book, “Life Is Hard” clearly has wide appeal. We’ve just come out of a two-year global pandemic, have experienced record inflation due in part to a seemingly endless war in Ukraine – […]
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2023-01-1356 min
Through ConversationsKieran Setiya: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way.Kieran Setiya teaches philosophy at MIT, working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.
2022-12-1259 min
Bounce! Conversations with Larry WeeksEp. 59: Life Is Hard: Kieran Setiya On How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way."It is by squeezing your life into a single tube that you set yourself up for definitive failure. Projects fail, and people fail in them. But we have come to speak as if a person can BE a failure - as though failure were an identity, not an event" - Kieran Setiya Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for his work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Setiya is a co-editor of Philosophers' Imprint, and he is also the author of several books, including Practical Kno...
2022-12-1054 min
RABBITHOLEIs Effective Altruism Right? #4: Kieran SetiyaContinuing our investigation of Effective Altruism's skeptics, Pete talks in this solo interview with Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at MIT and author of several books including 2022's Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. In our conversation, Professor Setiya explains his personal philosophy and outlines his critique of EA's philosophical assumptions.For more information on Professor Setiya, visit his personal website at http://www.ksetiya.net, or find him on Twitter @KieranSetiyaOrder Kieran Setiya's latest book, "Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way," on Bookshop...
2022-12-0748 min
Perennial WisdomKieran Setiya | How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our WayOn today’s episode, my guest is Kieran Setiya, the author of the new book Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. Kieran teaches philosophy at MIT, working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. He is also the author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide and has a philosophy podcast called Five Questions.
In the conversation, Kieran and I discuss:
Finding Our Way
Philosophy and Temperament
Philosophy as Self-Help
Loneliness and Grief
Hope and Despair
How to live a good life and much more
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2022-11-1648 min
A Need To ReadPhilosophy for hard times, with Kieran SetiyaKieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Hull, UK. He is known for his work in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.
We discuss:
Utilitarianism and the problems with focusing on happiness
The Good Enough life
Dealing with injustice
Effective altruism
Dealing with powerlessness and the limits of individualism
Meaning in an absurd world
Assessing hope
How to face your midlife crisis
Dealing with regret
Meditation and presence
Kieran’s favourite philosopher
His website is: http://www.ksetiya.net/
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2022-11-0258 min
Anxiety Book ClubEpisode 38 - Life is Hard with Kieran SetiyaIn this episode, I talk with philosopher Kieran Setiya about his very new book, Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. We discuss hope, pain, illness, moral philosophy, stoicism, grief, FOMO, and much more. Enjoy!
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https://anchor.fm/kieran-setiya
Kieran’s Website
http://www.ksetiya.net/
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2022-11-0158 min
excellence, actually144 – Life is Hard, How Philosophy can Help (with Kieran Setiya)Brad is joined by author Kieran Setiya to discuss his new book Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. Kieran discusses navigating a midlife crisis, his mindfulness practice, altruism, social media, telic vs atelic activities, ritual and religion, and the future of philosophy.You can find the episode on:iTunes and Apple PodcastsSpotifyAndroidStitcherCheck out our exclusive community offers on Patreon here.Kieran Setiya's books: Life is Hard and Midlife (highly recommend!) Get Do Hard Things and The Practice of Groundedness on audible (Or in hard co...
2022-10-261h 11
Wild with Sarah WilsonKIERAN SETIYA: How to love living a hard lifeLife is hard. And yet so much of contemporary life compels us to fight this fundamental reality. We are meant to be happy! We are meant to live our best, most #blissful, potential-stacked life! But I talk with Kieran Setiya, a professor of philosophy at MIT, who argues we should #NotLiveOurBestLife. It’s better to aspire to a life that is, well, good enough. Kieran has appeared on Sam Harris’ podcast, written for the New York Times, the London Review of Books etc bringing a philosophical argument to pop issues such as the Dave Chapelle quandary, baseball and the wort...
2022-10-2554 min
Embark On Your Day With A Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook.Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran SetiyaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/562566to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Author: Kieran Setiya
Narrator: Kieran Setiya
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Release date: October 6, 2022
Genres: Lessons in Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope? Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much. But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of...
2022-10-065h 52
Feel The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran SetiyaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575677to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Author: Kieran Setiya
Narrator: Kieran Setiya
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes
Release date: October 4, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2
Genres: Lessons in Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST “Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes yo...
2022-10-045h 52
Talk of AgesKieran Setiya / "Life is Hard"Author and MIT professor Kieran Setiya returns to discuss his latest book, "Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way".
2022-10-0459 min
Five QuestionsKieran SetiyaThe philosopher Zena Hitz asks me five questions about myself.
Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and the author of "Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life" (2020).
Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” (2017) and “Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way” (2022)—now available in bookstores!
2022-10-0437 min
The Avid Reader ShowKieran Setiya - Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our WayA philosophical guide to facing life’s inevitable hardships.There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience, Life Is Hard is a book for t...
2022-09-2856 min
Five QuestionsLiam Kofi BrightI ask the philosopher Liam Kofi Bright five questions about himself.
Liam Kofi Bright is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of “Group Lies and Reflections on the Purpose of Social Epistemology” (2020), “Why Do Scientists Lie?” (2021), and other essays in epistemology and the philosophy of science.
2022-09-2724 minFive QuestionsKyla Ebels-DugganI ask the philosopher Kyla Ebels-Duggan five questions about herself.
Kyla Ebels-Duggan is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. She is the author of “Educating for Autonomy” (2014), “Beyond Words” (2019), and other essays in moral and political philosophy.
2022-09-2029 min
EconTalkKieran Setiya on MidlifeJohn Stuart Mill's midlife crisis came at 20 when he realized that if he got what he desired he still wouldn't be happy. Art and poetry (and maybe love) saved the day for him. In this week's episode, philosopher Kieran Setiya of MIT talks about his book Midlife with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Setiya argues we can learn from Mill to help deal with the ennui to which so many midlifers succumb--along with regrets for roads not taken and wistfulness for what could have been. Setiya argues that a well-lived life needs fewer projects and more pursuits that don't have...
2022-09-191h 39Five QuestionsKen WinklerI ask the philosopher Ken Winkler five questions about himself.
Ken Winkler is Kingman Brewster Jr. Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the author of “Berkeley: An Interpretation” (1989).
2022-09-1331 min
ReconsideringEpisode 16: Navigating midlife with Kieran Setiya
Though most people pass through a midlife malaise or crisis, few have studied the phenomenon as closely as M.I.T Philosophy Professor Kieran Setiya. As Kieran shares in his book Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, people as far back as ancient Greece have written about midlife crises and searched for answers to life's big questions.
In this episode, Kieran Setiya boils down what happens to us at midlife and exposes the wisdom of those who have come before us and found satisfaction as they entered the second half of life.
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2022-04-2648 min
2 Pages with MBS39. How to Rethink Ambition: Kieran Setiya, author of ‘Midlife’ [reads] Aristotle’s ‘Nicomachean Ethics’Here’s a saying I heard once - it used to be hilarious, now I guess it’s just painfully true: “Inside every old person is a young person wondering ‘What the hell just happened here?!’” When you hit midlife, is it just a slower, creakier version of being a thirty-year-old, or do things actually shift? What is contentment or ambition? What actually matters? Kieran Setiya is a professor of philosophy at MIT in Boston, and the author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide. In this episode, he shares the fundamentals of navigating problems and finding exist...
2021-08-2447 minFive QuestionsKit FineI ask the philosopher Kit Fine five questions about himself.
Kit Fine is Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at NYU. He is the author of several books, including “Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects” (1985), “The Limits of Abstraction” (2002), and “Semantic Relationism” (2007).
2021-08-0319 minFive QuestionsMiranda FrickerI ask the philosopher Miranda Fricker five questions about herself.
Miranda Fricker is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the author of “Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing” (2007).
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2021-07-2734 minFive QuestionsLawrence BlumI ask the philosopher Larry Blum five questions about himself.
Lawrence Blum is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of several books including, most recently, “Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education” (2021).
2021-07-2026 minFive QuestionsSebastian RödlI ask the philosopher Sebastian Rödl five questions about himself.
Sebastian Rödl is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig. He is the author of “Self-Consciousness” (2007), “Categories of the Temporal” (2012), and “Self-Consciousness and Objectivity: An Introduction to Absolute Idealism” (2018).
2021-07-1327 minFive QuestionsCheryl MisakI ask the philosopher Cheryl Misak five questions about herself.
Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her books include “Truth and the End of Inquiry” (1990), “The American Pragmatists” (2013), and “Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers” (2020).
2021-07-0624 minFive QuestionsPhilip PettitI ask the philosopher Philip Pettit five questions about himself.
Philip Pettit is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Human Values at Princeton University and Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He is the author of many books, including “The Common Mind” (1996), “Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government” (1997), and “The Birth of Ethics” (2018).
2021-06-2930 minFive QuestionsAnil GomesI ask the philosopher Anil Gomes five questions about himself.
Anil Gomes is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He is the author of “Iris Murdoch on Art, Ethics, and Attention” (2013), “Is There a Problem of Other Minds?” (2011), “Kant on Perception” (2014), and other essays.
2021-06-2227 minFive QuestionsElizabeth BarnesI ask the philosopher Elizabeth Barnes five questions about herself.
Elizabeth Barnes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia and the author of “The Minority Body” (2016).
2021-06-1527 minFive QuestionsSarah MossI ask the philosopher Sarah Moss five questions about herself.
Sarah Moss is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and the author of “Probabilistic Knowledge” (2018).
2021-06-0826 minFive QuestionsRaimond GaitaI ask the philosopher Raimond Gaita five questions about himself.
Rai Gaita is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at King’s College London. He is the author of many books, including “Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception” (1991), “Romulus, My Father” (1998), and “A Common Humanity” (1998).
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2021-06-0136 minFive QuestionsPhilosophers@MITI ask five of my colleagues one question about themselves.
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2021-05-2529 minFive QuestionsStephen DarwallI ask the philosopher Steve Darwall five questions about himself.
Steve Darwall is Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including “Impartial Reason” (1983), “Welfare and Rational Care” (2002), and “The Second-Person Standpoint” (2006).
2021-05-1825 minFive QuestionsRachel BarneyI ask the philosopher Rachel Barney five questions about herself.
Rachel Barney is Professor of Classics and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. She is the author of “Names and Nature in Plato’s ‘Cratylus’” (2001) and other essays on ancient philosophy.
2021-05-1126 minFive QuestionsLucy O'BrienI ask the philosopher Lucy O'Brien five questions about herself.
Lucy O’Brien is Professor of Philosophy at University College London and the author of “Self-Knowing Agents” (2007).
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2021-05-0429 minFive QuestionsRichard Kimberly HeckI ask the philosopher Riki Heck five questions about themselves.
Riki Heck is Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. They are the author of “Frege’s Theorem” (2011) and “Reading Frege’s ‘Grundgesetze’” (2012).
2021-04-2722 minFive QuestionsJonathan WolffI ask the philosopher Jonathan Wolff five questions about himself.
Jonathan Wolff is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at Oxford University. He is the author of several books, including “Why Read Marx Today?” (2002), “The Human Right to Health” (2012), and “Ethics and Public Policy: A Philosophical Inquiry” (2020).
2021-04-2030 minFive QuestionsHannah GinsborgI ask the philosopher Hannah Ginsborg five questions about herself.
Hannah Ginsborg is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of “The Normativity of Nature: Essays on Kant’s ‘Critique of Judgement’” (2015).
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2021-04-1328 minFive QuestionsT. M. ScanlonI ask the philosopher T. M. Scanlon five questions about himself.
Tim Scanlon is the Emeritus Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard. He is the author of several books, including “What We Owe to Each Other” (1998), “Moral Dimensions” (2009), and “Why Does Inequality Matter?” (2018).
2021-04-0622 minFive QuestionsGerald DworkinI ask the philosopher Gerald Dworkin five questions about himself.
Gerald Dworkin is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at UC Davis and the author of “The Theory and Practice of Autonomy” (1988).
2021-03-3027 minFive QuestionsElisabeth CampI ask the philosopher Elisabeth Camp five questions about herself.
Elisabeth Camp is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. She is the author of “Slurring Perspectives” (2013), “Thinking with Maps” (2007), and other essays in the philosophy of language and mind.
2021-03-2325 minFive QuestionsDavid HillsI ask the philosopher David Hills five questions about himself.
David Hills is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and the author of "Aptness and Truth in Verbal Metaphor" (1997) and other essays in aesthetics and the philosophy of mind.
2021-03-1624 minFive QuestionsMichele Moody-AdamsI ask the philosopher Michele Moody-Adams five questions about herself.
Michele Moody-Adams is Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy and Legal Theory at Columbia University. She is the author of “Fieldwork in Familiar Places” (1997) and a forthcoming book “Making Space for Justice: Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope.”
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2021-03-0929 minFive QuestionsMatthew BoyleI ask the philosopher Matt Boyle five questions about himself.
Matt Boyle is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and the author of a forthcoming book, “Transparency and Reflection.”
2021-03-0229 minFive QuestionsHavi CarelI ask the philosopher Have Carel five questions about herself.
Havi Carel is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bristol and the author of “Illness: The Cry of the Flesh” (2008) and “Phenomenology of Illness” (2016).
2021-02-2326 minFive QuestionsMark WilsonI ask the philosopher Mark Wilson five questions about himself.
Mark Wilson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of “Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior” (2006) and “Physics Avoidance and other Essays in Conceptual Strategy” (2017).
2021-02-1630 minFive QuestionsSeana ShiffrinI ask the philosopher Seana Shiffrin five questions about herself.
Seana Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at UCLA. She is the author of “Speech Matters: On Lying, Morality, and the Law” (2014).
2021-02-0925 minFive QuestionsSeason 2 TrailerI introduce the second season of Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves.
New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.
2021-02-0202 min
Cows in the field28. Groundhog Day (w/ Kieran Setiya)We are joined by Kieran Setiya (Philosophy, MIT) to discuss what makes life worth living, what's lost in an infinite time loop, and to what extent flourishing within such a loop is possible. Along the way, we explore grief, the midlife crisis, atelic actions, the Buddhist concept of Saṃsāra, Kierkegaard, female agency in a world dominated by the male perspective, and the metaphysics of time loops and time travel. Supervenience violations and imaginative resistance are considered, as is Bill Murray's career arc and also lessons for our current situation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Follow Kieran on Twitter: @KieranSetiya
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2021-01-291h 50Five QuestionsRae LangtonRae Langton is Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of “Kantian Humility” (1998) and “Sexual Solipsism” (2009).
2020-10-2700 minFive QuestionsSophie Grace ChappellI ask the philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell five questions about herself.
Sophie Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at the Open University. She is the author of several books, including “Knowing What To Do” (2014) and the forthcoming “Epiphanies.”
2020-10-2000 minFive QuestionsJonathan LearI ask the philosopher Jonathan Lear five questions about himself.
Jonathan Lear is the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including “Radical Hope” (2006) and most recently, “Wisdom Won From Illness: Essays in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis” (2017).
2020-10-1300 minFive QuestionsAlice CraryI ask the philosopher Alice Crary five questions about herself.
Alice Crary is University Distinguished Professor at the New School for Social Research and a Visiting Fellow at Regent’s College, Oxford. She is the author of "Beyond Moral Judgment" (2007) and "Inside Ethics: On the Demands of Moral Thought" (2016).
2020-10-0600 minFive QuestionsKwame Anthony AppiahI ask the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah five questions about himself.
Kwame Anthony Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at NYU and the author of several books, including "Experiments in Ethics" (2010), "As If: Idealization and Ideals" (2017), and most recently, "The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity" (2019).
2020-09-2928 minFive QuestionsGabriel Richardson LearI ask the philosopher Gabriel Richardson Lear five questions about herself.
Gabriel Richardson Lear is Professor of Philosophy and in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She is the author of "Happy Lives and the Highest Good: An Essay on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics" (2004) as well as several articles on the importance of beauty, poetry, and love in Plato’s ethics.
2020-09-2225 minFive QuestionsDavid ChristensenI ask the philosopher David Christensen five questions about himself.
David Christensen is Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and the author of "Putting Logic in its Place" (2004).
2020-09-1524 minFive QuestionsBarbara HermanI ask the philosopher Barbara Herman five questions about herself.
Barbara Herman is Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law at UCLA. Her books include "Moral Literacy" (2008) and "The Practice of Moral Judgment" (2006).
2020-09-0826 minFive QuestionsTim CraneI ask the philosopher Tim Crane five questions about himself.
Tim Crane is Professor of Philosophy at the Central European University. He is the author of "The Mechanical Mind" (1995/2003), "The Objects of Thought" (2013), and "The Meaning of Belief" (2017).
2020-09-0124 minFive QuestionsJane HealI ask the philosopher Jane Heal five questions about herself.
Jane Heal is Professor in Philosophy Emerita at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of "Fact and Meaning" (1989) and "Mind, Meaning, and Imagination" (2003).
2020-08-2526 minFive QuestionsTom BaldwinI ask the philosopher Tom Baldwin five questions about himself.
Tom Baldwin has taught Philosophy at Cambridge University and the University of York (UK), where is now an emeritus Professor. His publications include "G. E. Moore" (1990) and "Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy in English since 1945" (2001). From 2005 until 2015 he was editor of Mind.
2020-08-1826 minFive QuestionsAlva NoëI ask the philosopher Alva Noë five questions about himself.
Alva Noë is an author and philosopher at the University of California, Berkeley. His writings include "Action in Perception" (2004), "Strange Tools" (2015), and "Infinite Baseball" (2019).
2020-08-1128 minFive QuestionsHelen StewardI ask the philosopher Helen Steward five questions about herself.
Helen Steward is Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Action at the University of Leeds. She is the author of two books: "The Ontology of Mind" (1997) and "A Metaphysics for Freedom" (2012).
2020-08-0425 minFive QuestionsRichard HoltonI ask the philosopher Richard Holton five questions about himself.
Richard Holton is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and the author of "Willing, Wanting, Waiting" (2006).
2020-07-2824 minFive QuestionsJennifer HornsbyI ask the philosopher Jennifer Hornsby five questions about herself.
Jennifer Hornsby is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of "Actions" (1980) and "Simple Mindedness: In Defense of Naive Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mind" (2001).
2020-07-2123 minFive QuestionsCora DiamondI ask the philosopher Cora Diamond five questions about herself.
Cora Diamond is Kenan Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of Virginia. She works on Wittgenstein and in moral philosophy and is the author of "The Realistic Spirit" (1995) and "Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going on to Ethics" (2019).
2020-07-1422 minFive QuestionsBarry LamI ask the philosopher Barry Lam five questions about himself.
Barry Lam is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vassar College. He is the producer and host of the podcast, Hi-Phi Nation, a show about philosophy that turns stories into ideas.
2020-07-0723 minFive QuestionsNancy BauerI ask the philosopher Nancy Bauer five questions about herself.
Nancy Bauer is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She is the author of "Simone de Beauvoir, Philosophy, and Feminism" (2001) and "How to Do Things with Pornography" (2015).
2020-06-3021 minFive QuestionsTommie ShelbyI ask the philosopher Tommie Shelby five questions about himself.
Tommie Shelby is the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He’s the author of “Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform” (2016) and “We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity” (2005).
2020-06-2325 minFive QuestionsGideon RosenI ask the philosopher Gideon Rosen five questions about himself.
Gideon Rosen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He works in the philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and moral philosophy, and is the author, with John Burgess, of "A Subject with No Object" (2000).
2020-06-1626 minFive QuestionsScott ShapiroI ask the philosopher Scott Shapiro five questions about himself.
Scott Shapiro is the Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Yale Law School. His areas of interest include jurisprudence, international law, constitutional law, criminal law and cybersecurity; and he is the author of "Legality" (2011) and, with Oona Hathaway, of "The Internationalists: How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World" (2017).
2020-06-0927 minFive QuestionsZena HitzI ask the philosopher Zena Hitz five questions about herself.
Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. Her new book, "Lost in Thought," is about the pleasures of intellectual life.
2020-06-0226 minFive QuestionsBéatrice LonguenesseI ask the philosopher Béatrice Longuenesse five questions about herself.
Béatrice Longuenesse is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Among her recent publications are "I, Me, Mine: Back to Kant and Back Again" (2017) and "The First Person in Cognition and Morality" (2019), her 2017 Spinoza Lectures at the University of Amsterdam.
2020-05-2625 minFive QuestionsRichard MoranI ask the philosopher Richard Moran five questions about himself.
Richard Moran is Brian D. Young Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. He is the author of Authority and Estrangement: "An Essay on Self-Knowledge" (2001), "The Exchange of Words: Speech, Testimony, and Intersubjectivity" (2018), and "The Philosophical Imagination" (2017).
2020-05-1928 minFive QuestionsSusan WolfI ask the philosopher Susan Wolf five questions about herself.
Susan Wolf is Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her works include "Freedom Within Reason" (1993), "Meaning in Life and Why It Matters" (2010), and "The Variety of Values: Essays on Morality, Meaning and Love" (2014).
2020-05-1222 minFive QuestionsDavid VellemanI ask the philosopher David Velleman five questions about himself.
David Velleman is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at New York University and Miller Research Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. His new book is "On Being Me: A Personal Invitation to Philosophy."
2020-05-0521 minFive QuestionsTrailerI introduce Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves.
New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.
2020-04-2802 min
Princeton Alumni Weekly PodcastsQ&A: Philosopher Kieran Setiya *02 on Dealing with a Midlife Crisis (April 2018)On the surface, Kieran Setiya *02 had nothing to complain about. He had earned tenure as a philosophy professor; he’d published books and journal articles; he enjoyed teaching. But something was missing. “However worthwhile it seemed to teach another class or write another essay, I suddenly was aware, in a way I hadn’t been, of all the things in my life I wasn’t going to do,” Setiya says. He was having a midlife crisis, and he worked through it by talking with friends and digging into philosophical texts. In a new book, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, Setiya shares what he le...
2018-04-0625 min
Read Learn Live PodcastMidlife: A Philosophical Guide – Ep 33 with Kieran SetiyaHow can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive.You will learn why missing out might be a good thing, how options are overrated, and when you should be glad you...
2018-03-091h 16
Read Learn Live PodcastMidlife: A Philosophical Guide - Ep 33 with Kieran SetiyaIn this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how philosophy can help you thrive.
2018-03-091h 16
Embark On Into A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook At Home.Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran SetiyaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324821to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
Author: Kieran Setiya
Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 36 minutes
Release date: February 13, 2018
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Lessons in Philosophy
Publisher's Summary:
Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age. How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of...
2018-02-134h 36
New Books in PhilosophyKieran Setiya, “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” (Princeton UP, 2017)Middle-agedness is a curious phenomenon. In many ways, one is at one’s peak and also at the early stages of decline. There is much to do, but also dozens of paths irretrievably untaken. Successes, but also regrets. It’s no wonder that the idea of a midlife crisis is so familiar. But midlife is not commonly a subject of explicit philosophical study. In Midlife: A Philosophical Guide (Princeton University Press, 2017), Kieran Setiya develops a philosophical account of the crises associated with midlife that combines the precision of a philosophical treatise with the narrative and advice-giving of a self-help manu...
2018-01-011h 06
ContemplifyA Handbook to Midlife: Philosophical Tools, Wisdom & Avoiding the Midlife Crisis with Kieran Setiya (author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide) "Written with charming simplicity and wry humor, Midlife is a philosophically rich source of what might be called 'the higher life hacks' – reflective ways of dissolving the sense of emptiness and regret that tends to hit each of us with the onset of middle age. A work of disarming wisdom." - Jim Holt (author of Why Does the World Exist?) Have you ever asked yourself, what would my life have been like if I'd gone down another career path? Or wished you could release some past grudge that sits on your shoulder like a squaking parrot...
2017-12-0553 min
Relationships 2.0 With Dr. Michelle SkeenGuest: Kieran Setiya author of Midlife: A Philosophical GuideThis week on Relationships 2.0 my guest is Kieran Setiya author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide.
About the book:
Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle age
How can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of adulthood and middle age, showing how...
2017-10-2659 min
Give and TakeEpisode 52: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, with Kieran SetiyaMy guest is Kieran Setiya. He teaches philosophy at MIT, working mainly in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. He's the author of "Reasons without Rationalism" and "Knowing Right From Wrong." His most recent book is "Midlife: A Philosophical Guide." It comes out on October 3, 2017. You can buy the book here: bit.ly/midlifeguide.Special Guest: Kieran Setiya.
2017-09-221h 16Philosophy BitesKieran Setiya on the Mid-Life CrisisThe mid-life crisis is a well-observed phenomenon. Is there a philosophical angle on this? MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya thinks there is. He discusses it in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.
2016-07-0612 min
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society14/6/2012: Kieran Setiya on Knowing HowKieran Setiya was an undergraduate at Cambridge and a graduate student at Princeton. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, and is the author of Reasons without Rationalism (Princeton, 2007) and Knowing Right From Wrong (Oxford, forthcoming). This podcast is an audio recording of Dr. Setiya's talk - "Knowing How" - at the Aristotelian Society on 14 June 2012. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company in conjunction with the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.
2012-06-2750 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago PodcastEpisode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreementIn this episode, Kieran Setiya discusses the difference between disagreeing with someone about how you should live your life and disagreeing with someone about what you just saw (like, for example, who was the winner of a very close race).
2012-04-0931 min
ElucidationsEpisode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreementIn this episode, Kieran Setiya discusses the difference between disagreeing with someone about how you should live your life and disagreeing with someone about what you just saw (like, for example, who was the winner of a very close race). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2012-04-0931 min