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Kieran Setiya
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Sternstunde Philosophie
Kieran 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...
2024-06-08
56 min
Think Act Be Podcast
Dr. Kieran Setiya — Midlife 2. How to Think More Clearly About What Life Can and Can't Offer
My 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...
2024-03-06
55 min
The Pocket Contemplative
How 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
2024-02-18
46 min
Smart People Podcast
442 – Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way with Kieran Setiya
Kieran Setiya, author of, Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Kieran 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...
2023-10-24
49 min
Smart People Podcast
Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way with Kieran Setiya
Kieran 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
2023-10-24
52 min
Shrink Rap Radio
#850 Isabella Clarke Interviews MIT Philosopher Kieran Setiya on Accepting Life as Hard
BIO 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...
2023-06-06
00 min
The Dissenter
#789 Kieran Setiya - Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
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2023-06-01
1h 16
Philosophy Bites
Kieran Setiya on Loneliness
What 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.
2023-03-09
18 min
Pulled Up Short
Is 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.
2023-02-27
32 min
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
Kieran Setiya on How Philosophy Can Help Guide Us Through Life
This 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...
2023-02-14
54 min
Meditations with Zohar
Kieran Setiya: Philosophy, Self-Help, and AI
This 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.
2023-01-18
1h 21
Lead From the Heart
Kieran Setiya: How To Live Well When Life Is Hardest
You 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 – […] The post Kieran Setiya: How To Live Well When Life Is Hardest appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.
2023-01-13
56 min
Through Conversations
Kieran 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.
2022-12-12
59 min
Bounce! Conversations with Larry Weeks
Ep. 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...
2022-12-10
54 min
RABBITHOLE
Is Effective Altruism Right? #4: Kieran Setiya
Continuing 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...
2022-12-07
48 min
Perennial Wisdom
Kieran Setiya | How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
On 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 Support the Sh...
2022-11-16
48 min
A Need To Read
Philosophy for hard times, with Kieran Setiya
Kieran 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/ Support...
2022-11-02
58 min
Anxiety Book Club
Episode 38 - Life is Hard with Kieran Setiya
In 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! Kieran’s Podcast: https://anchor.fm/kieran-setiya Kieran’s Website http://www.ksetiya.net/ Kieran’s Twitter https://twitter.com/KieranSetiya?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
2022-11-01
58 min
FAREWELL
144 – 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...
2022-10-26
1h 11
Wild with Sarah Wilson
KIERAN SETIYA: How to love living a hard life
Life 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...
2022-10-25
54 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full Audiobook
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Audiobook by Kieran Setiya
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 562566 Title: Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Author: Kieran Setiya Narrator: Kieran Setiya Format: Unabridged Length: 05:52:20 Language: English Release date: 10-06-22 Publisher: Penguin Books LTD Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Philosophy 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...
2022-10-06
5h 52
Talk of Ages
Kieran 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".
2022-10-04
59 min
Five Questions
Kieran Setiya
The 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!
2022-10-04
37 min
Explore New Worlds, Free Audiobook Are the Golden Pearls
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Audiobook by Kieran Setiya
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 575677 Title: Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way Author: Kieran Setiya Narrator: Kieran Setiya Format: Unabridged Length: 5:52:19 Language: English Release date: 10-04-22 Publisher: Penguin Audio Genres: Non-Fiction, Self Development, Health & Wellness, Philosophy 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, ma...
2022-10-04
5h 52
The Avid Reader Show
Kieran Setiya - Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
A 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...
2022-09-28
56 min
Five Questions
Liam Kofi Bright
I 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.
2022-09-27
24 min
Life Examined
Kieran Setiya: A philosopher’s guide to life’s hardships
Jonathan Bastian talks with Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology about some best practices when it comes to coping with pain, loneliness, loss, and failure. Setiya’s latest book is Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way. “Let's never stop acknowledging that life is hard, not in a bleak way, but I hope, in the end, a constructive way,” Setiya says. “ Try to approach the good life philosophically with attention to that, not some abstract theory” Delve deeper into life, philosophy, and what makes us human by joining the...
2022-09-24
53 min
Five Questions
Kyla Ebels-Duggan
I 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.
2022-09-20
29 min
EconTalk
Kieran Setiya on Midlife
John 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...
2022-09-19
1h 39
Five Questions
Ken Winkler
I 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).
2022-09-13
31 min
Reconsidering
Episode 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. Find the show notes and...
2022-04-26
48 min
2 Pages with MBS
39. 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...
2021-08-24
47 min
Five Questions
Kit Fine
I 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).
2021-08-03
19 min
Five Questions
Miranda Fricker
I 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). Rachel Whiteread, “Untitled (Stacks)” Doris Salcedo, “Fragmentos”
2021-07-27
34 min
Five Questions
Lawrence Blum
I 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).
2021-07-20
26 min
Five Questions
Sebastian Rödl
I 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).
2021-07-13
27 min
Five Questions
Cheryl Misak
I 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).
2021-07-06
24 min
Five Questions
Philip Pettit
I 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).
2021-06-29
30 min
Five Questions
Anil Gomes
I 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.
2021-06-22
27 min
Five Questions
Elizabeth Barnes
I 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).
2021-06-15
27 min
Five Questions
Sarah Moss
I 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).
2021-06-08
26 min
Five Questions
Raimond Gaita
I 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). J. S. Bach, Cello Suites, performed by Pablo Casals
2021-06-01
36 min
Five Questions
Philosophers@MIT
I ask five of my colleagues one question about themselves. MIT Philosophy
2021-05-25
29 min
Five Questions
Stephen Darwall
I 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).
2021-05-18
25 min
Five Questions
Rachel Barney
I 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.
2021-05-11
26 min
Five Questions
Lucy O'Brien
I 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). Rembrandt van Rijn: “Self-Portrait with Two Circles”
2021-05-04
29 min
Five Questions
Richard Kimberly Heck
I 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).
2021-04-27
22 min
Five Questions
Jonathan Wolff
I 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).
2021-04-20
30 min
Five Questions
Hannah Ginsborg
I 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). Raphael's “Ecstasy of St. Cecilia”
2021-04-13
28 min
Five Questions
T. M. Scanlon
I 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).
2021-04-06
22 min
Five Questions
Gerald Dworkin
I 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).
2021-03-30
27 min
Five Questions
Elisabeth Camp
I 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.
2021-03-23
25 min
Five Questions
David Hills
I 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.
2021-03-16
24 min
Five Questions
Michele Moody-Adams
I 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.” Robert Gould Shaw Memorial, Boston Common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gould_Shaw_Memorial#/media/File:Robert_Gould_Shaw_Memorial_(36053).jpg
2021-03-09
29 min
Five Questions
Matthew Boyle
I 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.”
2021-03-02
29 min
Five Questions
Havi Carel
I 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).
2021-02-23
26 min
Five Questions
Mark Wilson
I 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).
2021-02-16
30 min
Five Questions
Seana Shiffrin
I 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).
2021-02-09
25 min
Five Questions
Season 2 Trailer
I introduce the second season of Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves. New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.
2021-02-02
02 min
Cows in the field
28. 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 Rea...
2021-01-29
1h 50
Five Questions
Rae Langton
Rae Langton is Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of “Kantian Humility” (1998) and “Sexual Solipsism” (2009).
2020-10-27
00 min
Five Questions
Sophie Grace Chappell
I 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.”
2020-10-20
00 min
Five Questions
Jonathan Lear
I 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).
2020-10-13
00 min
Five Questions
Alice Crary
I 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).
2020-10-06
00 min
Five Questions
Kwame Anthony Appiah
I 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).
2020-09-29
28 min
Five Questions
Gabriel Richardson Lear
I 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.
2020-09-22
25 min
Five Questions
David Christensen
I 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).
2020-09-15
24 min
Five Questions
Barbara Herman
I 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).
2020-09-08
26 min
Five Questions
Tim Crane
I 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).
2020-09-01
24 min
Five Questions
Jane Heal
I 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).
2020-08-25
26 min
Five Questions
Tom Baldwin
I 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.
2020-08-18
26 min
Five Questions
Alva Noë
I 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).
2020-08-11
28 min
Five Questions
Helen Steward
I 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).
2020-08-04
25 min
Five Questions
Richard Holton
I 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).
2020-07-28
24 min
Five Questions
Jennifer Hornsby
I 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).
2020-07-21
23 min
Five Questions
Cora Diamond
I 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).
2020-07-14
22 min
Five Questions
Barry Lam
I 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.
2020-07-07
23 min
Five Questions
Nancy Bauer
I 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).
2020-06-30
21 min
Five Questions
Tommie Shelby
I 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).
2020-06-23
25 min
Five Questions
Gideon Rosen
I 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).
2020-06-16
26 min
Five Questions
Scott Shapiro
I 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).
2020-06-09
27 min
Five Questions
Zena Hitz
I 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.
2020-06-02
26 min
Five Questions
Béatrice Longuenesse
I 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.
2020-05-26
25 min
Five Questions
Richard Moran
I 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).
2020-05-19
28 min
Five Questions
Susan Wolf
I 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).
2020-05-12
22 min
Five Questions
David Velleman
I 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."
2020-05-05
21 min
Five Questions
Trailer
I introduce Five Questions, a podcast in which I ask philosophers five questions about themselves. New episodes post on Tuesday mornings.
2020-04-28
02 min
Princeton Alumni Weekly Podcasts
Q&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...
2018-04-06
25 min
Read Learn Live Podcast
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide – Ep 33 with Kieran Setiya
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 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...
2018-03-09
1h 16
Read Learn Live Podcast
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide - Ep 33 with Kieran Setiya
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.
2018-03-09
1h 16
Get Lost in Stories, While on the Go With Full Audiobook
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Audiobook by Kieran Setiya
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 324821 Title: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide Author: Kieran Setiya Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne Format: Unabridged Length: 04:36:22 Language: English Release date: 02-13-18 Publisher: Tantor Media Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy 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 death that blights...
2018-02-13
4h 36
New Books in Psychology
Kieran 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...
2018-01-01
1h 05
New Books in Philosophy
Kieran 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...
2018-01-01
1h 06
Contemplify
A 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...
2017-12-05
53 min
Relationships 2.0 With Dr. Michelle Skeen
Guest: Kieran Setiya author of Midlife: A Philosophical Guide
This 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...
2017-10-26
59 min
Give and Take
Episode 52: Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, with Kieran Setiya
My 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.
2017-09-22
1h 16
Philosophy Bites
Kieran Setiya on the Mid-Life Crisis
The 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.
2016-07-06
12 min
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
14/6/2012: Kieran Setiya on Knowing How
Kieran 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.
2012-06-27
50 min
Elucidations: A University of Chicago Podcast
Episode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreement
In 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).
2012-04-09
31 min
Elucidations
Episode 34: Kieran Setiya discusses moral disagreement
In 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.
2012-04-09
31 min