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Podcast: Uncertain Things
Episode: Chillin' With the Philosophers (w/ Anthony Gottlieb)
Description: Anthony Gottlieb is a historian of ideas, the former executive editor of The Economist, the author of The Dream of Reason and The Dream of Enlightenment, and the George R.R. Martin of the history of philosophy. He tells us why he kept a poster of Wittgenstein in his dorm, how journalism forced him to unlearn the bad prose of academia, what is the quality that defines a successful philosopher, and why he thinks the liberal foundations of the West remain firm (Adaam is less certain).Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast Addict, and Stit...