L.A. Paul - Transformative Experience and Practical Philosophy

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✍🏻 Get my FREE 17-page paper-writing guide: https://sellingplato.kit.com/freepapertemplateand create your own newsletter using my affiliate link with Kit here: https://partners.kit.com/ichm6j4wln2bDr. L.A. Paul (lapaul.org) is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University, where she leads the Self and Society Initiative for the Wu Tsai Institute. Her research explores questions about the nature of the self and decision-making and the metaphysics and cognitive science of time, cause, and experience. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and the Australian National University. She is the author of Transformative Experience and coauthor of Causation: A User’s Guide, which was awarded the American Philosophical Association Sanders Book Prize. Her work on transformative experience has been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, NPR, and the BBC, among others. And in 2024, she was profiled by The New Yorker here https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/09/the-philosopher-l-a-paul-wants-us-to-think-about-our-selvesYou can see the interview with Tim Ferriss we reference here: https://youtu.be/iyRAAMnaJqk?si=pI_Gw5fyvlCmaDEEDr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy, and teaches philosophy at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.Chapters00:00 Technical Challenges and Solutions01:59 The Tim Ferriss Interview05:51 Bridging Philosophy and Public Engagement11:48 Influences from David Lewis17:34 The Appeal of Existentialism23:34 Personal Experiences in Philosophy29:00 Teaching Philosophy in the Age of AI34:45 Transformative Experiences in Philosophy40:38 Philosophy and Personal Life Choices46:03 The Evolution of Philosophy as a Discipline51:32 Future Projects and Philosophical Counseling🎙️ SUBSCRIBE to the Selling Plato podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2TBXs4TY8wt06KNg6Osm8v?si=wJa0rwPbTFahYQf2gxzMHQ📲 CONNECT on:X: https://x.com/sellingplatoTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@selling.platoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sellingplato/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sellingplatoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sellingplatoThreads: https://www.threads.net/@sellingplato