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    23: Agnes Callard - Courage, Meta-cognitive detachment and their limits

    The Portal · Feb 24, 2020 · 2 h 12 min
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    Philosopher and University of Chicago Professor Agnes Callard sits down with Eric on this episode of the portal. Agnes is a champion of the philosophical tradition of attempting to detach the capacity for inquiry and reason from the fog of feelings and societal taboos that often keep us from delving deeper into the questions that animate our lives. Agnes began this unusual back and forth by…

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