Philosophy Bites · Edmonds and Warburton
Agnes Callard on Lessons from Socrates
April 15, 2025·22 min·2 clips
Socrates believes you win when you're refuted, because that's when you truly learn something.
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A patient case for philosophy as inquiry, not therapy.
Agnes Callard uses Socrates to make a clear case for philosophy as a live, answer-seeking practice, not a way of soothing doubt. The conversation starts with Socrates and settles into a sharper question: should people keep asking, testing, and pressing on the most basic things?
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