#227 Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning

Published: Sept. 30, 2021, 11:51 p.m.

Sean Kelly is a philosopher at Harvard specializing in existentialism and the philosophy of mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(06:50) - Existentialism
\n(26:58) - Nietzsche and nihilism
\n(44:35) - Dostoevsky
\n(1:00:02) - Camus and suicide
\n(1:18:31) - The Big Lebowski
\n(1:26:20) - Ayn Rand
\n(1:36:28) - Evil
\n(1:47:03) - Heidegger
\n(1:58:43) - Hubert Dreyfus
\n(2:04:35) - Moby Dick
\n(2:15:51) - David Foster Wallace
\n(2:36:03) - Can AI make art?
\n(2:55:46) - Meaning of life