How to practice Stoicism

Despite the title of the video below, this isn’t about my first book on Stoicism, , but rather the more recent one, , co-written with my friend Greg Lopez.

The talk was presented at the HowTheLightGetsIn festival, organized in Hay (Wales) by the Institute of Arts and Ideas, May 2019. The video is about 40 minutes long. Enjoy!

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What are natural kinds?

My friend Dan Kauffman (Missouri State University) and I just published a new video conversation, on the topic of “natural kinds.” What are they? Do they really exist? Among other things, we discuss what the former planet Pluto can teach us about natural kinds, and explore why I changed my mind, over the past several years, about the ontological status of theoretical entities. Enjoy!

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The Stoics’ guide to happiness

Here is a short (less than two minutes) animated film by the BBC, with a script based on an impromptu interview I did with them.

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How to thrive in a world out of your control, one practical exercise at a time

Here is my very practical presentation (about 25 minutes) on Epictetus’ three disciplines (desire, action, and assent), at the recent Stoicon-X Toronto. Based on my book with Greg Lopez, : How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control―52 Week-by-Week Lessons.

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The free will documentary

Watch this very short excerpt (a bit more than a minute) from an interview I did for a documentary on free will:

Then check out the other excerpts (including one with Dan Dennett) here.

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Stoicism, skepticism and pseudoscience

Here is an interview (about 23 minutes) I recently did with the Institute of Art and Ideas, the folks who put out two HowTheLightGetsIn festivals in the UK every year. We talk about Stoicism, of course, but also my other passion: scientific skepticism and the variety of pseudosciences.

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