Learning Through Conversation | Agnes Callard (Teaching Better)

Ethics and Education

What can we learn from conversation that we can't learn on our own? Agnes Callard (Philosophy, University of Chicago) talks about the paradox of learning through conversation, the secret to asking a good question, chatting with the ghost of Aristotle, and that time her lecture notes were stolen and it ended up being a good thing for her teaching.

Mentioned in the episode:

• Boat thinking (Kant)
• Study guides

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Pairs well with: Reasoning by Anthony Simon Laden

Recorded in Chicago, July 2021.

Thanks to Agnes Callard and Sol Miller.

Producer: Carrie Welsh. Music is "Wavy Glass" and "Good Times" by Podington Bear, used under a creative commons license.