Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy Gets Personal: Recent Episodes

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Final Episode: In this beautiful talk Zsuzsanna Chappell, a philosopher madwoman, discusses the intersection between mental illness, philosophy and social justice.

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In this nice talk Magnus reflects on the notion of empathy, how it differs from compassion and sympathy. He finds in music a form of empathy and home.

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In this beautiful interview Deena Lin guides us through her understanding of religion and spiritual growth through the themes of death, education, racial differences.

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This interview is built on Weidenbaum's beautiful article, 5 days, where he recounts the most difficult days in his life. During these days he had to decide whether to keep his wife alive through machines or unplug it. With candor and extreme honesty, Jon guides us through the emotional upheaval that accompanies choices of this sort. Reading of these cases on bioethics books remain instead often dry and detached.

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In this episode prof. Gruin tells us a bit about his relationship with the environment and how philosophy helped him to look at it from the point of view of nature.

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In this episode prof. Churchill tells us how got curious about empathy in animals and why he started this type of investigations.

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In this beautiful talk with prof. Stone, she talks about her fondness for English female philosophers. In doing so, an implicit comparison leads us to examine her life as a female philosopher and to understand what motherhood had meant for her life and her career.

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In this nice talk with Prof. Baiasu we touched upon different themes, such as mental health, death, philosophy of feminism. It was a beautiful exploration of her path to life and philosophy.

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What is normality? How can we live a kind life with each other? What does impede us from being fully ourselves? In today's episode, Professor Susi Ferrarello is joined by Francesca Brencio. Francesca Brencio is an Associate Researcher in Philosophy at the Research Group “Filosofía Aplicada: Sujeto, Sufrimiento, Sociedad” at the University of Seville. Today's insightful discussion dives into how personal experience shapes our reality, and questions on what love of philosophy means.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights and other behind the scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever-persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. This podcast was funded by the faculty support grant at CSUEB Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights, and other behind-the-scenes material.

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Welcome to the Meaning of Life: Where Philosophy gets Personal, This podcast is a series of conversations between Dr. Susi Ferrarello and Philosophers from around the world exploring the ever-persistent question of “what is the meaning of life” from an intimately personal perspective amongst other topics in philosophy. Our host, Dr. Ferrarello received her PhD in philosophy from Sorbonne University in Paris. She is an expert in Phenomenology, Ethics, Moral Psychology and, Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy. Dr. Ferrarello is currently a professor of philosophy at California State University East Bay, and also a philosophical counselor. This podcast was funded by the faculty support grant at CSUEB Follow our social media accounts for episode updates, highlights, and other behind-the-scenes material.

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