Writing in This Moment: A Conversation with Agnes Callard

A one-hour, facilitated conversation with public philosopher and University of Chicago professor Agnes Callard. Event hosted on January 25, 2021, by HumanitiesX and the Department of Philosophy at DePaul University. Hyperlinks to questions below. Unedited version; edited version to follow.

00:00 Webinar Dead Space
00:26 Introduction

4:35 Agnes Speaks
16:34 Politicizing the Classroom
23:00 What the Humanities Do in a Crisis
28:00 Humanistic Learning Crossing Time
37:15 Mean Philosophers and Rules for Debate
37:23 On Philosophy Not Giving Answers
40:10 On the Writing Process
44:44 Socrates and Societies' Tolerance for Having Values Destabilized
47:30 Reading the Comments & Engaging with the Public
49:58 Philosophy vs. the News
52:06 On the Reduction of Complexity
55:20 On Peter Singer