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Every book Elijah Millgram recommended on podcasts
Elijah Millgram appears on Conversations with Tyler as a philosopher and academic who reflects on the nature of the philosophical life, recurring patterns in intellectual history, and the pedagogical methods used to teach ethics and personal identity. Throughout the interview, Millgram discusses several seminal philosophical and historical texts that illustrate larger intellectual cycles or serve as vital tools in the classroom. He brings up Etienne Gilson's The Unity of Philosophical Experience to demonstrate how philosophical ideas repeatedly cycle through history. When examining Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual background, Millgram notes Nietzsche's engagement with David Friedrich Strauss's The Life of Jesus. To draw parallels regarding philosophical arguments on human agency and ethics, he references Martha Nussbaum's The Fragility of Goodness. Millgram also discusses Derek Parfit's influential book Reasons and Persons at length, explaining that he still teaches the text in his university courses and utilizing its famous thought experiments involving teletransporters to help students grapple with complex questions of personal identity. Through these discussions, Millgram highlights works that challenge traditional assumptions and provoke rigorous inquiry into the nature of human reason, ethics, and philosophical longevity.
Books recommended by Elijah Millgram
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Reasons and Persons
Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit is a landmark 1984 work of analytic philosophy that challenges conventional notions of personal identity, rationality, and ethics across generations.
Discussed“i mean i still teach this first book the reasons in person's book”
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The fragility of goodness
Discussed“i don't know if you remember martha nussbaum's uh fragility of goodness”
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The unity of philosophical experience
Discussed“and this book is called the unity of philosophical experience”
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Books Elijah Millgram wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Millgram on the Philosophical Life | Conversations with Tyler | 2021-06-16 | 7 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“if you have one big project a project that's the um that you think is the meaning of your life”
“if you have one big project a project that's the um that you think is the meaning of your life”