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Ambition vs. aspiration with philosopher Agnes Callard

2023/6/13
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Agnes Callard discovered philosophy during a high school debate training program, which initially aimed to improve her debate skills. Despite not succeeding in debates, she found philosophy exciting and pursued it further, eventually switching from classics to philosophy in her graduate studies.

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Before Agnes Callard was a philosophy professor at the University of Chicago, she was on her high school debate team — and she still loves to debate anything and everything. Her work regularly appears in major outlets such as The New York Times, and she was recently profiled in The New Yorker for her radical openness to rethinking her life. Agnes and Adam discuss the difference between ambition and aspiration, the art of thought-provoking conversations, and whether listening or arguing helps you do your best thinking. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts)