Taylor s latest feature, examined life, is no less absorbing, an intelligent yet accessible anthology of ideas that sees eight highly influential thinkers of our time including avital ronell, peter singer, michael hardt and yes, the wild and wooly zizek pontificating while taking walks through modern culture. We face dogmatism and attempt dialogue within a cultural sphere quite limited by the structures of domination. Each of them, from appiah to zizek, speaks to us not from a podium or comfortably seated as in too many talking heads docs, but while walking or riding through their chosen turf. Born in winnipeg, manitoba, taylor grew up in athens, georgia, and was unschooled until age when she enrolled in ninth. The examined life baylor interdisciplinary core baylor. History provides us with too many examples of what happens when environmental circumstances, the need for conformity, and a morally bankrupt ideology conspire to lead a large group of people to behave in uncharacteristically cruel, barbaric ways. He advocated views as various as free love and fatalism and was also an internationally known beekeeper. A companion to astra taylors documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and influential philosophers. Socrates examined life pulls philosophy out of academia and classrooms and puts it back on the streets. What did plato contribute to the philosophy of art. Euthyphro thinks that he is well versed with religious matters and hence he is not an ordinary mortal. The first sense of the word examined is self examination.
A set of learning objectives, which will serve as benchmarks for your climb from the unexamined to the examined life. Easy to reference and succinct, this book can be referenced at the point of care. For those interested, heres how to cite this transcript or episode for academic or professional purposes and for pagination, see the printable, adobe pdf version of this transcript weber, eric thomas, anthony cashio, and chris tatem, is the crossexamined life worth living. Telecourse study guide for the examined life vi in this study guide you will find. This threecourse sequence guides students in making sound life choices for personal wellness through self.
It presents the examined life summary, analyses 3 philosophers from the documentary. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. Astra taylor has put together the thoughts of nine contemporary thinkers in a most accessible and fascinating way. December, 2015 meaning of life subjective john messerly. The examined life, as socrates articulated millennia ago, entails looking into the root causes of my behaviors, and the patterns and. By recounting reallife stories that have stayed with him, grosz offers an. For detailed information, please see the publication manual of the american psychological association, 6th edn sections containing changes from the previous edition. Through a series of brief interviews with some of todays most provocative thinkers, the film addresses issues of ethics, morals, citizenship, democracy, disability, sexuality, consumerism, social contract theory, revolution, and human. She is the director of the philosophical documentaries what is democracy.
The film features eight influential modern philosophers walkin. Award winning entrepreneur, life coach, and podcaster matt purcell hosts the examined life. A companion to astra taylors documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and influential. Taylors latest feature, examined life, is no less absorbing, an intelligent yet accessible anthology of ideas that sees eight highly influential thinkers of our time including avital ronell, peter singer, michael hardt and yes, the wild and wooly zizek pontificating while taking walks through modern culture. Everything you need to know about diagnosis in a book that fits inside your pocket taylors differential diagnosis manual is your musthave primary care handbook. In the apology, platos socrates says the unexamined life is not worth living, the granddaddy of all philosophical quotes.
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Astra taylor born september 30, 1979 is a canadianamerican documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician. A companion to astra taylors documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and. Cornel west examined life transcript isnt necessary with this essay. The trial today, but if so it was not immediately obvious, especially as the main difference was the presence of a man sitting by the open window with a book from which he now looked up. A moving collection of short, personal encounters between a psychoanalyst and his patients, the examined life reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding, and human of experiences. Taylorism, system of scientific management advocated by fred w. The second sense of the word examined is external or social examination. In examined life, filmmaker astra taylor accompanies some of todays most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas peter singers thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of fifth avenues posh boutiques. Richard taylor 1919 2003 was an american philosopher renowned for his controversial positions and contributions to metaphysics. She is a fellow of the shuttleworth foundation, for her work on challenging predatory practices around debt. Astra taylor is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer. Examined life is a 2008 canadian documentary film about philosophers directed by astra taylor. Richard taylor on the meaning of life reason and meaning. With kwame anthony appiah, judith butler, michael hardt, martha nussbaum.
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Still in her twenties, documentarian astra taylor has already brought a philosophical bent to nonfiction filmmaking and is looking to push the form in new and exciting directions. Taylor was born in winnipeg, manitoba, in 1979 and grew up in athens, georgia. The meaning of life richard taylor the question whether life has any meaning is dif. Excursions with contemporary thinkers taylor, astra on.
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