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Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy

Alain de Botton on Philosophy Within and Outside the Academy

Philosophy Bites · Nigel Warburton

November 11, 200713m 52s

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Show Notes

What is philosophy? Does academic philosophy squeeze the life out of some of the most important questions we can ask? Alain de Botton, author of the bestseller The Consolations of Philosophy, discusses his conception of philosophy and the importance of literary style with Nigel Warburton in this episode of Philosophy Bites.