Dialogue, and Individualism Versus Collectivism

The challenge of balancing our intuitive “elephants” and our reasoning “riders”.

In this episode, host Dr. Laurance Splitter expands on the role of dialogue and introduces philosophy’s “three Cs” — concepts that are common, contestable, and central. He cites the absurdist humor behind Monty Python to illustrate what happens when concepts are pushed to their extremes. Enlarging on his central theme, Laurance cites the tensions between individualism and collectivism, the private and the public, and looking inward versus looking beyond ourselves. He then discusses the housing crisis in our society, as a practical example of these tensions.

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