Episode 38, ‘Philosophy in Everyday Life’ with Philosophy Now's Rick Lewis (Part I)

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Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

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4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Rick Lewis took his first degree in physics and philosophy of science at the University of Manchester, and later an MA in philosophy at the University of York.

Making philosophy accessible and encouraging the person on the street to engage in philosophy in their everyday life was, and is, hugely important to Rick. That’s why in 1991 Rick founded the magazine Philosophy Now, of which, he has been the editor ever since. Soon after launching the magazine, Philosophy Now became the first philosophy title to appear on UK news-stands.

This episode Jack, Andy, Olly and Rick will be discussing ‘the role of philosophy in everyday life’. For many, philosophy is something which can not only enrich our own lives but the lives of our fellow humans. For many others, philosophy is a waste of a life, something that diminishes, something which fails to enrich...

Part I. Philosophy in Everyday Life.
Part II. Philosophy Now, Further Analysis and Discussion.

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0:00.0	Rick Lewis took his first degree in physics and philosophy of science at the University of Manchester, and later an M.A. in Philosophy at the University of York.
0:15.0	Making philosophy accessible and encouraging the person on the street to engage in philosophy in their everyday life was and is hugely important to Rick. That's why in 1991
0:25.9	Rick founded the magazine Philosophy Now of which he has been the editor ever since. Soon
0:30.9	after launching the magazine, Philosophy Now became the first philosophy title to
0:34.2	appear on the UK newsstands. This episode, myself, Rick, Andy and Jack will
0:39.7	be discussing the role of philosophy in everyday life. For many, philosophy is something
0:45.1	which can not only enrich our own lives, but the lives of our fellow human beings. For many
0:49.3	others, philosophy is a waste of a life, something that diminishes, something which fails
0:53.8	to enrich.
0:56.5	The next episode is already available on our Patreon, that's www.patryon.
1:00.7	com's slash pan-sicast.
1:03.7	Get in touch with us on Twitter, that's at the pansidecast.
1:06.0	We'd love to hear your thoughts.
1:07.5	All the information for Philosophy now is on our website.
1:10.5	Thank you. We hope you enjoy the show.
1:12.6	Hello and welcome to episode 38 of of the Pan Seidcast.
1:30.2	I'm Jack Symes and I'm joined once again by the day-to-day Mr Andrew Horton.
1:34.5	Hello.
1:35.3	The everyday Mr. Olly Marley.
1:37.5	Hello.
1:38.3	And the editor of Philosophy Now, Mr. Rick Lewis.
1:41.4	Hello.
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