Jennifer Frey on Education, Philosophy, and the University

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Philosopher Jennifer Frey of the University of South Carolina talks about the state of the university in American education. Frey urges a stronger focus on virtue and human flourishing and a reduced focus on career preparation. Roberts, despite his sympathy with the examined life, challenges the virtue of philosophical enquiry. At the end of the conversation, both guest and host defend philosophy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics
0:07.0	and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem and Stanford University's Hoover
0:13.0	Institution.
0:14.0	Go to econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode and find links and other
0:19.0	information related to today's conversation.
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0:26.8	Our email address is mail at econtalk.org.
0:29.8	We'd love to hear from you.
0:37.8	Today is October 6, 2021.
0:39.8	My guest is philosopher Jennifer Frey of the University of South Carolina.
0:44.8	Our topic for today is a recent essay she wrote for the point, title of the piece is The Universe
0:50.1	and the University.
0:51.1	We're going to talk about education, happiness, philosophy, the university, and maybe even
0:55.6	the universe.
0:56.6	Jennifer, welcome to econtalk.
0:58.6	Thank you so much for having me and I'm excited to have this conversation.
1:02.1	Me too.
1:03.1	Now you open your piece with what I would call a critical appraisal of psychology's approach
1:08.0	to happiness relative to how philosophy approaches the question.
1:12.3	What's the difference?
1:13.3	Just forget which is better in your mind or what's the difference there?
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