7. Transformative Experience

In this second English episode of Filosofisk podcast, L.A. Paul and
Krister Bykvist join us for a discussion about transformative
experiences and how the nature of such experiences affect the
ability to make rational decisions. The guests’ philosophical
recommendations: “Prudence”, article by Phillip Bricker in The
Journal of Philosophy (1980); “Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming”,
book by Agnes Callard (2018); “Choosing for Changing Selves”, book
by Richard Pettigrew (2019); “Normal Rationality: Decisions and
Social Order”, collection of works by Edna Ullmann-Margalit, edited
by C. R. Sunstein & A. Margalit (2017); and “Becoming Someone
New: Essays on Transformative Experience, Choice, and Change”,
anthology edited by E. Lambert & J. Schwenkler (2020).
Filosofisk podcast publishes philosophical discussions (usually in
Swedish, but sometimes in English) with invited guests. The hosts
are Stina Björkholm, Olle Risberg, and Nils Sylvan. The podcast is
produced by Filosofisk tidskrift and the Swedish publisher Thales,
and new episodes are released once every two months. Filosofisk
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