Startseite
Podcasts
Robinson's Podcast Podcast
174 - Rebecca Goldstein: Spinoza, Atheism, and the Philosophy of Literature

174 - Rebecca Goldstein: Spinoza, Atheism, and the Philosophy of Literature

Robinson's Podcast vor 2 Jahren

0:00

1:24:41

Rebecca Goldstein is a philosopher and novelist. She received her
Ph.D. in philosophy from Princeton University and studied with
Thomas Nagel. She is a MacArthur Follow and was awarded the
National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama. Rebecca is also an
expert on Spinoza and Gödel, and has a whole bevy of other
wide-ranging interests. In this episode, Robinson and Rebecca
discuss her novel the Mind-Body Problem, atheism, Spinoza, and
what makes life meaningful in a godless world. Rebecca’s most
recent book is Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won’t Go
Away (Pantheon, 2014).

Rebecca’s Website: https://www.rebeccagoldstein.com

Thirty-Six Arguments for the Existence of God:
https://a.co/d/dAoDqbU

Plato at the Googleplex: https://a.co/d/c1vvVaw

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:45 Introduction

02:40 Publishing a First Novel

14:01 Philosophy and Literature

22:11 From Judaism to Atheism

42:36 Arguments Against the Existence of God

01:02:45 On Spinoza

01:16:14 Mattering

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and
everyone in-between.