#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:50) – Existentialism<br />
(26:58) – Nietzsche and nihilism<br />
(44:35) – Dostoevsky<br />
(1:00:02) – Camus and suicide<br />
(1:18:31) – The Big Lebowski<br />
(1:26:20) – Ayn Rand<br />
(1:36:28) – Evil<br />
(1:47:03) – Heidegger<br />
(1:58:43) – Hubert Dreyfus<br />
(2:04:35) – Moby Dick<br />
(2:15:51) – David Foster Wallace<br />
(2:36:03) – Can AI make art?<br />
(2:55:46) – Meaning of life</p>