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"I am not able to introduce properly our guest Elizabeth Anderson without first being candid about my love for a certain kind of philosophizing and I don't mean "popular" philosophy" but the rather unpopular work that is ensconced in the academy. Indeed had I not gone into music and artistic practice more generally I most would surely have loved or ended up with some kind of career in an academic discipline like philosophy save for one reservation I had: what I perceived as the stifling politics and necessary socialization of such an environment. Such was my interest in the field that I read an obscure Ph D thesis by our current guest before she became as well known as she is today: Value In Ethics And Economics, way back in 1993. I don't think there were many pianists/composers who read that book back then but then again I have always had the most eclectic of tastes, as well as ranges of interests, something that I have found to be most helpful in our podcast. A few decades since, Elizabeth Anderson has not been content to be a scholar but has become a prominent public intellectual, and in my view, one of the very best. She writes on issues that affect so many of us in society, from integration to the ethics and conditions of our workplaces. Much like our episode with George Ketab , I really enjoy episodes like these where I can put all of my reading and education to some use and go into the weeds a little bit which for me is a way of relaxing in fact. Anderson studied with one of the greatest thinkers in the twentieth century, John Rawls, and some of his influence of course is present. Yet Anderson is a unique and independent thinker, appearing to follow wherever the evidence leads. Given my love of the quotidian of course I am partial to her pragmatic attention to daily life and what it feels like as well as her considerable vision for a better future, that she thinks completely with in the realm of human possibility. My wish is that the listener gets as much enjoyment from our discussion as we did engaging in it." Professor Anderon's Bio Professor Elizabeth Anderson specializes in moral, social and political philosophy, feminist theory, social epistemology, and the philosophy of economics and the social sciences. She is particularly interested in exploring the interactions of social science with moral and political theory, how we learn to improve our value judgments, the epistemic functions of emotions and democratic deliberation, and issues of race, gender, and equality. For a more extensive, in depth look at her full bio, works and episode notes, visit us here:https://www.facebook.com/journeyofanaesthetepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mitch-hampton/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mitch-hampton/support