Philosophy Not Working for You?

Perhaps You’re Not Making Enough Use of It. My Conversation with Agnes Callard

As with many good things in life, I first encountered Agnes Callard through Tyler Cowen’s Conversations with Tyler podcast, where he interviewed her in 2018 around the release of Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming—a philosophical exploration of how people grow and change.

Her latest book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life (2025), extends that inquiry, examining h…