Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on Mattering

Philosophy Bites by Nigel Warburton

Jun 5, 202622:17Arts

We are the kind of creature that cares whether or not we matter and how. What follows from this? Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Mattering , discuses this with David Edmonds.

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