Gerard Michols is a public philosopher from Upstate New York who had discussed and written prolifically about reflecting on life from nothingness through reason and ethics. On the podcast, John and Gerard discuss:

• The primacy of philosophy in all decision-making

• Preferences for and against philosophy as a driving force in human lives

• The Ivory Tower’s failures

• Contextualizing philosophy for everyone’s needs 

• Types of decisions most appropriately suited to philosophical framing

• Distinctions between philosophy and science

• Philosophical frameworks versus philosophical situations

• Language and reality

• The process of philosophy instead of the idea of philosophy

• Nothingness as the starting point for all philosophical applications

• Defenses of abstraction in decision-making 

• The burden of choice  

• Storytelling as necessary for human survival 

• Detail as a block to ethical decision making 

• The place of aesthetics and ethics in decision making, and

• The place of reason and data in decision making

Guest

Gerard Mikols lives in upstate New York.

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