Kieran Setiya

Kieran Setiya teaches philosophy at MIT. His latest book is Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way.

How Philosophy Helps Us Find Our Way

Where is the line between professional philosophy and self-help? And how did we end up with this stark divide?

  • Kieran Setiya
  • Anil Gomes

The New Moral Mathematics

In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death.

  • Kieran Setiya

The Personal Is Philosophical

On the first English translation of Wittgenstein’s early private notebooks.

  • Kieran Setiya
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