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Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. and Jim Holt

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There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In his profound and personal book Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way, Setiya draws on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya’s own experience. Life Is Hard is a book for this moment—a work of solace and compassion.

Warm, accessible, and good-humored, Life is Hard is about making the best of a bad lot. It offers guidance for coping with pain and making new friends, for grieving the lost and failing with grace, for confronting injustice and searching for meaning in life. Countering pop psychologists and online influencers who admonish us to “find our bliss” and “live our best lives,” Setiya acknowledges that the best is often out of reach. Instead, he asks how we can weather life’s adversities, finding hope and living well when life is hard.

Setiya will be in conversation with Jim Holt, author of the 2012 book "Why Does the World Exist?," an international best-seller that has been translated into twenty languages. He is also the author of When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought (2018) and Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes (2008). Holt is a longtime contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the London Review of Books.

This event will be recorded and available later on the FAN website and our YouTube channel.

AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of "Life is Hard" from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by Setiya that will start immediately after the webinar. Copy and paste this link to purchase the book: https://bit.ly/SetiyaBookPurchase

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Mar 16, 2023 07:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Mar 16, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. and Jim Holt Register in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G47maScaSuq6tC6KQF-nZA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. (Professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology @http://www.ksetiya.net/) Kieran Setiya, Ph.D. is a professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he works on ethics and related questions about human agency and human knowledge. He is the author of "Midlife: A Philosophical Guide" and "Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way," which was selected as a Best Book of 2022 by The Economist and The New Yorker. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, the LA Review of Books, the TLS, the London Review of Books, The Atlantic, Aeon, and The Yale Review. Jim Holt (Author and writer @https://www.ted.com/speakers/jim_holt) Jim Holt is the author of the 2012 book "Why Does the World Exist?," an international best-seller that has been translated into twenty languages. He is also the author of "When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought" (2018) and "Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes" (2008). A longtime contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, and the London Review of Books, he is currently at work on "Living: Theory and Practice," which will be published by Farrar Straus Giroux in the United States and by Viking in the UK. Event Sponsors, A-L Baker Demonstration School, Beacon Academy, Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, Catherine Cook School, Compass Health Center, Countryside Day School, Evanston Township High School D202, Family Service Center, Francis W. Parker School, Glencoe D35, Gorton Center, Haven Youth and Family Services, Hyde Park Day School, Kenilworth D38, Lake Bluff D65, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest Community High School D115, Lake Forest Country Day School, Lake Michigan Association of Independent Schools, Leo Catholic High School. Event Sponsors, M-Z Mindful Psychology Associates, Morgan Park Academy, New Trier High School D203, New Trier Parents' Association, North Shore Country Day, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy, Rebel Human, Regina Dominican High School, Resurrection College Prep High School, Rogers Park Montessori School, Roycemore School, Santa Clara University School of Law, Science & Arts Academy, Stevenson High School D125, The Alliance for Early Childhood, The Avery Coonley School, The Cove School, The Family Institute at Northwestern University, The Frances Xavier Warde School, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Parents' Association, Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District, Woodlands Academy, and Youth & Opportunity United.

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