Books by Agnes Callard

I would say my views on some of these issues are different.  In my vision, Socrates is a weak interlocutor and Plato is the real genius.  Plato also does not identify with Socrates per se, but rather is teaching us how to deal with a multiplicity of perspectives.  In any case, this is the latest — and the best in a long time — case for leading a philosophic life, which to Callard means a life centered around philosophic dialogue with others.  It also will start a whole new and much needed dialog...

I will be having a Conversation with her soon.  She is a philosopher at the University of Chicago, and her new book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming is coming out in early April.  Here are some of her papers .  Here is her recent NYT Op-Ed .  So what should I ask her?