• Episode 16: Zhuangzi on Uselessness

  • Jan 22 2025
  • Duración: 1 h y 20 m
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Episode 16: Zhuangzi on Uselessness

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  • In this episode, we talk about the theme of uselessness in the Zhuangzi, one of the great foundational texts of philosophical Daoism. What exactly determines whether something is useful or useless? Is usefulness largely or fundamentally a matter of perspective? Does the text's apparent recommendation that we be "useless" (in some sense) entail some sort of realism or objectivism about value? We explore these themes together with our guest, Chris Fraser, a major scholar of the Zhuangzi.

    Many thanks to The Hong Kong Ethics Lab for sponsoring this podcast series.

    Want to continue the discussion? Need links to some of the sources mentioned? Go to the support page for this episode on Warp, Weft, and Way.

    We thank Lena Li (LI La 李拉 ) for her expert editing and sound engineering. We also thank the blog Warp, Weft & Way for hosting the discussion for this episode.

    Guest:
    Chris Fraser's website
    Chris Fraser's translation of the Zhuangzi
    Chris Fraser's book about the Zhuangzi

    Co-hosts:
    Richard Kim's website
    Justin Tiwald's website
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