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John lives with his partner Kathy and their two lovely children, Becca and Henry. He is currently finishing Love's Conditions, the third in the trilogy after American Philosophy and Hiking with Nietzsche, and he is also working on Think Again: An Introduction to Philosophy for Norton and American Blood for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/31565389Wed, 17 Jun 2020 23:13:29 +0000Circle Of Insight ProductionsJohn is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and a Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute. He just finished Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life, which was published with Princeton...


John lives with his partner Kathy and their two lovely children, Becca and Henry. 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