The Philosophy of Dilemmas
About this event
Dilemmas can be a source of great frustration in both politics as well as in our personal lives, and the way we deal with them shape our political landscape and our personal successes and failures in life.
In this talk, philosopher Henrik Schoeneberg will look into philosophical strategies on how to solve dilemmas and how best to live with the results of our decision making. What food should we eat, who should we date, what party should we vote for? Our lives are full of dilemmas, that impact our health and wellbeing, as well as our environment and the communities we live in, and taking inspiration from philosophical problem solving as well as modern psychology, the topic of dilemmas will be scrutinised and reveal reasons why we seem to be so indecisive at times. This will help us become better at solving our dilemmas. The talk will also explore how we might choose to accept unresolved dilemmas and leave them as they are, or pursue them despite the uncertain outcome, using them as opportunities for learning and growth through critical thinking and self-reflection.
About our speaker
Henrik is a philosopher from Copenhagen, Denmark, who specialises in the human mind and our ability to think and act well. He regularly takes part in the Cambridge Festival, with talks on topics such as the philosophy of bad habits, individual consciousness, collective consciousness, artificial intelligence and why music moves us. Henrik has published articles and reviews in well-established and widely read magazines of ideas, such as Wired, New Humanist and Philosophy Now. His article entitled ‘Bad Arguments That Make You Smarter’ on the topic of logical fallacies became one of the most widely read in Philosophy Now. Additionally, Henrik is the founder of Thales Day – an annual celebration of the tradition of philosophy and science with an outset in its ancient Greek origin that is designed to strengthen critical thinking and stimulate intellectual debate.
Event presented as part of the Cambridge Festival.