![]() ![]() While I agree that philosophers have something interesting to contribute to this conversation, unfortunately this book contains little philosophy, and is better described as a work of amateur psychology. ![]() Although one might presume this crisis is better handled by the tools of the clinical psychologist, Setiya argues the problems he is facing in middle age are distinctively existential in character (“questions about value and meaning in life”) and are thus amenable to a form of cognitive therapy that employs “philosophical insights that can illuminate middle age”. So he’s written a “self-help guide” that attempts to apply “the tools philosophers use” to this problem. ![]() Kieran Setiya is having a midlife crisis, and he guesses you might be having one too. Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya (Princeton University Press), £18.95/$22.95 ![]()
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