About this episode

Brent D. Slife discusses the inadequacies of psychological theories in explaining the phenomenon of love.

The common Cartesian, egoistic theories in psychology fall short when describing the unselfish, gracious, and unexplainable phenomenon of love. Click here to view the speech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Guest: Brent D. Slife

Topics covered

• love
• psychology
• Cartesian theories
• unselfishness
• grace
• human experience

Keywords

• love
• psychology
• Cartesian
• unselfish
• gracious
• phenomenon

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