The Fink Tank Chair of Theseus

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of identity and personal change through the lens of ancient philosophy and modern experiences.

If you’ve replaced your knees, your opinions, your wardrobe, your habits, and most of your cells since 2009… Are you still you? Welcome to The Fink Tank Chair of Theseus, a deeply sensible conversation between two men in the second half of their lives. We move from ancient philosophy to identity, personal change, and why Dr Suess might have the answer. Col brings his usual insightful ideas, I reprise my role from undergraduate philosophy tutorials. But there is something useful in all this nonsense. A lot of people feel trapped by old versions of themselves. But if a Fink Tank chair can change piece by piece (and still be a Fink Tank chair), maybe so can you.

People in this episode

Hosts: Cam Fink, Col Fink

Topics covered

• identity
• personal change
• philosophy
• self-perception
• aging

Keywords

• identity
• philosophy
• personal change
• self-perception
• Dr Suess

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dr Suess

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