The Mother’s Smile and Natal Philosophy — with Esther Lightcap Meek
About this episode
Dr. Esther Lightcap Meek discusses the philosophical implications of the mother's smile and its role in epistemic access to reality.
Dr. Meek on the mother’s smile as a form of philosophical formation and a form of epistemic access to reality, why it’s important to see oneself being seen (as beloved), and how modernity operates as a barrier to such interpersoned philosophy. BIO: Esther Lightcap Meek is Professor of Philosophy emerita at Geneva College. Meek’s books include Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (2003); Loving to Know: Introducing Covenant Epistemology (2011); A Little Manual for Knowing (2014); and Contact With Reality: Michael Polanyi’s Realism and Why It Matters (2017). Recent books are Doorway to Artistry: Attuning Your Philosophy to Enhance Your Creativity (2023), and with Lisa Cadora, Knowing as Loving: Philosophical Grounding for Charlotte Mason’s Expert Educational Insights (2023). Her newest book is The Mother’s Smile: Philosophical Formation in the Welcome of Mothers and Friends (2025). PODCAST LINKS: - The Mother’s Smile (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9798385236473/the-mothers-smile/ NEWSLETTER: Subscribe to our podcast newsletter and get ***40% OFF*** any Wipf and Stock book: http://eepurl.com/cMB8ML . (Be sure to check the box next to “Podcast Updates…
Topics covered
- philosophy
- epistemology
- motherhood
- modernity
- interpersonal relationships
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