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Is knowing something the same as loving it? Why does a quick AI answer feel emptier than a conversation in office hours? Is being wrong a failure, or a kind of resurrection? Hosts Trey Smith and Collin England dig into all of this and more with Dr. Andrew Jaeger, Professor of Philosophy at Benedictine College.

0:00 Knowledge for its own sake vs. knowledge for action
2:01 "Why do you love your wife?"
5:11 Is knowledge a noun or a verb?
8:00 Why ChatGPT answers feel emptier than office hours
10:13 How to avoid skepticism when you find out you were wrong
13:29 Practical vs. theoretical: a false dichotomy? What is leisure?
21:02 vocation
25:16 Why a beer on the porch felt as holy as a holy hour
30:14 Is leisure inherently communal?
34:06 Good curiosity vs. bad curiosity
38:25 How do you check yourself for using "truth" to look smart?
45:34 When the stakes are real: parenting and the fear of being wrong
52:37 Why Augustine's Confessions changes you
57:18 Advice for graduating seniors

Dr. Andrew Jaeger received B.A. degrees in Theology and Philosophy from Benedictine College (2008), and his M.A. (2010) and Ph.D. (2014) in Philosophy from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. He was named the 2013 American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly’s “Rising Scholar” for his paper, “Back to the Primitive: From Substantial Capacities to Prime Matter.” Dr. Jaeger has published papers on metaphysics and theology in several journals including: Communio: International Catholic Review, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Analytic Theology, and Res Philosophica. He is currently working on two books: (i) Hymns from the Underground: Metaphysical Reflections on the Brothers Karamazov; (ii) Platonic Recollections: Logical, Metaphysical, Theological.

AFTER CLASS at Benedictine College is a conversation show between real students and real professors. Hosts Trey Smith and Collin England are guided by a central question, "What is the good life, and how do I live it after college?"

Heir to the 1500 years of Benedictine dedication to learning, Benedictine College's mission as a Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts, residential college is the education of men and women within a community of faith and scholarship.