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You'Re almost certainly listening to this podcast alone, but that doesn't make you lonely.
So what is loneliness and why is it harmful to deconstruct the concept of loneliness in the company of Nigel?
Here's Kieran Setia.
Kieran Setia, welcome to philosophy Bites.
Thanks for having me.
It's great to be here.
So the topic we're going to talk about today is loneliness.
Before we get into the philosophy of loneliness, perhaps you could say what you mean by loneliness.
Well, I think the answer to the question what is loneliness?
Is in fact going to take us into the philosophy.
But we can introduce it initially by distinguishing loneliness from just being alone.
So being alone is no one else is around.
Loneliness is a kind of suffering that has something to do with other people.
And you can be lonely even when there are other people around, and you can be on your own in quiet solitude without feeling lonely.
So one of the philosophical questions is, what is the suffering of loneliness and how exactly does it relate to other people?