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The Mother’s Smile and Natal Philosophy — with Esther Lightcap Meek
Description
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).
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