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Ward Farnsworth

Ward Farnsworth

American legal scholar and former dean of the University of Texas School of LawWikipedia

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Oct 11, 2026

Joan EspositoHOST
0:10
The title is Should You Tip for Takeout? But it is really about everyday life and how we make the decisions we make and how we think about those decisions that we make.
Joan EspositoHOST
0:20
It's written by Saul Lovemore and Ward Farnsworth.
Joan EspositoHOST
0:24
Ward joins us now to talk about this.
Joan EspositoHOST
0:27
Welcome to the program.

11 MINS LATER

Ward FarnsworthGUEST
11:38
Well, these little collective action problems where people's behavior is amazing.
Joan EspositoHOST
11:43
We need to take a break.
Joan EspositoHOST
11:44
I'm speaking with Ward Farnsworth, who has written a book, a great book, that's much more than you think.
Joan EspositoHOST
11:51
Should You Tip for Takeout? We're going to continue our discussion right after this.
Justin MainousGUEST
18:54
is that you're able to hold provisional beliefs.
Justin MainousGUEST
18:58
So like Ward Farnsworth discusses this idea of like provisional beliefs.
Justin MainousGUEST
19:03
The beliefs you've hold because you've argued them out with people so many times and no one's like giving you an argument that's convinced you that they are true and they seem likely to be true.
Justin MainousGUEST
19:13
And so I would say I hold these kinds of beliefs about philosophy in general and life in general.

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