Sheldon Solomon on Man and the Heroic Journey

Full Episode:    • Sheldon Solomon: Terror Management Theory ...   Robinson's Podcast #158 - Sheldon Solomon: Terror Management Theory and the Denial of Death Sheldon Solomon is Professor of Psychology at Skidmore College. He is best known for developing terror management theory with Tom Pyszczynski and Jeff Greenberg, which explores human psychology and mortality. In this episode, Robinson and Sheldon discuss Ernest Becker’s groundbreaking book The Denial of Death, how it influenced him and his collaborators, and how they have studied—with the tools of contemporary social psychology—how humans are affected by their sense of mortality. The Worm at the Core: ⁠https://a.co/d/7p05yA6⁠ Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com