On episode 266, we welcome Mark Schroeder to discuss why we tend to misunderstand each other so much when arguing, the difference between signal and noise, the fundamental attribution error and what philosophers mean by attribution, what addiction is, taking responsibility as a means of improving mental health, whether others know us better than we know ourselves, overestimating ill-will from others, and what it means to be a person.

Mark Schroeder is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California, where he is founding director of the Conceptual Foundations of Conflict Project. His books include Reasons First, Being For, and Slaves of the Passions. His new book, available October 27, 2026, is called When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict.

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