Rebecca Goldstein Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. February 23, 1950
Birthday: February 23
I think one reason is that philosophers are more insecure to speak accessibly because non-philosophers are skeptical that philosophers have any special expertise. After all, all people - not just philosophers - have attitudes and points of view on various philosophical questions, and they rather resent being told that there are professionals who can think about these things better.
source: "Interview with Rebecca Goldstein on Plato at the Googleplex, philosophy for the public, and everything". Interview with Ophelia Benson, www.butterfliesandwheels.org. March 20, 2014. 
topic: Attitude, Philosophical, Insecure, Philosophical Questions
