The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast Episode 2: Descartes’s Meditations: What Can We Know?
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May 14, 2009 AI Snips
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Podcast Tone And Ground Rules
- The hosts introduce the podcast as friendly and accessible, promising no assumed prior knowledge and lighthearted rigor.
- They emphasize ideas over name-dropping and invite listener feedback via website and Facebook.
Hosts' Personal Reactions To Descartes
- The hosts share personal reactions to reading Descartes: one was repulsed and fascinated, another delighted by its literary preface.
- They discuss how reading philosophy differs from reading audience-focused fiction.
Meditations' Structure And Goal
- Meditation 1 introduces methodological doubt and Meditation 2 seeks an indubitable foundation, starting with 'I exist'.
- Descartes aims to rebuild knowledge (including God and material objects) from that foundation.