The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
The Partially Examined Life is a podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com.
We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.
We also feature episodes from other podcasts by our hosts to round out your partially examined life, including Pretty Much Pop (prettymuchpop.com, covering all media), Nakedly Examined Music (nakedlyexaminedmusic.com, deconstructing songs), Philosophy vs. Improv (philosophyimprov.com, fun with performance skills and philosophical ideas), and (sub)Text (subtextpodcast.com, looking deeply at lit and film). Learn about more network podcasts at partiallyexaminedlife.com.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 1, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 28: Nelson Goodman on Art as Epistemology
Discussing Goodman's Ways of Worldmaking (1978). With guest painter Jay Bailey.
Oct 10, 2010 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 27: Nagarjuna on Buddhist “Emptiness”
Primarily discussing "Reasoning: The Sixty Stanzas" and "Emptiness: The Seventy Stanzas," by the 2nd century Indian Buddhist Nagarjuna. With guest Erik Douglas.
Sep 25, 2010 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 26: Freud on the Human Condition
Discussing Freud's Civilization and its Discontents (1930). Get the full episode at partiallyexaminedlife.com. For Wes Alwan's summary of this book, go here).
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Sep 10, 2010 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 25: Spinoza on Human Nature
Discussing Spinoza's the Ethics, Books II through V.
Aug 24, 2010 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 24: Spinoza on God and Metaphysics
Discussing Spinoza's Ethics (1677), books 1 and 2.
Jul 29, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 23: Rousseau: Human Nature vs. Culture
Discussing Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse in Inequality (1754) and book 1 of The Social Contract (1762).
Jul 18, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 22: More James’s Pragmatism: Is Faith Justified? What is Truth?
Discussing William James's "The Will to Believe".
Jun 28, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 21: What Is the Mind? (Turing, et al)
Discussing articles by Alan Turing, Gilbert Ryle, Thomas Nagel, John Searle, and Dan Dennett. With guest Marco Wise.
Jun 9, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 20: Pragmatism – Peirce and James
On Pragmatism (1907) by William James and "The Fixation of Belief" (1877) and "How to Make Our Ideas Clear" (1878) by Charles Sanders Peirce.
May 14, 2010 • 31min
PREMIUM-Episode 19: Kant: What Can We Know?
Discussing Immanuel Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (1783). With guest Azzurra Crispino.
