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
Feb 18, 2011 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 33: Montaigne: What Is the Purpose of Philosophy?
Discussing Michel de Montaigne's Essays: "That to Philosophize is to Learn to Die," "Of Experience," "Of Cannibals," "Of the Education of Children," and "Of Solitude" (all from around 1580) with some discussion of "Apology for Raymond Sebond."
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Feb 8, 2011 • 33min
PREMIUM-Episode 32: Heidegger: What is "Being?"
Discussing Martin Heidegger's Being and Time (1927), mostly the intro and ch. 1 and 2 of Part 1.
10 snips
Jan 10, 2011 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 31: Husserl's Phenomenology
Delve into the fascinating world of Edmund Husserl's Cartesian Meditations. The discussion navigates the complexities of experience and highlights the relationship between enjoyment and understanding in phenomenology. Listeners are taken on a journey through the challenges of dense philosophical texts, emphasizing the need for repeat readings. Husserl's quest for a scientific philosophy is contrasted with Descartes, while the concept of apodictic knowledge is explored. The layers of experience remind us to 'bracket' our beliefs, enriching our perceptions of reality.
Dec 19, 2010 • 33min
PREMIUM-Episode 30: Schopenhauer on Explanations and Knowledge
Discussing Arthur Schopenhauer's On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason, published in 1847 (as an expansion of his doctoral thesis from 1813).
Nov 21, 2010 • 32min
PREMIUM-Episode 29: Kierkegaard on the Self
On Soren Kierkegaard's "The Sickness Unto Death" (1849). With guest Daniel Horne.
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.
