The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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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.

  1. HACE 2 D

    Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)

    On The Ego and its Own (1844), another big influence on Karl Marx and a precursor of Nietzsche, or perhaps an early Ayn Rand. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsor: Have up to a $100 donation to effective charities matched at GiveWell.org.

    49 min

  2. HACE 6 D

    Announcement: Mark's "Core Texts in Philosophy" Fall 2025 Class

    Read more about Mark's online class that starts later this month at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class, and sign up at partiallyexaminedlife.com/enroll.

    5 min

  3. 30/12/2024

    PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap

    Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan reflect on our past year of PEL recording, catch you up on our habits and interests, and talk about what might come next. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to this and every recording ad-free, plus numerous Nightcaps and many hours of other bonus content. Learn about Mark's spring Core Texts in philosophy class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class.

    1 h 8 min

  4. 27/12/2024 · CONTENIDO EXTRA • SOLO PARA PEL CITIZEN

    Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Three)

    A week after our final public discussion of Feuerbach’s “Principles of the Philosophy of the Future,” Mark, Wes, and a re-joining Seth met to talk about sections 23-28 of the essay, which detail Feuerbach’s case against Hegel. Interestingly, F argues that Hegel’s treatment of everything, including God, as Idea is given right in the ontological argument: If God’s existence is proven by His causation of the idea of God in us, that means God is in the realm of the Idea. F finds the notion of God as idea just grasping everything else as also ideas inadequate. There has to be something fundamentally other than God (or Subject generally) that the Subject grasps for the whole relation to have any substance. Only sensuousness (matter) can provide the contrast needed. However, the result is not an insistence on mind-matter dualism, but on moving everything, including God, into the category of sensuous matter. Because objects (many objects, anyway) have forms (it’s a dog or a sphere or whatever), this counts in that object as a logos, i.e. mentality. This sounds very much like functionalism in modern philosophy of mind: Thinking or consciousness is not some special mental substance, but a form of organization and activity in matter, so certain complex organizations of matter will count as mind, which can then recognize likeness in each other (Man recognizing himself and others as species being) and/or grasp each other as objects. When a human senses another human, we get both of these things: the grasping of an objectified Other which in turn enables a recognition of the common species and a consequent enrichment of self-knowledge: You are a person and so I am too! But do we really want to say with F that every object is in fact a subject? Even if we don’t want to say that a ball, because it’s round, literally has a mind (something that determines the lawlike character of its roundness), F still may be a panpsychist: the ball qua being in space and time has a “perspective” on me and everything else around it, and these raw perspectives are the proto-conscious elements in his metaphysics that allows us to eventually have full-on consciousness. …Or maybe we’re reading all these modern ideas into F, and his metaphysics is simply underbaked!

    47 min

  5. 23/12/2024

    Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)

    We finally discuss Feuerbach's proposed post-Hegelian, materialist approach to philosophy in his "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843). How can a materialist framework support phenomena central to F's account like our immediate, indubitable recognition of our selves, each other, and love itself? Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion, including a supporter-exclusive part three to this discussion. Sponsors: Have up to a $100 donation to effective charities matched at GiveWell.org. Learn about St. John's College at sjc.edu/pel. Learn about Mark's spring Core Texts in philosophy class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class.

    53 min

  6. 22/12/2024

    PEL Presents PMP#187: Taking Down Santa Claus

    For our annual holiday episode, Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al talk about Santa qua mythical and cultural figure, getting into the history of the character, his film appearances, and how the emphasis on kids' belief compares to religious belief. Plus, grading Xmas movies on a curve and Black Santa! For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear this ad-free with bonus content at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel. Learn about Mark's Core Texts in Philosophy class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class.

    55 min
  7. PEL Presents PvI#87: Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley

    21/12/2024

    PEL Presents PvI#87: Mystic Toaster with Simon Critchley

    Simon is a professor at New York's New School for Social Research and moderates the New York Times' philosophy offering, The Stone. He joins Mark and Bill to discuss his new book, On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy, and we used the occasion to explore how art and mysticism might be connected, including engaging in improv rituals. Hear more at philosophyimprov.com. Support the and hear this ad-free at podcast at philosophyimprov.com/support. Check out other Evergreen Podcast offerings.

    59 min

  8. 16/12/2024

    Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One)

    Mark, Wes, and Dylan continue to look at Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843), recounting his story about how increasingly mature notions of God should lead philosophy eventually to a materialism where the sensual is the real. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Visit partiallyexaminedlife.com/support to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion. Sponsors: Have up to a $100 donation to effective charities matched at GiveWell.org. Check out the Constant Wonder podcast Learn about Mark's spring Core Texts in philosophy class at partiallyexaminedlife.com/class. Buy the PEL book for someone cool at partiallyexaminedlife.com/book.

    49 min
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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.

Ficha técnica

  • Creado por
    Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
  • Años en activo
    2009 - 2025
  • Episodios
    769
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © 2024 The Partially Examined Life LLC
  • Sitio web del podcast
    The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
  • Proveedor
    The Partially Examined Life Podcast Network

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