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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...

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Episode 8: Wittgenstein's Tractatus (and Carnap): What Can We Legitimately Talk About? 04.09.2009 1:39:11

Continuing last ep's discussion of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus with some Rudolph Carnap from his 1935 book Philosophy and Logical Syntax. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 7: Wittgenstein's Tractatus: What Is There and Can We Talk About It? 19.08.2009 1:41:26

Discussing the beginning (through around 3.1) of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921). Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 6: Leibniz's Monadology: What Is There? 31.07.2009 1:39:45

Discussing Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz's Monadology (1714). Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 5: Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics 16.07.2009 1:42:00

Discussing Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Books I and II. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 4: Camus and the Absurd 22.06.2009 1:38:01

Discussing Camus's "An Absurd Reasoning" and "The Myth of Sisyphus" (1942). Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 3: Hobbes's Leviathan: The Social Contract 07.06.2009 1:38:58

Discussing Hobbes's Leviathan, Chapters 13-15. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 2: Descartes's Meditations: What Can We Know? 14.05.2009 1:40:24

On Descartes's Meditations 1 and 2. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 1: "The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living." 13.05.2009 1:15:24

Discussing Plato's "Apology." Does studying philosophy make you a better person? No. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support .

Episode 0: Introduction to the Podcast 11.05.2009 10:31

What are we trying to do here? Why should you bother to listen to us?