The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Discussing Lynda Walsh's book "Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy" (2013) with the author, focusing on Robert J. Oppenheimer.

Guest Lynda Walsh describes her book Scientists as Prophets: A Rhetorical Genealogy , focusing on J. Robert Oppenheimer's conflicted position after WWII as science advisor and anti-nuke spokesman.

On two unpublished essays considering the implications of Godel's incompleteness theorems and asserting mathematical realism. With guest Adi Habbu.

Guest Adi Habbu lays out Kurt Gödel's famous incompleteness theorems and describes some highlights from "Some Basic Theorems on the Foundations of Mathematics and their Implications" (1951) and "The Modern Development of the Foundations of Mathematics in Light of Philosophy" (1961).

On Arthur Schopenhauer's essays, "On Authorship and Style," "On Thinking for Oneself," and "On Genius" (all published 1851).

On P.F. Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment" (1960), Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" (1994), and Gary Watson's "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme" (1987). With guest Tamler Sommers.

Guest Tamler Sommers (from the Very Bad Wizards podcast) summarizes Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" (1994) and his father P.F. Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment" (1960).

On Bergson's "An Introduction to Metaphysics" (1903). With guest Matt Teichman.

Guest Matt Teichman introduces Bergson's essay "An Introduction to Metaphysics."

More on David Brin's novel Existence , plus Nick Bostrom's essay "Why I Want to Be a Posthuman When I Grow Up" (2006). With guest Brian Casey.

Discussing David Brin's novel Existence (2012) with the author. Also with guest Brian Casey.

Introductory salvo by Mark Linsenmayer before our interview with author David Brin.

On Bishop George Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713).

Wes Alwan introduces George Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous .

Excerpts from discussions on Sartre's Nausea , Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology," Slavoj Zizek's Year of Dreaming Dangerously , Marx and Engels's "Communist Manifesto," Peter Schaffer's play Equus , and Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form .

On Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy" (1958), Intention sections 22-27 (1957), and "War and Murder" (1961). With guest Philosophy Bro.

Guest Philosophy Bro introduces Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy," and Intention sections 22-27.

In support of our ep. #87 discussing Sartre, the PEL Players present our 2nd annual dramatic reading of a work of philosophical theater.

On Jean-Paul Sartre's "Existentialism is a Humanism" (1946), "Bad Faith" (pt. 1, ch. 2 of Being & Nothingness , 1943), and his play No Exit (1944).

Mark Linsenmayer lays out some themes from Jean-Paul Sartre's "Existentialism is a Humanism" and the "Bad Faith" chapter (Part 1, Ch. 2) of Being & Nothingness.

On The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , published mostly in 1962.

Dylan Casey lays out Thomas Kuhn's thesis in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions .

On John Rawls's A Theory of Justice (1971), most of ch. 1-4.

Seth Paskin summarizes the John Rawls's A Theory of Justice .

On Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science (1882, with book 5 added 1887). What is wisdom? Nietzsche gives us an updated take on the Socratic project of challenging your most deeply held beliefs. Challenge not just your belief in God (who's "dead"), but uncover all your habits of thinking in terms of the divine. Realize how little of your life is actually a matter of conscious reflection, and the co...