The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

What have we learned? How has our take on the PEL project changed? On the eve before our big ep. 100 live show, we sat down to reflect on what we've been doing here. With guest Daniel Horne. The post Episode 99: Looking Back on 100 Discussions and 5+ Years first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Interviewing him on his book "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets" and continuing the discussion of his first book, "Liberalism and the Limits of Justice." The post Episode 98: Guest Michael Sandel Against Market Society first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On "Liberalism and the Limits of Justice" (1982) where Sandel critiques Rawls's version of liberalism as based on a bogus picture of us as purely choosing beings. The post Episode 97: Michael Sandel on Social Justice and the Self first appeared on 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. The post Episode 96: Oppenheimer and the Rhetoric of Science Advisers first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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. The post Precognition of Ep. 96: Oppenheimer’s Rhetoric first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On two unpublished essays considering the implications of Godel's incompleteness theorems and asserting mathematical realism. With guest Adi Habbu. The post Episode 95: Gödel on Math first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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). The post Precognition of Ep. 95: Gödel first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On Arthur Schopenhauer's essays, "On Authorship and Style," "On Thinking for Oneself," and "On Genius" (all published 1851). The post Episode 94: Schopenhauer on Reading, Writing, and Thinking first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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. The post Episode 93: Freedom and Responsibility (Strawson vs. Strawson) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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). The post Precognition of Ep. 93: Free Will (via Strawsons) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On Bergson's "An Introduction to Metaphysics" (1903). With guest Matt Teichman. The post Episode 92: Henri Bergson on How to Do Metaphysics first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Guest Matt Teichman introduces Bergson's essay "An Introduction to Metaphysics." The post Precognition of Ep. 92: Henri Bergson first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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. The post Episode 91: Transhumanism (Plus More on Brin) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Discussing David Brin's novel Existence (2012) with the author. Also with guest Brian Casey. The post Episode 90: Sci-Fi and Philosophy with Guest David Brin first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Introductory salvo by Mark Linsenmayer before our interview with author David Brin. The post Precognition of Ep. 90: Sci-Fi and Philosophy with David Brin first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On Bishop George Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713). The post Episode 89: Berkeley: Only Ideas Exist! first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Wes Alwan introduces George Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous . The post Precognition of Ep. 89: Berkeley’s Idealism first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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 . The post Not School Digest #4: Sartre, Heidegger, Zizek, Marx, and Theater first appeared on The Partially Examined L...

On Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy" (1958), Intention sections 22-27 (1957), and "War and Murder" (1961). With guest Philosophy Bro. The post Episode 88: G.E.M. Anscombe: Should We Use Moral Language? first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Guest Philosophy Bro introduces Elizabeth Anscombe's "Modern Moral Philosophy," and Intention sections 22-27. The post Precognition of Ep. 88: G.E.M. Anscombe first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

In support of our ep. #87 discussing Sartre, the PEL Players present our 2nd annual dramatic reading of a work of philosophical theater. The post Sartre’s “No Exit” Read with Lucy Lawless & Jaime Murray first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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). The post Episode 87: Sartre on Freedom and Self-Deception first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

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. The post Precognition of Ep. 87: Sartre first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

On The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , published mostly in 1962. The post Episode 86: Thomas Kuhn on Scientific Progress first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .

Dylan Casey lays out Thomas Kuhn's thesis in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . The post Precognition of Ep. 86: Thomas Kuhn first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast .