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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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.
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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

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11/22/21 • 49 min

On Conditions (1992), Ch. 1 "The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself."

Against post-structuralists who deny Truth, Badiou argues that truths are generated by the truth conditions (politics, art, love, and science/math) which philosophy then thinks into a unified vision.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part One)

Ep. 291: Cassirer and Langer on Myth and Ritual (Part One)

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04/11/22 • 44 min

On Ernst Cassirer's An Essay on Man (1944), ch. 6-7, and Susanne Langer's Philosophy in a New Key (1942), ch. 6-7. Why do people produce ritual, mythology, and religion? According to our authors, these are spontaneous, symbolic modes of self-expression. They're not opposed to rational, scientific thought, but are necessary preconditions for it.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 254: Michael Sandel Interview: Against Meritocracy (Part One)

Ep. 254: Michael Sandel Interview: Against Meritocracy (Part One)

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10/12/20 • 65 min

On The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? (2020).

Do people get the wealth and status they deserve? And if they did, would that be good? Michael critiques the meritocracy: It's not actually fair, leaves most people feeling humiliated, and makes those on the top arrogant and disconnected. The commitment to meritocracy is shared by both political parties and helps explain our current dysfunction.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 281: Paul Feyerabend's Anarchist Philosophy of Science (Part One)

Ep. 281: Paul Feyerabend's Anarchist Philosophy of Science (Part One)

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11/08/21 • 50 min

On Against Method (1975). In dialogue with Lakatos, Feyerabend claimed that scientific progress can not be explained rationally, so how does it progress? Is F. just arguing against the possibility of any philosophy of science?

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part One)

Ep. 285: Nicolas Malebranche on Knowledge (Part One)

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01/10/22 • 47 min

On Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion (1688), ch. 1-4. We walk through M's rationalist (post-Descartes, pre-Leibniz) epistemology with its surprising implications for the metaphysics of causality and the role of God in nature.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)

Ep. 286: Malebranche on Causality and Theology (Part One)

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01/24/22 • 50 min

On Dialogues on Metaphysics and Religion (1688), dialogues 5-7.

We get clearer on M's rationalist epistemology and into his occasionalist theory of causality. Is M's theory as archaic as its theology makes it sound?

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

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04/15/24 • 45 min

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath.

We get further into the text about metaphysical realism, criteria for a natural kind, properties vs. predicates, and much more.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.”

Episode 1: “The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living.”

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05/13/09 • 74 min

Discussing Plato's "Apology." Does studying philosophy make you a better person? No.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 280: Imre Lakatos on Scientific Progress (Part One)

Ep. 280: Imre Lakatos on Scientific Progress (Part One)

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10/25/21 • 52 min

On "Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes" (1970).

In what way is scientific progress rational? Lakatos splits the difference between Popper and Kuhn to argue that some scientific research programs are more progressive than others, meaning that they make dramatic, unexpected predictions.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast - Ep. 297: Heidegger on the Human Condition (Part Two)

Ep. 297: Heidegger on the Human Condition (Part Two)

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07/18/22 • 44 min

We continue on Being and Time, now in ch. 2 on what "the world" is in our Being-in-the-World and so what it is for us to encounter objects and how this is different than, e.g. the interaction of two physical objects.

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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast currently has 1054 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts and Philosophy.

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The episode title 'Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast is 56 minutes.

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Episodes of The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast are typically released every 4 days, 4 hours.

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The first episode of The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast was released on May 11, 2009.

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