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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

25 Episodes • By Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey • partiallyexaminedlife.com
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 ...more
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Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part Two)
Continuing to discuss On Certainty, we get deeply in... more
Jan 30 2023 40m
Knowledge, Truth, and Justification
Chapter 1 11 mins
Exploring Wittgenstein's Uncertainty
Chapter 2 13 mins
The Grounding of Knowledge in Practice
Chapter 3 8 mins
Exploring the Legacy of Wittgenstein
Chapter 4 7 mins
The Precociousness of Wittgenstein
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PEL Presents PMP#143: Pinocchio the Unfilmable (Yet Frequently Filmed)
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the origina... more
Jan 28 2023 51m
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PEL Presents PMP#142: Lyric Literality w/ Dave Philpott
Since 2008, Dave has written cheeky (but actually he... more
Jan 23 2023 58m
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Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part One)
Discussing the notes Ludwig Wittgenstein made at the... more
Jan 23 2023 43m
The Language Game
Chapter 1 8 mins
Certainty in Wittgenstein's Uncertainty
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Wittgenstein on Moore's Proof
Chapter 3 7 mins
The Language Game of Philosophy
Chapter 4 8 mins
Language Games
Chapter 5 6 mins
Language Games in Our Everyday Lives
Chapter 6 49 sec
How to Be a Good Student
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PEL Presents NEM#188: Pat Irwin (Raybeats, B-52s, SUSS) Writes for TV (and Himself)
Pat started in the late '70s New York No Wave scene ... more
Jan 22 2023 1h 6m
The Different Versions of Phillip Glass
Chapter 1 14 mins
Marco's Modern Life
Chapter 2 17 mins
The Evolution of a Song
Chapter 3 12 mins
TalkingShop
Chapter 4 4 mins
Zappa's Music Career Evolution
Chapter 5 17 mins
The Reboots
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Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part Two)
We quickly complete our treatment of G.E. Moore’s "P... more
Jan 16 2023 48m
The Pragmatic Theory of Truth
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PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #45: Meaningful Road Trips w/ Dee Bradley Baker
Voice actor Dee, who has a background in both improv... more
Jan 13 2023 51m
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Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part One)
On G.E. Moore’s "Proof of the External World" (1939)... more
Jan 9 2023 46m
Radical Realism and Color
Chapter 1 6 mins
External World
Chapter 2 5 mins
The Mind-Independence of Reality
Chapter 3 12 mins
The Proof of the External World
Chapter 4 9 mins
Proof for Existence of External World
Chapter 5 11 mins
Radical Realism
Chapter 6 1 min
Certainty
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap 2022 Wrap-Up
Recorded by Mark, Wes, and Dylan before our Moore di... more
Jan 8 2023 10m
The More You Know
Chapter 1 9 mins
Sweaty January vs. Dry January
Chapter 2 1 min
The Plague, Shakespeare, and Spoilers
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PEL Presents NEM#187: Eszter Balint Interprets Her Past
Eszter is an actor/musician, gaining initial fame st... more
Jan 6 2023 1h 11m
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Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part Two)
Continuing on "A Defense of Common Sense" (1925). Mo... more
Jan 2 2023 49m
Sense Data and Russell's Project
Chapter 1 8 mins
The Partial Examine Life
Chapter 2 12 mins
The Foundationalism of Early Modern Science
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Nature of Material Things
Chapter 4 8 mins
The Ontological Status of Sense Data
Chapter 5 10 mins
Problems With Directorialism, Indirect Realism, and Dispositional Accounts
Chapter 6 30 sec
The Future of Bitcoin
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PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #44: Stand-Up vs. Improv w/ Matty Goldberg
As our first stand-up comedian (albeit one on sabbat... more
Dec 29 2022 58m
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Pretty Much Pop #141: Christmas Songs
The PMP A-Team (Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al) ta... more
Dec 26 2022 1h 14m
Christmas Movies and Songs
Chapter 1 8 mins
Christmas Traditions Around the World
Chapter 2 9 mins
Lowering Standards at Christmas
Chapter 3 8 mins
Hip Hop Christmas Songs
Chapter 4 8 mins
The Significance of Christmas Songs
Chapter 5 10 mins
The Concept of Christmas Songs
Chapter 6 6 mins
Cultural Touchstones of 2018
Chapter 7 5 mins
What We're Recommendations
Chapter 8 4 mins
Critical Role and Actual Play
Chapter 9 11 mins
Westworld
Chapter 10 1 min
Reflecting on the Year
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Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part One)
On "A Defense of Common Sense" (1925), featuring Mar... more
Dec 26 2022 42m
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PEL Presents (sub)Text: Pagan Poetics in “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an ungainly insurance executive,... more
Dec 25 2022 1h 14m
Character Analysis of Stephen by Michael Hoffman
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Wallace Stevens Poetry Dialogues
Chapter 2 10 mins
The Complacencies of Sunday Morning
Chapter 3 9 mins
The Divine Within
Chapter 4 9 mins
Job in the Clouds
Chapter 5 9 mins
The Blood of Paradise
Chapter 6 10 mins
Death as the Mother of Beauty
Chapter 7 7 mins
In Search of Paradise
Chapter 8 10 mins
The Concept of Heaven and Hell
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PREMIUM-Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part Three)
Concluding on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Or... more
Dec 24 2022 12m
The Majority's Argument on Liberty
Chapter 1 11 mins
Abortion Is Not Guaranteed by Constitution
Chapter 2 1 min
The Supreme Court and Abortion
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Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part Two)
Continuing on Ronald Dworkin's "Unenumerated Rights:... more
Dec 19 2022 52m
Male Dominance in Discussions About Women's Rights
Chapter 1 8 mins
Partial Examine Life
Chapter 2 14 mins
Judge's Theory of Rights
Chapter 3 10 mins
Document Loved Ones' Stories With Storyworth
Chapter 4 12 mins
Dworkin's Argument for Sanctity of Human Life
Chapter 5 7 mins
The Difficulty of Being Middle Grounded
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PEL Presents NEM#186: Simon Ratcliffe (Basement Jaxx, Village of the Sun): From House Music to Jazz Fusion
Simon has produced programmed dance music since the ... more
Dec 16 2022 1h 17m
The Making of Alcazar
Chapter 1 14 mins
Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At"
Chapter 2 4 mins
The Creation of the Binkramoses Project
Chapter 3 11 mins
First Light
Chapter 4 12 mins
Flying by the Sun
Chapter 5 9 mins
Jazz Cheat Concept Discussion
Chapter 6 11 mins
The Second Side
Chapter 7 13 mins
Early Drum and Bass History
Chapter 8 46 sec
Nakedly Exam Music Podcast
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Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part One)
Does the U.S. Constitution guarantee the right to an... more
Dec 12 2022 42m
The Disintegration of the Rule of Law
Chapter 1 7 mins
Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Conversation
Chapter 2 14 mins
The Ought to Be Right
Chapter 3 8 mins
Consequences of Applying a Legal Principle
Chapter 4 13 mins
The Inherent Value of Life
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PREMIUM-Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part Three)
To conclude our discussion of Blood Meridian, we tal... more
Dec 10 2022 11m
The Ubermensch, Maturation, and the Judge
Chapter 1 10 mins
Spit Reveals the Real You
Chapter 2 1 min
The Devil Tempting Violence
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Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part Two)
Continuing on McCarthy's 1985 novel, we discuss the ... more
Dec 5 2022 50m
Autonomy and Hedonism.
Chapter 1 11 mins
War as the Ultimate Game
Chapter 2 14 mins
The Judge's Rejection of Morality
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Morality of War
Chapter 4 10 mins
The Dance of Life
Chapter 5 4 mins
Agency in the Embrace of Determinism
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PEL Presents PMP#139: The Sandman Cometh
We cover the first chunk of Neil Gaiman's 1989 comic... more
Dec 4 2022 47m
Updating and Drag Shows
Chapter 1 9 mins
The Sandman' Comic by Neil Gaiman
Chapter 2 9 mins
The Backstory of DC's Sandman
Chapter 3 9 mins
The Escrow Insertion of Matthew the Raven
Chapter 4 11 mins
The Sandman
Chapter 5 8 mins
The Devil Is Not Bad
Chapter 6 43 sec
Patreon and Last-Minute Shopping
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PEL Presents NEM#185: Bruce Thomas' Bass Lines Before, After, and During the Attractions
Bruce is best known as Elvis Costello's bassist for ... more
Dec 3 2022 1h 1m
Do It and Work Out
Chapter 1 14 mins
The Importance of the Bass Part
Chapter 2 15 mins
Elvis Costello Song Making
Chapter 3 10 mins
Making of Elvis Costello's "Punch the Clock"
Chapter 4 15 mins
The Journey of a Musician
Chapter 5 1 min
The Making of the Album
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Ep. 305: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" (Part One)
On McCarthy's 1985 anti-Western novel, featuring Wes... more
Nov 28 2022 41m
The Catcher in the Rye
Chapter 1 13 mins
Cormark McCarthy's Blood Meridian
Chapter 2 4 mins
Nietzsche, Violence, and Human Existence
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Wild West
Chapter 4 9 mins
Blood Meridian
Chapter 5 3 mins
The Gratuitous Violence of War
Chapter 6 46 sec
The Depiction of Violence in Film
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap November 2022: Listener Testimonials
We recently put out a call among our supporters for ... more
Nov 27 2022 9m
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Importance of Partially Examined Life
Chapter 2 2 mins
Multi-Approaches in Education
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