Mon, 24 August 2015
Yet more on The Confessions, now on books 10–13. What is memory and how does it relate to time and being? Augustine thinks that memory is a storehouse, but it contains not just the sensations we put in it, but also (à la Plato's theory of recollection) all legitimate knowledge. It's our route to God, to real Being. Mark, Wes, and Dylan also discuss time, language, knowledge, the existence of evil, and more. This continues our discussion from ep. 121. Listen to the Aftershow featuring James Wetzel! End song: "The Past Is Not Real" by Mark Lint from Songs from the Partially Examined Life. Read about it. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support. |
Wed, 19 August 2015
Guest Seth Benzell outlines Hayek's "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945) and Sen's On Ethics and Economics (1987).
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Mon, 17 August 2015
More on The Confessions, books 1–9. Love the world, but only insofar as you're really loving the creator, so don't get too carried away. What are the logical and not-so-logical-but-certainly-predictable implications of this view? Listen to part one first.
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Mon, 10 August 2015
On The Confessions (400 CE), books 1–9. The question is not "What is virtue?" because knowing what virtue is isn't enough. The problem, for Aurelius Augustinus, aka St. Augustine of Hippo, is doing what you know to be right. End song: "I Still Want" by New People, from Impossible Things (2011). Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support. |
Thu, 6 August 2015
Seth Paskin and Danny Lobell were joined by Dr. Gregory B. Sadler, David Buchanan, Erik Weissengruber, Tom Kirdas, Ken Presting, and Bill Coe. Recorded July 26, 2015. This is the first 15 minutes of a two-hour conversation, available in full to PEL Citizens or free on our YouTube page.
Direct download: PREVIEW-PEL_Ep119_Nietzsche_Aftershow_7-26-15.mp3
Category:Podcast Episodes -- posted at: 11:40pm CDT |
Mon, 3 August 2015
Continuing our dicussion of Un-Willing with the author. We explore and critique Eva's picture of the less-willfull life and try to figure out how her historically driven account relates to modern debates about free will. Listen to part one first.
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Mon, 27 July 2015
We discuss Un-Willing: An Inquiry into the Rise of Will's Power and an Attempt to Undo It (2014) with the author, covering Socrates, Augustine, Aquinas, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Sartre, compatibilism, the neurologists' critque of free will, and more. End song: "I Insist" by Mark Lint from Songs from the Partially Examined Life. Read about it. Get this and every episode ad-free by becoming a PEL supporter at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support. |
Fri, 24 July 2015
A highlight from our musician-packed breakdown of our songwriting episode. Featuring a third (ex-) member of Camper Van Beethoven, plus Chase Fiorenza, Mike Wilson, Maxx Bartko, Danny Lobell, Mark Linsenmayer, and (not heard on this preview) Adrian Cho and Fischerspooner's Warren Fischer. We discuss authenticity, the state of the music biz, humor in music, and more.
Direct download: PREVIEW-PEL_Ep118_Songwriting_Aftershow_7-12-15.mp3
Category:Podcast Episodes -- posted at: 11:55am CDT |
Mon, 20 July 2015
Pt 3 of 3 on Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy on the evils according to Nietzsche of "Socratism," i.e. scientific optimism: Everything useful, beautiful, and good must be reasonable, fodder for scientific investigation. Why would Greek tragedy show us that this Enlightenment ideal is somehow misguided? Attend Watch the Aftershow featuring Dr. Greg Sadler and Seth Paskin. Listen to parts one and two.
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Mon, 13 July 2015
Pt 2 of 3 on Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy. Why is ancient Greek tragedy supposed to push all of our buttons?
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