Ep. 403: Are LLMs Actually Intelligent? (Part One)
On Raphaël Millière and Cameron Buckner's "A Philosophical Introduction to Language Models, Part I: Continuity With Classic Debates" (2023)....
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PEL Presents PvI#126: Waiting for Cluckman w/ Anthony LeBlanc
Mark, Mary, and Jenny are joined by improviser Anthony to restore us to a 2 X 2 Team Play balance, again reading part of Martha Nussbaum's T...
Ep. 402: Plato Talks Homer: Hippias Minor and Ion (Part Two)
Finishing up on Hippias Minor and moving on to the Ion , where Socrates convinces a rhapsode (someone who does public, dramatic readings of...
PEL Presents NEM#262: Bruce Cockburn Expands Political/Spiritual Folk
Bruce has released 34 solo albums between 1970 and the present. He's a very accomplished finger-picker and often plays entirely solo but has...
PEL Presents PMP#232: Obsession (for Men?)
On the 2024 low-budget horror blockbuster film by Curry Barker. Mark, Lawrence, and Sarahlyn are joined by feminist philosopher Jenny Hansen...
Ep. 402: Plato Talks Homer: Hippias Minor and Ion (Part One)
On two short Platonic dialogues, written perhaps around a decade after Socrates' death in 399 BCE. Hippias Minor , where Hippias is (like ma...
PEL Presents Closereads: Gilbert Ryle on Self-Knowledge (Part One)
On The Concept of Mind (1949), Ch. 6, "Self-Knowledge." Ryle is arguing against a Cartesian take on mind that he sees as over-intellectualiz...
PEL Presents PvI#125: Mrs. Nussbaum's Credit Card
The new official crew of Mark Linsenmayer, Mary Hynes, and "Jus' Jenny" Hansen kicks off our new endeavor to explore ancient self-help/psych...
Ep. 402: Plato Talks Homer: Hippias Minor and Ion (Part Two for Supporters)
Finishing up on Hippias Minor and moving on to the Ion , where Socrates convinces a rhapsode (someone who does public, dramatic readings of...
Ep. 401: Mind/Brain Identity Theory (U.T. Place, J.J.C. Smart) (Part Two)
Finishing up U.T. Place's "Is Consciousness a Brain Process?" (1956) and starting on J.J.C. Smart's "Sensations and Brain Processes" (1959)....
PEL Presents NEM#261: Joan as Policewoman's Living Growth
Joan Wasser started as violinist/support member in the 90s for The Dambuilders and then for Mind Science of the Mind and Antony and the John...
PEL Presents PMP#231: Euphoric Teens
We discuss high school drama TV shows and films in light of the genre-breaking, star-birthing teen drama Euphoria . Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn...
Ep. 401: Mind/Brain Identity Theory (U.T. Place, J.J.C. Smart) (Part One)
On U.T. Place's "Is Consciousness a Brain Process?" (1956) and J.J.C. Smart's "Sensations and Brain Processes" (1959), w/ guest Chris Heath....
PREMIUM-Ep. 400: Dennett Rejects Qualia (Part Three)
Mark and Seth rejoin to complete our treatment of Consciousness Explained , focusing on Dennett's responses to Frank Jackson's Mary the Colo...
PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Theater w/ David Epstein
As an interlude between our Philosophy vs. Improv seasons, here's an interview left over from July with Mark's former classmate, actor/direc...
Ep. 400: Dennett Rejects Qualia (Part Two)
Continuing on Consciousness Explained , ch. 12-14, especially responding to Dennett's discussion of Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" w...
PEL Presents Closereads: Late Dennett on Consciousness (Part One)
On "Are We Explaining Consciousness Yet" (2001), an article published with and commenting on papers by psychologists, neurologists, etc. on...
PEL Presents PMP#230: Gettin' Furious
To begin our new season, we're up to the moment covering the first season of Elizabeth Meriwether's Hulu crime drama Furious , about an abus...
Ep. 400: Dennett Rejects Qualia (Part One)
We focus on the final chapters of Dan Dennett's Consciousness Explained , where he confronts various views, figures, and thought experiments...
PEL Presents PvI#124: Navel Evaluation (Our Season 5 Finale)
We wrap up Mary's first year with the podcast, and changes are afoot for our upcoming season, but why? Let's explore to the point of physica...