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The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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...
Continuing on Rameau's Nephew , getting further into Rameau's philosophy and practices and trying to figure out what this anti-hero can tell...
On Denis Diderot's Rameau's Nephew , a dialogue written in the 1760s. Is virtue necessary for happiness, or in the real world, is vice neces...
We discuss Steven Knight's six-seasons-and-a-movie historical crime show Peaky Blinders , featuring Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al. Does t...
Alan released two albums with folk-rock band Knots and Crosses in the early 90s, put out one solo album, then became a recording engineer an...
Concluding on "Culture and its Realm of Actuality," in Hegel's Phenomenology via sections 519-526. We get into some of the ironic psychology...
BJ is an LA improviser/actor/TV host (who teaches wounded warriors among others), and he chats with Mark and Mary about migratory patterns,...
We discuss the hard sci-fi film Project Hail Mary , which along with The Martian (2015) was based on a novel by Andy Weir and adapted by Dre...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 511-526, which finishes off the sub-section of "Self-Alienated Sp...
Bill is a singer/songwriter who recorded five albums of catchy tunes between 1989 and 1991, then retired but came back a vengeance in 2014....
On an excerpt from Soren Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript (1846) that critiques Hegel's idea of logic (dialectic) and then a...
Continuing on the "Spirit" chapter (more specifically. "Culture and its realm of actuality") in Hegel's Phenomenology , now covering sec. 49...
In this pitched, high-stakes battle, your hosts have it out about astrological biases, doing offensive accents, letting go of control in an...
We talk about the Scream meta-slasher film franchise, from the original Wes Craven /Kevin Williamson 1996 debut starring Neve Campbell, and...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 484-510, which is the first part of "Self-Alienated Spirit. Cultu...
Kavus began in dual-guitar London math-rock bands in the '90s, joined The Cardiacs for their final lineup. His band Knifeworld released the...
Continuing on on sec. 469-483 of Hegel's Phenomenology , finishing the analysis of Antigone and bringing in Oedipus to say why the conflict...
St. Lawrence philosophy prof Jennifer L. Hansen , one of the most frequent guest on Mark's podcasts and expert in feminist philosophy, here...
In light of Judd Apatow's HBO documentary The 99-Year-Old Man , we discuss the films of Mel Brooks, which were to varying degrees formative...
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology , "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 464-483, which are under the sub-headings "Ethical Action. Human...
On sec. 451-463 of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit . We get into more detail on these passages about the way the two types of law (human and...
Lande started in the 2010's in the British punk-pop group Muncie Girls, with six releases (mostly EPs), and began her solo career in 2019. W...
Continuing on the "Spirit" section of The Phenomenology of Spirit , giving a sort of social metaphysics, wherein the ethical life of a socie...
What is it worth raising an objection over, and how hard do you fight? We hear (and act out) Mary's roommate-searching trauma, plus Mary for...
In light of the now-completed black history month and the upcoming Oscars, we consider the "Oscars So White" issue that was a hot topic abou...
On. G.W.F. Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), sec. 438-463. What constitutes society? We're beginning a multi-episode arc here on t...
John has released at least fifteen albums, more than half of these under the name King Missile, but even this name covers three different ba...
In our continuing Q&A with Graham, we engage him about Kantian Things-In-Themselves, complex things (that if divided, must be cut at the joi...
An interview with Graham in light of his new book, Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality , which elaborates and adds to issues...
We consider chapter 2, "Aesthetics Is the Root of All Philosophy," where Harman describes how art can help us see behind the veil to things-...
Continuing on Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), finishing up ch. 1 (discussing what's so bad about reductionism)...
We're within the Self-Consciousness chapter of The Phenomenology of Spirit , specifically starting at sec. 206 on the Unhappy Consciousness....
On Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018). What counts as an entity in the world? Harman includes not just phy...
Finishing up Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , finally now turning to Freud's anthropological account of group membership. Get...
On the second half of Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego . We talk about the dual origins of group membership for Freud in persona...
It's another year, and this time we each came in with a short bucket list of philosophical works that we'd like to read before this podcast...
Continuing on the first half of Sigmund Freud's Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego , now getting really into Freud's own type of e...
On the first half of Sigmund Freud's Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921). Why do members of a mob get dumber and less inhibi...
We discuss the first six questions from the "Moral Action" section in the Summa Theologica (1268), which we read in Thomas Aquinas: Selected...
Continuing to discuss the virtue and moral action from the Summa Theologica (1268). We discuss the definition of virtue and some subsequent...
On selections about virtue and moral action from the Summa Theologica (1268). Aquinas defines virtue, tells us how it metaphysically fits us...
More on The Problem of Christianity , discussing how communities relate to history, how individuals relate to communities, and what's unique...
On sections of The Problem of Christianity (1913) which establish Royce's concept of a community of interpretation: individuals working toge...
Continuing on sources from ancient Egypt, finishing up the instructional literature: "The Instruction of Ptahhotep," and "The Instruction Ad...
The co-author of the African run of the History of Philosophy Podcast (and new book) joins us to go over philosophical works from 2200-1400...
We complete our Aquinas treatment for the moment by considering emotions: categorizing them, asking whether they have opposites, and making...
We're now moving on to the "mind" portion of our discussion, covering how reason motivates us, how free will is possible, and the degree to...
Continuing on bits of Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings , completing our analysis of his arguments for the existence of God an...
On selections from Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings , mostly taken from the Summa Theologica (1268). Given our flawed, finite...
Continuing on "Directions for Decomposition" from A Short History of Decay (1949). What is it that humans are inevitably trying to avoid tha...
On A Short History of Decay (1949), a pessimist/existentialist somewhat text from the most famous Romanian philosopher. Cioran's short essay...