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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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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Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part Two)

Aug 19, 2019
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Ep. 223: Guest Ned Block on Consciousness (Part One)

Aug 12, 2019
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Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part Two)

Aug 5, 2019
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Ep. 222: Debating Functionalism (Block, Chalmers) (Part One)

Jul 29, 2019
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PEL Presents PMP#3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff

Jul 23, 2019
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Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part Two)

Jul 22, 2019
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Ep. 221: Functionalist Theories of Mind (Putnam, Armstrong) (Part One)

Jul 15, 2019
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PEL Presents PMP#1: Pop Culture vs. High Culture

Jul 9, 2019
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Ep. 220: 10-Year Retrospective of The Partially Examined Life

Jul 5, 2019
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Ep. 219: The Harder Problem of Consciousness (Block & Papineau)

Jul 1, 2019