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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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Episode 94: Schopenhauer on Reading, Writing, and Thinking

May 23, 2014
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Episode 93: Freedom and Responsibility (Strawson vs. Strawson)

May 3, 2014
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Precognition of Ep. 93: Free Will (via Strawsons)

Apr 29, 2014
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Episode 92: Henri Bergson on How to Do Metaphysics

Apr 12, 2014
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Precognition of Ep. 92: Henri Bergson

Mar 30, 2014
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Episode 91: Transhumanism (Plus More on Brin)

Mar 29, 2014
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Episode 90: Sci-Fi and Philosophy with Guest David Brin

Mar 26, 2014
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Precognition of Ep. 90: Sci-Fi and Philosophy with David Brin

Mar 25, 2014
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Episode 89: Berkeley: Only Ideas Exist!

Mar 12, 2014
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Precognition of Ep. 89: Berkeley’s Idealism

Mar 11, 2014