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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 14: Machiavelli on Politics

Feb 7, 2010
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Episode 13: What Are the Metaphysical Implications of Quantum Physics?

Jan 3, 2010
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Episode 12: Chuang Tzu’s Taoism: What Is Wisdom?

Dec 6, 2009
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Episode 11: Nietzsche’s Immoralism: What Is Ethics, Anyway?

Nov 10, 2009
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Episode 10: Kantian Ethics: What Should We Do?

Oct 19, 2009
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Episode 9: Utilitarian Ethics: What Should We Do?

Sep 18, 2009
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Episode 8: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus (and Carnap): What Can We Legitimately Talk About?

Sep 4, 2009
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Episode 7: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus: What Is There and Can We Talk About It?

Aug 19, 2009
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Episode 6: Leibniz’s Monadology: What Is There?

Jul 31, 2009
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Episode 5: Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics

Jul 16, 2009