The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
By Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Ep. 377: Emil Cioran's Pessimism (Part Two)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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PEL Presents NEM#239: Adrian Sherwood's Dub Productions
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 377: Emil Cioran's Pessimism (Part One)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PvI#102: Pit of Despair w/ Seth Paskin
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 376: Plato's "Laws" (Part Two)
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PMP#206: Abbott Elementary w/o Emmys
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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PEL Presents NEM#238: Eric Andersen Endures
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 376: Plato's "Laws" (Part One)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Back-to-School Nightcap 2025
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PvI#101: Co-Hostery: Season Five Premiere with Mark and Mary
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 375: Luce Irigaray's Feminism (Part Two)
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PMP#205: Fantastical Foursome
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 375: Luce Irigaray's Feminism (Part One)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PvI#100: Maximizing Turtle Revenue w/ Tim Sniffen and Anthony LeBlanc
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 374: Discussing Liberalism (Lincoln, et al) with Walter Sterling (Part Two)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PMP#204: Naked Gun Rapid Firing
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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PEL Presents NEM#237: Maia Sharp's Homey Subversion
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 374: Discussing Liberalism (Lincoln, et al) with Walter Sterling (Part One)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PvI#99: Philosophy of Humor w/ Nessa Voss
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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PEL Presents Closereads: Peter Railton's "Moral Realism" (Wrap Up)
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part Two)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PMP#203: What Superman?
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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PEL Presents NEM #236: Tee Templeton's Psychedelic Ending
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part One)
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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PEL Presents Philosophy vs. Improv #98: Ragnarocking
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PMP#202: 50-Year-Old Jaws Busts Our Block
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part Two)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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PEL Presents NEM#235: Willie Nile's Poetic Rock Anthems
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part One)
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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PEL Presents PvI#97: Peep Dome Pets w/ Merry Mary Hynes
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part Two)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part One)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part Two)
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part One)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part Two)
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May 12, 2025 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Sentimentalism Nightcap 2025
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May 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part One)
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Three)
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Two)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part One)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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PEL Presents Closereads: Husserl on Perceiving Minds
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part Two)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part One)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part Two)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part One)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part One)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part Two)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part One)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part Two)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part One)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 2024
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part Two)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part One)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part Two)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part Two)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part One)
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 351: Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part Two)
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 351: Guest Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part One)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part Two)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-Closereads: Merleau-Ponty on the Body
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part One)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part Two)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL End-of-Summer Nightcap 2024
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part One)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part Two)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part One)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part Two)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part Two)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Mid-Summer Nightcap 2024
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part Two)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part One)
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part Two)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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PEL Presents NEM#217: Richard Thompson's Moments in Time
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part One)
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part Two)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part One)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 341 Supplemental: Zhuangzi for Closereads Evergreen Network Launch
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 341: Guest Karyn Lai on Daoism in the Zhuangzi
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part Two)
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May 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part One)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part Two)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part One)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap w/ Chris Sunami (March 2024)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part Two)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part One)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part Two)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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PEL Presents NEM#212: Graham Parker's Hard Graft
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part One)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part One)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Long Winter's Nightcap (Jan-Feb 2024)
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part Two)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part One)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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PEL Presents NEM#209: Bruce Hornsby Is a Lifelong Student
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part Two)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part One)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Winter Nightcap (Concluding 2023)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part Two)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part One)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Three)
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part Two)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 331: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Life (Part One)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part Three)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part Two)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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PEL Presents PvI#66: Legacy Mops w/ Kevin Allison
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 330: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Aesthetic Life (Part One)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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PEL Presents (SUB)TEXT: The Emptiness of Signification in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" (Part 1 of 6)
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Three/Closereads Part One)
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part Two)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 329: Kierkegaard on Irony (Part One)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 328: Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Three)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 328: Guest Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part Two)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 328: Guest Yascha Mounk Against Identity Politics (Part One)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Fall Nightcap 2023
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullsh*t and Authenticity (Part Two)
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullsh*t and Authenticity (Part One)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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PEL Presents PvI#63: Virtual Socrates w/ David Chalmers
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 326: Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part Two)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 326: Guest Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part One)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part Two)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part One)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Three)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Two)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part One)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL End-of-Summer Nightcap 2023
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part Two)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 323: Acquiring Language: Tomasello vs. Chomsky (Part One)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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PEL Closereads: Emerson's Oversoul (New Podcast Premiere)
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part Three)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part Two)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 322: Schelling on Art vs. Nature (Part One)
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Tech Nightcap July 2023
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part Two)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 321: August Schlegel on Beauty (Part One)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Three)
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part Two)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Ep. 320: Friedrich Schlegel on Romanticism (Part One)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Three)
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part Two)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 319: Schiller on Experiencing Beauty (Part One)
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Three)
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part Two)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 318: Friedrich Schiller on the Civilizing Potential of Art (Part One)
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May 29, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" (Part Two)
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May 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 317: Character Philosophies in Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" (Part One)
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May 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 316: Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov": PEL Live in NYC (Part Two)
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 316: Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov": PEL Live in NYC (Part One)
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May 01, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 315: Mengzi (Mencius) on Virtuous Leaders (Part Two)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 315: Mengzi (Mencius) on Virtuous Leaders (Part One)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap April 2023
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psychology (Part Two)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psychology (Part One)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part Three)
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part Two)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 313: Mozi's Political Ethics (Part One)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Late March 2023
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part Two)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part One)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap Early March 2023
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part Two)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part One)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap February 2023
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part Two)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap January 2023
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part Two)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part One)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part Two)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 308: Moore's Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part One)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap 2022 Wrap-Up
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part Two)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 307: G.E. Moore Defends Common Sense (Part One)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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PREMIUM-Ep. 306: Dworkin and the Dobbs Decision (Part Three)
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Dec 24, 2022 |