The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 373: Michael Walzer on Just Wars (Part One)

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Illustrations (1977), ch. 4-6 on "jus ad bellum," which refers to moral justifications for going to war...

Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part Two)

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on the 1785 course lecture notes by Georg Ludwig Collins. We cover duties to oneself, which are actually the most important ones. There are...

Ep. 372: Kant's Ethics Lectures (Part One)

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss lecture notes from Kant's 1785 ethics course, which provide more examples and an emphasis on the practical than his more famous works. For ...

PEL Presents PvI#97: Peep Dome Pets w/ Merry Mary Hynes

27 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LA Second City improv instructor Mary joins us to act out a pet sitting job interview, talk about sharing our public spaces with animals, and finally ...

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part Two)

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Concluding our treatment of The Sources of Normativity. We give Korsgaard's tweaks to Kant, including her distinction between the categorical imperati...

Ep. 371: Christine Korsgaard on Normativity (Part One)

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On lectures 3 and 4 of The Sources of Normativity (1996), where we get Korsgaard's positive view on how morality becomes obligatory for an individual,...

Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We dive further into the text of lectures 1 and 2 of The Sources of Normativity (1996). We give Korsgaard's account of the idea of reflective endorsem...

Ep. 370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part One)

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On The Sources of Normativity (1996), lectures 1 and 2. How are facts related to obligations? We don't want to merely explain our moral impulses, but ...

Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part Two)

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Natural Goodness, getting more into concrete cases of moral reasoning. How and why do we decide to keep promises, even in cases where vi...

Ep. 369: Philippa Foot's Naturalistic Ethics (Part One)

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Natural Goodness (2001). Can we base ethics on the model of biology? Foot argues that just as we understand what a healthy specimen of a plant or a...

Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part Two)

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We conclude our discussion of A Treatise of Human Nature (1739): Book III, "Of Morals," plus a bit more discussion of An Enquiry Concerning the Princi...

Ep. 368: Hume on Reason in Ethics (Part One)

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a bit more about David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), and add some parts of A Treatise of Human Nature (1739): ...

Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part Two)

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751), talking about justice (i.e. property laws), why utility is pleasing and what all ...

Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part One)

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). What is morality, and how can we know it? Hume claims that we simply find ourse...

Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part Two)

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Problem of Empathy. What does it mean to say that we know other people's mental states "non-primordially"? We talk about Stein's pro...

PREMIUM-PEL Sentimentalism Nightcap 2025

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We put our recent episodes on moral phenomenology into perspective, anticipating our upcoming Hume discussion and going through some other options to ...

Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part One)

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On The Problem of Empathy (1917). What is empathy, and what is its significance? Stein pictures empathy as a dynamic process that involves what Schele...

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We conclude our treatment of Max Scheler's The Nature of Sympathy (1922), getting further into the Part II of the book about love and hatred and grapp...

Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On The Nature of Sympathy (1922), Part II: "Love and Hatred." What is love, and how does it relate to ethics and to sympathy? For Scheler, love is a p...

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Three)

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, and Dylan reconvened for one more hour on Part I, "Fellow Feeling" (ch. 3-4) in The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922). We continue to try to f...

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Two)

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922), Part I: "Fellow Feeling," Ch. 1-4. We look more closely at the text, getting further into how fellow...

Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part One)

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On The Nature of Sympathy (1913, expanded 1922), Part I: "Fellow Feeling," Ch. 1-4.  What is it to feel sympathy (aka "fellow feeling") for another p...

PEL Presents Closereads: Husserl on Perceiving Minds

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Edmund Husserl's Ideas, Vol. 2 (1928), Section 3, "The Constitution of the Spiritual World," Ch. 1, "Opposition Between the Naturalistic and Pers...

Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part Two)

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on "The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong" (1889), getting into how we measure the comparative value of things. While Brentano doe...

Ep. 363: Franz Brentano's Moral Epistemology (Part One)

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On "The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong" (1889). What justifies basic moral facts? Brentano claims that right there in our experience, we c...

Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part Two)

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Ecclesiastes with guest Jesse Peterson, getting into some more close reading of particular sections. We make some connection from the au...

Ep. 362: Ecclesiastes: Biblical Existentialism? (Part One)

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ecclesiastes is often cited as one of the most philosophical books of the Bible, so we approached it in that spirit with the help of Jesse M. Peterson...

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part Two)

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On "Fragment on Machines" (1858). Shouldn't automating work free workers? Not according to Marx, until capitalism is overthrown. Until then, automatio...

Ep. 361: Marx on Machines (Part One)

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We finish our treatment of Capital, Ch. 1, covering the little bit that Marx says about actual communism (he was wary of utopianism, contra his reputa...

Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part Two)

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Capital, Ch. 1 on commodities. We go into detail on his account of how money gets derived from the continued comparison of various commo...

Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Part One)

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Capital (1867), Ch. 1, "The Commodity." What makes something we buy or sell valuable? Marx says it's ultimately the labor that goes into it, though...

PEL Presents Closereads: Marx on Stirner (Part One)

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark and Wes read through and discuss Karl Marx's The German Ideology (1846), delving deep into the middle of his critique of Max Stirner's The Ego an...

Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part Two)

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We continue on the introduction to Marx's Grundrisse, going through his criticisms of prior economists who were too ahistorical and didn't understand ...

Ep. 359: Karl Marx's Project (Part One)

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the intro to Marx's Grundrisse (1857) and "Theses on Feuerbach" (1845). Why economics, and why do it the way Marx does? We see Marx argues that Feu...

Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part Two)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Ego and Its Own, focusing now on the sections "The Owner" and "My Power." Stirner lets us know that his egoism ("ownness") is not co...

Ep. 358: Max Stirner's Egoism (Part One)

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On The Ego and its Own (1844), another big influence on Karl Marx and a precursor of Nietzsche, or perhaps an early Ayn Rand. Get more at partiallyexa...

PEL '24-'25 Transition Nightcap

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan reflect on our past year of PEL recording, catch you up on our habits and interests, and talk about what might come next. G...

Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Two)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We finally discuss Feuerbach's proposed post-Hegelian, materialist approach to philosophy in his "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843). ...

Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part One)

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, and Dylan continue to look at Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843), recounting his story about how increa...

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part Two)

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We dig in and start our detailed treatment of Ludwig Feuerbach's essay "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843). Feuerbach claims that peop...

Ep. 356: Feuerbach Against Theology (Part One)

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Ludwig Feuerbach's "Principles of the Philosophy of the Future" (1843) and the introduction to The Essence of Christianity (1841). What was the ori...

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part Two)

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on Bourgeois Society" with guest Lawrence Dallman. Does cap...

Ep. 355: Marx on Alienation (Part One)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On three of Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, "Estranged Labor," "Private Property and Communism," and "The Power of Money on ...

PREMIUM-PEL Thick-of-Fall Nightcap 2024

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, and Seth talk about horror media and what scares us in light of Halloween. We then give some follow-up discussion re. our Williamson and Ch...

Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part Two)

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We continue talking with Tim about Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy (2024), considering Tim's overall project and view of what philosophy shou...

Ep. 354: Guest Tim Williamson on Philosophic Method (Part One)

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oxford philosophy professor Timothy Williamson talks to us about his new book, Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy. How can we best apply the ins...

Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part Two)

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Concluding our treatment of "Of Seeing" in Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense. We continue to hammer at this idea of "resem...

Ep. 353: Reid on Visual Knowledge (Part One)

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're continuing our treatment of Thomas Reid's Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), now discussing ch. 6: "Of Seeing...

Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part Two)

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Inquiry into the Human Mind, getting further into the chapter on smelling as well as the conclusion and Reid's exchange with Hume. What ...

Ep. 352: Thomas Reid on Smelling and Knowledge (Part One)

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764): the introduction, conclusion, ch. 2 "Of Smelling" ch. 4 "Of Hearing," and som...

PREMIUM-Ep. 351: Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part Two)

05 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Seth and Dylan continue talking about philosophy surrounding trans phenomena in light of our interview with Sophie Grace about Trans Figured. In...

Ep. 351: Guest Sophie Grace Chappell on Transgender (Part One)

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Seth, and Dylan interview this British philosophy prof about her new book, Trans Figured, and philosophy's role in discussing the phenomena of t...

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two)

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Concluding on "Universality and Truth" from Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism. It it coherent to simply not have a theory of truth? ...

Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One)

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On "Universality and Truth" and "Pan-Relationalism," which are lectures 3-5 in Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism. How do we justify ...

Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part Two)

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism, ch. 1, "Pragmatism and Religion" and 2, "Pragmatism as Romantic Polytheism." Rorty ...

PREMIUM-Closereads: Merleau-Ponty on the Body

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We begin a long series on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception" (1945), focusing on Part I, "The Body": "Experience and Objective Thou...

Ep. 349: Rorty's Pluralistic Pragmatism (Part One)

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism (1997), ch. 1-2 about religion. Should democracy be defended on absolutist grounds, e.g. by ref...

Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part Two)

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on "Knowledge First Epistemology" (2011), "Justifications, Excuses, and Sceptical Scenarios" (2015), and "Morally Loaded Cases in Philosoph...

PREMIUM-PEL End-of-Summer Nightcap 2024

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, and Dylan again talk politics, including conspiracy theorist psychology, whether post-modernism is responsible for current "post-truth" dis...

Ep. 348: Tim Williamson's Knowledge-First Epistemology (Part One)

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On "Knowledge First Epistemology" (2011), "Justifications, Excuses, and Sceptical Scenarios" (2015), and "Morally Loaded Cases in Philosophy" (2019). ...

Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part Two)

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Seth, and Dylan now turn to ch. 4 of Dasti/Phillips' Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries about the self. Buddhism famously claims th...

Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part One)

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're continuing to explore Nyaya epistemology, in this part focusing on ch. 3, "In Defense of the Real," in Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commen...

Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part Two)

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on ch. 1, "Knowledge Sources," of the Matthew Dasti/Stephen Phillips presentation of the Nyaya-Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries. W...

Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On The Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, originally by Gautama (ca. 150 CE), plus explanations by Vatsyayana (450 CE), Uddyotakara (550...

Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part Two)

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). Does James' claim that science and culture shouldn't ignore the subjective point of view r...

Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One)

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), focusing on lectures 1-3 and 20. What is religion and how should philosophers study it? James describ...

PREMIUM-PEL Mid-Summer Nightcap 2024

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, and Seth talk about worries about the utility of various subgenres or explanation types in philosophy, Dr. Drew's recent interview with Set...

Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part Two)

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On "What Is Justified Belief?" (1979) by Alvin Goldman, where he tries to come up with a "function" for justification: If a belief has such-and-such n...

Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part One)

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?" (1963) by Edmund Gettier, "What Is Justified Belief?" (1979) by Alvin Goldman, and "The Inescapability of Get...

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part Two)

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with guest Chris Sunami, mostly discussing "The Good or The One," though we start off by completing "The Descent of the Soul" about why the...

PEL Presents NEM#217: Richard Thompson's Moments in Time

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Richard started as guitarist in the folk-rock staple Fairport Convention in 1967 but left in 1970 after five albums. He then recorded his debut solo a...

Ep. 343: Plotinus the Neo-Platonist (Part One)

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On selections from the Enneads (270 C.E.), as presented by Elmer O'Brien as the first four essays in The Essential Plotinus: "Beauty," "The Intelligen...

Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part Two)

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're concluding our treatment of the Daoist sage, focusing on the relation between metaphysics and ethics. Is a "wu wei" (non-action) philosophy comp...

Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part One)

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

More on the Zhuangzi, books 1-6 and 17-19 with guest Theo Brooks. We discuss epistemology (Can we know the mind of someone else? How can virtue make t...

Ep. 341 Supplemental: Zhuangzi for Closereads Evergreen Network Launch

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark and Wes read through and discuss the first couple of pages of ch. 19, "Fathoming Life," following up on ep. 341. How does Daoism compare to Stoi...

Ep. 341: Guest Karyn Lai on Daoism in the Zhuangzi

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Dylan, Seth, and Theo Brooks discuss the Zhuangzi (ca. 325 BCE) UNSW Sydney prof. Karyn, co-author of the History of Philosophy Podcast Chinese ...

Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part Two)

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Concluding on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath. Are we OK with the metaphysical necessity of na...

Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part One)

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism. Ellis' essentialism about physics and chemistry says that, for example, atoms...

PEL 15th Anniversary and Book Release

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Your four hosts plus book editor Chris Sunami reflect on doing the podcast for 15 years and making the new book, which you should order on April 25. P...

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part Two)

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath. We get further into the text about metaphysical...

Ep. 339: Brian Ellis on the Metaphysics of Science (Part One)

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002). What kind of metaphysics underlies chemistry and physics? Ellis argues that items...

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part Two)

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To conclude our discussion of Aristotle's Metaphysics, we finish discussing potency by talking about the potential to learn (the Meno problem), the me...

Ep. 338: Aristotle on Potential vs. Actual and the Unmoved Mover (Part One)

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We read portions of books 9 (Theta) and 12 (Lambda) of Aristotle's Metaphysics, first on "being-at-work" (actuality) vs. mere potency, then on Aristot...

PREMIUM-PEL Nightcap w/ Chris Sunami (March 2024)

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Seth, and Dylan are joined by the editor of our new book (see partiallyexaminedlife.com/book) to talk a bit about his background, meeting celebr...

Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part Two)

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Aristotle's Metaphysics, Book 7 (Zeta), on essences and what sorts of things have them. Contrasting with Plato, Aristotle believes that ...

Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part One)

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing for our third session on Aristotle's Metaphysics, now covering Book 7 (Zeta). What exactly is the type of being that is the chief reason wh...

Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part Two)

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Book 4 (Gamma) of the Metaphysics. We discuss further the relations between the logical and metaphysical versions of the principle of no...

PEL Presents NEM#212: Graham Parker's Hard Graft

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Graham has released 25+ studio albums of soul-infused British singer-songwriter goodness since 1976, first with the Rumour, but often in the second ha...

Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part One)

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 4 (aka Gamma) (ca. 340 BCE). What does studying "being" entail? It involves claiming that all beings are distinct ind...

Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two)

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1. We get seriously into Aristotle's four types of causation and how previous philosophers in leaving out ...

Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part One)

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1 (aka Alpha) (ca. 340 BCE). What constitutes a basic explanation of the universe? We talk about how mere practical k...

PREMIUM-PEL Long Winter's Nightcap (Jan-Feb 2024)

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We anticipate our upcoming series on Aristotle's Metaphysics by talking through some preliminary issues about the text including what translations we'...

Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part Two)

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933), we talk more about problems vs. mysteries: The latter implicate OURSELVES; we are not merely witnes...

Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part One)

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Discussing "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933) about our need for meaning. Marcel asserts that our need for "mystery" is much more primal than the sci...

PEL Presents NEM#209: Bruce Hornsby Is a Lifelong Student

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bruce is best known for his first album The Way It Is (1986), but has come light years since then through 18+ albums, experimenting with different sty...

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part Two)

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing on Kierkegaard's perhaps most famous book, this time focusing largely on "Problem One: Is There a Teleological Suspension of the Ethical?" ...

Ep. 333: Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling" on Faith (Part One)

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To wrap up our coverage of Kierkegaard, we consider his religious stage of development through this 1843 text analyzing the Biblical story of Abraham....

PREMIUM-PEL Winter Nightcap (Concluding 2023)

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan set ourselves as part of our ongoing Kierkegaard reading to re-listen to our 2010 episode 29 on Kierkegaard's The Sickness ...

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part Two)

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Concluding our discussion of Either/Or, still this time considering "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Person...

Ep. 332: Kierkegaard's "Either/Or": The Ethical Self (Part One)

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On the second half of "The Balance Between the Esthetic and the Ethical in the Development of the Personality" from Vol. 2 of Either/Or (1843). How do...