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Ep. 293: Donna Haraway on Feminist Science (Part One)

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On “Situated Knowledge” (1988), “A Cyborg Manifesto” (1985), etc. featuring guest Lynda Olman.

What is scientific objectivity? Haraway rejects both relativism and traditional, “god’s eye” objectivism in favor of a “cyborg” view that looks for alternate ways of seeing and acknowledges the ways that science and technology are tied to politics.

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Plus: Ep. 230: Bruno Latour on Science, Culture, and Modernity (Part One)
Featuring: Episode 86: Thomas Kuhn on Scientific Progress

Philosophy vs. Improv

Philosophy vs. Improv #31: Signs, Signs, Ubiquitous Signs w/ Brooke Breit

May 5, 2022 By Mark Linsenmayer

Contemplate the difference between signs, symbols, and symptoms. Did our improv scene get  Continue Reading …

Pretty Much Pop

Pretty Much Pop #123: We Are All Jackass

May 20, 2022 By Mark Linsenmayer

Mark is joined by comedian Matty Goldberg; filmmaker/podcaster Rolando Nieves; and comedy juggler  Continue Reading …

(sub)Text

(sub)Text: Work as Madness in “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)

May 11, 2022 By Mark Linsenmayer

In the beginning, Colonel Nicholson seems to be a stickler for principle, willing to die rather than  Continue Reading …

Nakedly Examined Music

NEM#171: Ben Vaughn’s Primitive Fever Dreams

April 30, 2022 By Mark Linsenmayer

Ben started releasing sardonic retro rock records with the Ben Vaughn Combo in the early '80s, and  Continue Reading …

PEL Nightcap

PEL Nightcap May 2022

May 2, 2022 By Mark Linsenmayer

Recorded 4-15-22. We are old, and we talk about Seth's back, Wes' e-bike, and Dylan's kettle bells.  Continue Reading …

Combat & Classics

Combat & Classics Ep. 60 Xenophon’s “Anabasis” Book 4

January 14, 2022 By Jeff Black Leave a Comment

Xenophon and the Greek host begin their march north, out of the Persian king's territory, through  Continue Reading …

Phi Fic

Phi Fic #43 Bleak House by Charles Dickens

March 18, 2022 By Laura Davis

"What connexion can there have been between many people in the innumerable histories of this world,  Continue Reading …

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The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy 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 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.

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