• Log In

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

A Philosophy Podcast and Philosophy Blog

Subscribe on Android Spotify Google Podcasts audible patreon
  • Home
  • Podcast
    • PEL Network Episodes
    • Publicly Available PEL Episodes
    • Paywalled and Ad-Free Episodes
    • PEL Episodes by Topic
    • Nightcap
    • Philosophy vs. Improv
    • Pretty Much Pop
    • Nakedly Examined Music
    • (sub)Text
    • Phi Fic Podcast
    • Combat & Classics
    • Constellary Tales
  • Blog
  • About
    • PEL FAQ
    • Meet PEL
    • About Pretty Much Pop
    • Philosophy vs. Improv
    • Nakedly Examined Music
    • Meet Phi Fic
    • Listener Feedback
    • Links
  • Join
    • Become a Citizen
    • Join Our Mailing List
    • Log In
  • Donate
  • Store
    • Episodes
    • Swag
    • Everything Else
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My Account
  • Contact
  • Mailing List

Not School This March: Hobbes, Nietzsche, Dennett, Plato, Hegel

March 3, 2016 by Brian Wilson 1 Comment

There's quite the smorgasbord for Uber-Mensches (and Uber-Mensch-ladies) this March for folks considering a Not School experience. Sign up and come on into the Citizens' Forum for proposals, and check out the already-established Not School groups.

#leviathan #topical #besticandowithcreativecommonsphotos

  • You want Thomas Hobbes? You get Thomas Hobbes. Keegan Venzomeran has proposed a short selection from Leviathan—but if you read like William Shatner talks, the number, of, commas, will slow you down a lot.

But wait! There's more!

  • Nothing brightens my morning like a strong cup of joe and meditating on the lonely and probably syphilitic writings of Friedrich Nietzsche (actually, seriously, it does). PEL Citizens can get in on that hot Deutschländer action by clicking here.
  • Granted, if you're like me, an atheist who wants to be right all the time and rub it in people's faces (or at least sound like it and rub it in people's faces #ChristopherHitchens) you probably haven't read a lot of Daniel Dennett. But DD (as he's known to his friends), is incredibly thoughtful and a super nice guy. So check out this already kicked-off series of seminars on Daniel Dennett's Consciousness Explained led by Tara Leigh Bell and Brian Wise.
  • We've also got seminars scheduled in our Intro to Readings in Philosophy series. Your humble author is leading these. We got Plato, we got Aristotle, we got Descartes and Montaigne. You can sign up for all four by clicking above and suggest future readings and/or drinking games (every time Aristotle writes "happiness," sip, every time he says "virtue," chug!).
  • And don't forget the Hegel's "Logic" Aftershow! It's taking place on 3/27 at 6pm EST via Google Hangout. You don't have to read any Hegel (and probably shouldn't, really. No one should); you just have to listen to the two discussions (four installments for you non-Citizens), join the group, and have something interesting to say to Mark, your favorite host Danny Lobell, and a sweet Hegel scholar named Christopher Yeomans from Purdue.

Here's what's great: you don't want to do these? You want to dig into the esoteric and moribund philosophical poetry of Scott Weiland (#toosoon?), go ahead and join us as a PEL Citizen and you can propose your own groups and study along with others (STP fans and non-fans welcome). Just remember to hit the high points of our proposal guidelines.

Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailby feather

Filed Under: Not School Report Tagged With: Daniel C. Dennett, Friedrich Nietzsche, G.W.F. Hegel, Not School, Plato, Thomas Hobbes

Trackbacks

  1. Episode 135: Hegel on the Logic of Basic Metaphysical Concepts (Part One) | The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast | A Philosophy Podcast and Blog says:
    March 20, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    […] in Philosophy group's discussion of Plato's "Crito" on 3/20, 5pm EST, and all the other good Not School activities that Brian Wilson tells you about during this […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

PEL Live Show 2023

Brothers K Live Show

Citizenship has its Benefits

Become a PEL Citizen
Become a PEL Citizen, and get access to all paywalled episodes, early and ad-free, including exclusive Part 2's for episodes starting September 2020; our after-show Nightcap, where the guys respond to listener email and chat more causally; a community of fellow learners, and more.

Rate and Review

Nightcap

Listen to Nightcap
On Nightcap, listen to the guys respond to listener email and chat more casually about their lives, the making of the show, current events and politics, and anything else that happens to come up.

Subscribe to Email Updates

Select list(s):

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Support PEL

Buy stuff through Amazon and send a few shekels our way at no extra cost to you.

Tweets by PartiallyExLife

Recent Comments

  • Theo on Ep. 308: Moore’s Proof of Mind-Independent Reality (Part Two)
  • Seth Paskin on PEL Eulogies Nightcap Late March 2023
  • John Heath on PEL Eulogies Nightcap Late March 2023
  • Randy Strader on Ep. 309: Wittgenstein On Certainty (Part Two)
  • Wes Alwan on PEL Nightcap February 2023

About The Partially Examined Life

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

Become a PEL Citizen!

As a PEL Citizen, you’ll have access to a private social community of philosophers, thinkers, and other partial examiners where you can join or initiate discussion groups dedicated to particular readings, participate in lively forums, arrange online meet-ups for impromptu seminars, and more. PEL Citizens also have free access to podcast transcripts, guided readings, episode guides, PEL music, and other citizen-exclusive material. Click here to join.

Blog Post Categories

  • (sub)Text
  • Aftershow
  • Announcements
  • Audiobook
  • Book Excerpts
  • Citizen Content
  • Citizen Document
  • Citizen News
  • Close Reading
  • Combat and Classics
  • Constellary Tales
  • Exclude from Newsletter
  • Featured Ad-Free
  • Featured Article
  • General Announcements
  • Interview
  • Letter to the Editor
  • Misc. Philosophical Musings
  • Nakedly Examined Music Podcast
  • Nakedly Self-Examined Music
  • NEM Bonus
  • Not School Recording
  • Not School Report
  • Other (i.e. Lesser) Podcasts
  • PEL Music
  • PEL Nightcap
  • PEL's Notes
  • Personal Philosophies
  • Phi Fic Podcast
  • Philosophy vs. Improv
  • Podcast Episode (Citizen)
  • Podcast Episodes
  • Pretty Much Pop
  • Reviewage
  • Song Self-Exam
  • Supporter Exclusive
  • Things to Watch
  • Vintage Episode (Citizen)
  • Web Detritus

Follow:

Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | Apple Podcasts

Copyright © 2009 - 2023 · The Partially Examined Life, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Copyright Policy

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in