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Ep 140/141 Aftershow on Simone De Beauvoir’s “Ethics of Ambiguity” feat. Jennifer Hansen

August 19, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Mark and host Danny Lobell welcome St. Lawrence University's Jennifer Hansen to follow up on our episodes 140 and 141. Was Beauvoir really a Kantian? Do we find her description for founding ethics persuasive? Featuring PEL listeners Luke Johnson (check out his Noetic Project discussions of the book), Alex, Tiffany, Brittany, and Ken. Recorded 6/26/16. Watch on YouTube.  Continue Reading …

Ep 134/135 Aftershow on Hegel’s “Logic” feat. Chris Yeomans

March 16, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

Host Danny Lobell joins Mark to welcome Purdue's Chris Yeomans for a discussion of our two episodes (starting with 134) on G.F.W.'s Science of Logic and Encyclopedia Logic. PEL listeners on the call include Alan Cook, Michael Burgess, Carey Hillman, and Preston Price. We ask: What is Hegel's view on God really? What is his metaphysics? Does he have anything to say about ethical  Continue Reading …

Ep 130/131 Aftershow on Aristotle’s “De Anima” feat. Rebecca Goldner

February 18, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

Host Danny Lobell joins Wes to welcome St. John's Annapolis tutor Rebecca Goldner to help folks understand Aristotle's De Anima as laid out in our episodes 130 and 131. Rebecca has written a number of articles (like this one) on the book, and you can see her talking about it on the Digital Dialogue podcast. We were also happy to have these PEL Citizens join us for the  Continue Reading …

Ep 121/122 Aftershow on Augustine feat. James Wetzel

September 6, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Haven't had enough Augustine? Host Danny Lobell and Wes Alwan reflected on our recent discussions on Augustine's Confessions, with an actual Augustine scholar, James Wetzel of Villanova University, author of such books as Augustine and the Limits of Virtue (2008), Augustine: A Guide for the Perplexed (2010), and Parting Knowledge: Essays after Augustine (2013). Also on the call  Continue Reading …

Ep 119 Aftershow: Nietzsche (Featuring Greg Sadler)

August 6, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Further hashing over of topics raised in our episode on Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy, your hosts Seth Paskin and Danny Lobell welcome Internet philosophy instructor extraordinaire Dr. Gregory B. Sadler, as well as David Buchanan, Erik Weissengruber, Tom Kirdas, Ken Presting, and Bill Coe. We had a wide-ranging discussion, covering theater, the arts, the sharing economy,  Continue Reading …

Ep 118 Aftershow: Songwriting (Featuring Ex-Camper Chris Molla)

July 4, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

To follow up on our ep. 118, we scored our third (former) member of Camper van Beethoven, the guy who founded the band and was chiefly responsible for all those ska instrumentals. Also featuring Warren Fischer from Fischerspooner, singer/songwriter Chase Fiorenza, late-joiner rapper/electronicker Maxx Bartko, tech guy and anarchist musician Michael Patrick Wilson (who played  Continue Reading …

Ep 117 Aftershow: Antigone

June 25, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Featuring Danny Lobell, Wes Alwan, David Buchanan, Daniel Cole, Erik Weissengruber, Frank Marcopolos, and Terra Leigh Bell. We talked a little about how to distinguish acting on principle from acting out of personal pride (and whether these can be distinguished); whether Creon is just drunk with power or believes he's doing the right thing; and about a whole host of other  Continue Reading …

Ep 116 Aftershow: Freud and Dream Interpretation

June 7, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Featuring Danny Lobell, Wes Alwan, Bjorn Dahlby, Ken Presting, Chase Fiorenza, Michael deCamp, Terra Leigh Bell, and Sam Baguley. Recorded June 7, 2015. Our discussion focused less on dreams than on Freud and everything else we happened to want to talk about, from psychedelic drugs to the female lioness' "ambivalence" about mating. Watch on YouTube. Listen to episode  Continue Reading …

Ep 115 Aftershow: Schopenhauer and Music

May 18, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring Danny Lobell, Mark Linsenmayer, Jonathan Segel, Dave Buchanan, David Prentiss, Kevin Peffley, Kevin Middleton, Anthony Durity, Todd Costa, and Sebastian Roll. Recorded May 18, 2015. Watch on YouTube. Read more about it. Listen to Episode 115 before listening to this.  Continue Reading …

Ep 114 Aftershow: Schopenhauer’s Metaphysics

May 3, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring new host Danny Lobell, Seth Paskin, and Tara Leigh Bell. Recorded May 3, 2015. Read more about it. Listen to episode 114 first.  Continue Reading …

Ep 113 Aftershow: Jesus’s Parables

April 20, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

Featuring Michael Burgess, Ken Presting, Nik Burlew, and a tired Mark Linsenmayer. Recorded April 20, 2015. Read more about it. Listen to episode 113 first.  Continue Reading …

Ep 112 Aftershow: Paul Ricoeur

March 22, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring Stephen West, Wes Alwan, Michael Burgess, Law Ware, Daniel Cole, and Ken Presting. Recorded March 22, 2015. Read more about it. Listen to ep. 112 before listening to this.  Continue Reading …

Ep 111 Aftershow: Gadamer’s Hermeneutics

March 8, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring Stephen West, Seth Paskin, Michael Burgess, Erik Weissengruber, Amogha Sahu, Everett Reed, and Peter Forbes. Recorded March 8, 2015. Read more about it. Listen to episode 111 before listening to this. Watch it unedited: Watch on YouTube.  Continue Reading …

Ep 110 Aftershow: Whitehead on Nature

February 15, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Featuring Stephen West, Dylan Casey, David Buchanan, and (eventually) Amogha Sahu. Recorded February 15, 2015. Listen to episode 110 before listening to this. Watch it unedited: Watch on YouTube.  Continue Reading …

Ep 109 Aftershow: Karl Jaspers

January 25, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Our first Aftershow! Host Stephen West of the the Philosophize This! podcast is joined by Mark Linsenmayer, Alan Cook, Nick Halme, Kam Gill, Amogh Sahu, and Aaron Watson. Recorded January 25, 2015. Listen to episode 109 before listening to this. Watch it unedited: Watch on YouTube.  Continue Reading …

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