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PREVIEW-Ep 206 Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part Three)

January 12, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Mark and Wes go into more textual detail re. Lucretius’s take on atomism and the metaphysical and epistemological problems it entails. Start with Part one. This is a preview; become a PEL Citizen or $5 Patreon supporter to get the full, 50 minute conversation. Lucretius believes in something like entropy: all conjoined atoms eventually break apart, but his account of the  Continue Reading …

Ep. 206 Follow-Up Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Citizens Only)

January 12, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Mark and Wes go into more textual detail re. Lucretius’s take on atomism and the metaphysical and epistemological problems it entails. Listen to the full episode discussion first. Lucretius believes in something like entropy: all conjoined atoms eventually break apart, but his account of the mechanism by which they join is less spelled out: When you get two heat atoms  Continue Reading …

Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part Two)

January 7, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

More on Lucretius’s poem about Epicurean science: On the Nature of Things from the first century BCE. We talk more about how macroscopic phenomena are supposed to come out of the interaction of atoms, including mind and its processes of knowledge and illusion, including the illusion of love. One conclusion: life after death is not possible. Can the properties of the atoms  Continue Reading …

Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part One)

December 31, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

On Lucretius’s poem about Epicurean science: On the Nature of Things aka De Rerum Natura from the first century BCE. How does the world work? Lucretius presents a system that is surprisingly modern, and raises philosophical issues that are still on point today: What are the basic building blocks of the universe? How could these give rise to minds? What ethical views does a  Continue Reading …

Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Citizen Edition)

December 31, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

On Lucretius’s poem about Epicurean science: On the Nature of Things aka De Rerum Natura from the first century BCE. How does the world work? Lucretius presents a system that is surprisingly modern, and raises philosophical issues that are still on point today: What are the basic building blocks of the universe? How could these give rise to minds? What ethical views does a  Continue Reading …

Ep. 110 Aftershow (Preview) with Stephen West

February 22, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Stephen West of the Philosophize This! podcast returns to host the Aftershow for PEL episode #110 on Alfred North Whitehead. In this preview you'll hear Stephen, Dylan Casey (who has a lot to say about process philosophy and science), and David Buchanan (guest from our Pirsig episode and PEL blogger). Later in the conversation they were also joined by Amough Sahu. This is a  Continue Reading …

Sean Carroll Interview @ 3:AM Magazine

August 3, 2013 by Dylan Casey 16 Comments

3:AM magazine has a nice interview of the physicist Sean Carroll by Richard Marshall that's part of an ongoing series interviews, generally of philosophers, being done by the magazine. Carroll is an theoretical astrophysicist who has managed to avoid the pratfalls of physicists like Stephen Hawking who recently declared the death of philosophy. Carroll considers himself  Continue Reading …

Not School Proposals for January

December 31, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

Merleau-Ponty! Buber! Lacan! Physics! Aesthetics! The Residents! Derrida! Deleuze! Searle! Pynchon! DeLillo! The holidays have definitely made it more difficult for me at least to be on top of my Not School activities, but nonetheless the new month is immanent, and I thought I should convey to those not currently monitoring the Citizens' Forum what new groups look to be  Continue Reading …

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