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Ep. 205 Follow-Up: Durkheim and Explanation Types (Citizens Only)

December 20, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

Following on our discussion with Dr. Drew, Mark and Wes discuss Emile Durkheim's Suicide (1897), getting into more of the details of his account and in particular exploring comparative modes of explanation: Are there really "sociological facts" distinct from mere generalizations about psychological facts? This leads us to more discussion of the legitimacy of psychoanalytic  Continue Reading …

Ep. 205: Suicide with Dr. Drew (Durkheim et al) (Citizen Edition)

December 16, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer 12 Comments

We are rejoined by Drew Pinsky to discuss philosophical, psychological, and sociological readings on suicide. Is suicide ever morally permissible? If it's a symptom of mental illness rather than a chosen behavior, is it even appropriate to morally evaluate it? Last time Drew joined us, he helped us add clinical depth to an area that we'd already talked about  Continue Reading …

Episode 137: Bourdieu on the Tastes of Social Classes

April 11, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 8 Comments

On Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste (1979), introduction, chapter 1 through p. 63, conclusion, and postscript. How do our tastes in music, art, and everything else reflect our social position? This philosophically trained sociologist administered a few detailed questionnaires in 1960s France and used the resulting differences in what  Continue Reading …

Ep. 137: Bourdieu on the Tastes of Social Classes (Citizen Edition)

April 10, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

On Pierre Bourdieu's Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste (1979), introduction, chapter 1 through p. 63, conclusion, and postscript. How do our tastes in music, art, and everything else reflect our social position? This philosophically trained sociologist administered a few detailed questionnaires in 1960s France and used the resulting differences in what  Continue Reading …

Episode 125: Hannah Arendt on the Political & Private

October 12, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 12 Comments

On The Human Condition (1958), Prologue and Sections 1 and 2. How has our distinction between the private and public evolved over time? Arendt uses this history, and chiefly the differences between our time and ancient Athens, to launch a critique of modern society. In thinking about public, practical necessities like the economy, we've lost sight of the distinction between  Continue Reading …

Episode 125: Hannah Arendt on the Political & Private (Citizen Edition)

October 11, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

On The Human Condition (1958), Prologue and Sections 1 and 2. How has our distinction between the private and public evolved over time? Arendt uses this history, and chiefly the differences between our time and ancient Athens, to launch a critique of modern society. In thinking about public, practical necessities like the economy, we've lost sight of the distinction between  Continue Reading …

Topic for #125: Hannah Arendt on the Political, Private, and Social

September 26, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 7 Comments

You can watch the streams from the 9/25-9/26 Pittsburgh 2015 Continental Philosophy Conference on their YouTube Page, including our 9/26 episode discussion on Hannah Arendt. We have a separate (better) audio recording that will be released as a PEL episode in two installments on Oct. 12 and Oct. 19, and most likely combined with a different video to post our our YouTube  Continue Reading …

“Human Sacrifice? Are you kidding? This is the weirdest thing I ever heard.”

October 10, 2012 by Mark Linsenmayer 13 Comments

Part of the goal of The Partially Examined Life is to pull ivory-tower philosophical theories out into the light of day and see if they hold water. If an academically lauded idea seems totally absurd when discussed in ordinary language, well, then either those presenting the idea aren't doing a very good job explaining its context, or maybe it is in fact ridiculous. With the  Continue Reading …

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