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Ep. 367: Hume on the Foundations of Ethics (Part One)
On David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). What is morality, and how can we know it?
Hume claims that we simply find ours…
1 year, 4 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#196: Our "Sinners" Shindig
Luvell Anderson (Philosophy prof. at U of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign) joins Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al to discuss Ryan Coogler's new vampire …
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part Two)
Continuing on The Problem of Empathy. What does it mean to say that we know other people's mental states "non-primordially"? We talk about Stein's pr…
1 year, 4 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#92: Postale au Naturale w/ Greg McBrayer
Greg teaches philosophy (and is Interim Provost at Ashland, loves Xenophon, and runs a podcast. We reflect on the dangers of radon and other "natural…
1 year, 4 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Sentimentalism Nightcap 2025
We put our recent episodes on moral phenomenology into perspective, anticipating our upcoming Hume discussion and going through some other options to…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 366: Edith Stein in Empathy (Part One)
On The Problem of Empathy (1917). What is empathy, and what is its significance?
Stein pictures empathy as a dynamic process that involves what Schel…
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#195: Mike White's Lotus
We discuss the HBO dramedy about rich people having existential crises at a luxury resort in light of its third season. What exactly made this latest…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)
We conclude our treatment of Max Scheler's The Nature of Sympathy (1922), getting further into the Part II of the book about love and hatred and grap…
1 year, 5 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#230: Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500) Waxes Poetic
Dean has released about 20 albums, starting with three '88-'90 with Galaxie 500, then he started fresh in New York as Luna, releasing seven albums an…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)
On The Nature of Sympathy (1922), Part II: "Love and Hatred." What is love, and how does it relate to ethics and to sympathy?
For Scheler, love is a …
1 year, 5 months ago