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Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part Two)
We're concluding our treatment of the Daoist sage, focusing on the relation between metaphysics and ethics. Is a "wu wei" (non-action) philosophy com…
1 year, 10 months ago
PEL Presents PMP#174: Fallout Plays Post-Apocalyptic
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al discuss the new Amazon TV show based on on the video game series that launched in 1997. How does one best adapt a san…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 342: Zhuangzi on Knowledge and Virtue (Part One)
More on the Zhuangzi, books 1-6 and 17-19 with guest Theo Brooks.
We discuss epistemology (Can we know the mind of someone else? How can virtue make …
1 year, 11 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#216: Kim Richey Learns to Cherish Collaboration
Kim has recorded about ten meticulously recorded country-evolving-to Americana albums out of Nashville since 1995. We discuss "Joy Rider" (and listen…
1 year, 11 months ago
Closereads: Zhuangzi, Ch. 19: "Fathoming Life" (aka PEL Ep. 341 Supplemental)
Mark and Wes read through and discuss the first couple of pages of ch. 19, "Fathoming Life,"
How does Daoism compare to Stoicism, Aristotelianism, a…
1 year, 11 months ago
PEL Presents SUBTEXT - Psychedelic Regrets in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Part 1)
The ancient Mariner kills his Albatross with a carelessness that stands in stark contrast to his impulse for confession. For several days he and his …
1 year, 11 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #173: Cowboy Beyoncé? (Cross-Genre Music)
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al look at pop music and the idea of genre. Beyoncé is beloved enough that she can do whatever she wants to musically, …
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 341: Guest Karyn Lai on Daoism in the Zhuangzi
Mark, Dylan, Seth, and Theo Brooks discuss the Zhuangzi (ca. 325 BCE) UNSW Sydney prof. Karyn, co-author of the History of Philosophy Podcast Chinese…
1 year, 11 months ago
PEL Presents PvI#75: The Alien Literally Has Two Faces w/ Bran Peacock
The Hitchhikers and Appetizers co-host joins Mark and Bill to talk about cultural relativism. We talk about foreign-ness, what parts of ethics seem t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 340: Brian Ellis on the Implications of Essentialism (Part Two)
Concluding on The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism (2002) with guest Chris Heath.
Are we OK with the metaphysical necessity of n…
1 year, 11 months ago