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Ep. 337: Aristotle on Primary Being (Part One)
Continuing for our third session on Aristotle's Metaphysics, now covering Book 7 (Zeta).
What exactly is the type of being that is the chief reason w…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part Two)
Continuing on Book 4 (Gamma) of the Metaphysics. We discuss further the relations between the logical and metaphysical versions of the principle of n…
2 years, 7 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#212: Graham Parker's Hard Graft
Graham has released 25+ studio albums of soul-infused British singer-songwriter goodness since 1976, first with the Rumour, but often in the second h…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 336: Aristotle on Being and Non-Contradiction (Part One)
On Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 4 (aka Gamma) (ca. 340 BCE). What does studying "being" entail? It involves claiming that all beings are distinct in…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part Two)
Continuing on Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1. We get seriously into Aristotle's four types of causation and how previous philosophers in leaving out…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 335: Aristotle on Fundamental Explanations (Part One)
On Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1 (aka Alpha) (ca. 340 BCE). What constitutes a basic explanation of the universe?
We talk about how mere practical …
2 years, 8 months ago
PREMIUM-PEL Long Winter's Nightcap (Jan-Feb 2024)
We anticipate our upcoming series on Aristotle's Metaphysics by talking through some preliminary issues about the text including what translations we…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part Two)
Continuing on "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933), we talk more about problems vs. mysteries: The latter implicate OURSELVES; we are not merely witne…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 334: Gabriel Marcel's Christian Existentialism (Part One)
Discussing "On the Ontological Mystery" (1933) about our need for meaning. Marcel asserts that our need for "mystery" is much more primal than the sc…
2 years, 8 months ago
PEL Presents NEM#209: Bruce Hornsby Is a Lifelong Student
Bruce is best known for his first album The Way It Is (1986), but has come light years since then through 18+ albums, experimenting with different st…
2 years, 8 months ago