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PREMIUM-Episode 50: Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

PREMIUM-Episode 50: Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

FromThe Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast


PREMIUM-Episode 50: Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”

FromThe Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Feb 3, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Robert M. Pirsig's philosophical, autobiographical novel from 1974. What's the relationship between science and values? Pirsig thinks that modern rationality, by insisting on the fundamental distinction between objects (matter) and subjects (people), labels value judgments as irrational. Society therefore largely ignores aesthetic considerations in the buildings and machines that litter our landscape. With guest David Buchanan. Get the full discussion at partiallyexaminedlife.com.
Released:
Feb 3, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a short text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion. For links to the texts we discuss and other info, check out www.partiallyexaminedlife.com.