PEL Presents PvI#40: Rules and Voices with Stephen West (Philosophize This!)

PvI#40: Rules and Voices with Stephen West (Philosophize This!): Stephen West from the juggernaut Philosophize This! podcast joins Mark and Bill to learn to say no and talk about reason vs. emotion in grounding ethics. What do the voices in your head (or at your lunch table) say to you? by Philosophy vs. Improv

51 min listen

PvI#12: Stand by Me II: Bill gets really real, with his unlogical emotions. When we feel things, do we know why? Is there a why? Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. Hear more PvI. by Philosophy vs. Improv

34 min listen

PvI#54: Do You Want to Be Here? w/ Brain in a Vat: Mark Oppenheimer and Jason Werbeloff of the Brain in a Vat podcast join Bill and Mark L. (aka Alf) to talk about rationality, broadly construed, while not moving a couch and not giving each other Christmas presents. by Philosophy vs. Improv

56 min listen

PvI#4: Death at Not a Doctor’s Office: Is death something to be feared? What's next? What are the DETAILS? Do not adjust your listening device; that sound you hear is improvisation. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

48 min listen

PvI#19: Broken Atomic Dogs: Let's all lose our jobs and talk instead about fundamental ontology and social dynamics. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. Hear more Philosophy vs. Improv. by Philosophy vs. Improv

42 min listen

PvI#11: The Trolley Opportunity: Bill gets to have the power of live and death, with a bit of moral luck. Is he enthused? Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. Hear more PvI. by Philosophy vs. Improv

36 min listen

PvI#20: The “Other” Story w/ Jenny Hansen: What is "othering"? Why did Bill get such a bad grade? Is it because of his feather quill pen? Our first real philosophy professor guest joins us for some office hours and anti-vaxxer drama. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

50 min listen

PvI#37: Season One Final Round: It's all down to this. Which discipline, which host will prevail? All stakes are on the table, and if this thinking isn't critical enough, if these scenes aren't congruent enough, if we fail the big scan-tron test that is life, by Philosophy vs. Improv

56 min listen

PvI#31: Signs, Signs, Ubiquitous Signs w/ Brooke Breit: Contemplate the difference between signs, symbols, and symptoms. Did our improv scene get Zoom-bombed, or is that just real life intruding? THINK OF THE CHILDREN (eating Doritos)! What flavor of chip is Bill trying to teach today? Why is Brooke sad? by Philosophy vs. Improv

47 min listen

PvI#24: Game Time w/ C. Thi Nguyen: The philosopher of games joins us for a frustration game. What is a game, anyway? We ask dumb questions on a museum tour. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Bill improvises (and teaches) at chicagoimprovstudio.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

72 min listen

PvI#27: Normaliticitizationism w/ Andrew Lavin: We are joined by the young purveyor of the Reductio podcast, who wrote his dissertation on normality, which was such a normie thing to do. Can "abnormality" be morally neutral, or is that term cursed? You down with OTPs? How many towels do you need? by Philosophy vs. Improv

47 min listen

PvI#61: TEAM PLAY CIRCUS with Adal Rifai and Jenny Hansen: It's St. Lawrence University philosophy prof Jenny in the ring with iO Theater instructor/Podcaster with Hey Riddle Riddle and Hello From the Magic Tavern Adal, along with Mark and Bill, of course. And the Bullshot is flying! Who will be hit? by Philosophy vs. Improv

70 min listen

PvI#48: Debates in the Orthaganon: Mark and Bill act out a couple of scenes of a person trying to convince a stubborn person of something. But there's a twist in the characterization! Also, before you were born, the world did not exist. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

50 min listen

PvI#23: Things Mean Things w/ Tommy Maranges (aka Philosophy Bro): Can we have an entertaining discussion inspired by Aristotle's most boring book? Bill leads Mark and our guest Tommy through some let's-describe-what's-in-an-imaginary-room exercises. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

47 min listen

PvI#30: In Historica Res: ...which, as I was saying, is right in the middle of a sentence or scene! How should our personal and family histories shape our behavior, both in real life and in improv scenes? Do these histories, these stories we tell ourselves, by Philosophy vs. Improv

45 min listen

PvI#55: Oversouled Behavior w/ Genevieve Joy: Genevieve is a comedian, podcaster, and she was a philosophy major who's studying for her doctorate in Divinity. We talk about the idea that "we are all one" (and thus we are all God, if you want to call the sum of all things by that name) that's in va... by Philosophy vs. Improv

55 min listen

Positivity Bias Lesson #3: Does Positive Thinking Really Help? by Daily Jewish Thought

47 min listen

PvI#39: Cutting Edge Post-Patternation: Mark and Bill break former patterns by each bringing in not a lesson but a question, which we knew about beforehand, and those questions are about pattern-breaking and about what current philosophers worry about. by Philosophy vs. Improv

50 min listen

PvI#53: XTREME BEEF Quicheticles w/ Zach Thompson: Zach is an improvisor who's written for MST3K, been a commentator for Resistance Pro Wrestling, and has been a recurring guest on Hello From the Magic Tavern. He joins Mark and Bill to discuss competitiveness in all its forms. by Philosophy vs. Improv

52 min listen

Pat Flynn on Lockdown Shenanigans, Cultivating Virtue, and the Nature of Evil by Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

111 min listen

PvI#49: Ferrets in Uniform with Cole Nasrallah: We talk transcendental idealism and Schopenhauer with Cole, who teaches philosophy at the College of Southern Nevada. Also, the least effective confidential informant! Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

48 min listen

PvI#25: Questionable Causal Practices: Guest free, we discuss topics from hairballs to boogers to color vision among inanimate objects and rules for unicorn play. When the bad-ass, smelly, screaming white ball hits the 5 ball, how does the causality work? by Philosophy vs. Improv

38 min listen

PvI#60: Elu-Sedations w/ Matt Teichman: Philosopher Matt, host of the Elucidations podcast and frequent PEL guest, finally gets in on Philosophy vs. Improv in this, our Season Two Finale. And many is he a de dicto. Or is he a de re? Slowly learn the difference as we make things personal thro... by Philosophy vs. Improv

55 min listen

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 to apply to all cultures, the Museum of Soup, pushing back tactfully in a scene, and more. by Philosophy vs. Improv

67 min listen

PvI#73: Family Whêtspät w/ Colleen Doyle: The co-host of the Those Who Aunt podcast joins Mark and Bill to joke about the family as the fundamental political unit and its special place in ethics. On the flip side, what questions should you ask yourself about your character at the start of a sc... by Philosophy vs. Improv

57 min listen

Philosophy is more Certain than Science: How can philosophy be more certain than science? How can morality be more certain than science? That goes against the common wisdom. Join Frank as he uses COVID 19, as an illustration, to show we know philosophy and morality at least as well if not ... by I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

50 min listen

PvI#71: The Cranio-Fascism Exchange: If people would be uniquely healed by your blood, how much would you charge for it? Would it make a difference if they were wealthy vampires? Bill entices Mark to join a cult. Mark philosophizes at partiallyexaminedlife.com. by Philosophy vs. Improv

52 min listen

Special Lecture: Beginners Kabbalah Lesson 2 - Kabbalah of Wealth by Daily Jewish Thought

90 min listen

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PEL Presents PvI#40: Rules and Voices with Stephen West (Philosophize This!)

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