Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part Two)
Mark, Seth, and Dylan now turn to ch. 4 of Dasti/Phillips' Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries about the self. Buddhism famously claims that there is no self, and the Nyaya philosophers re...
12 Aug 202437min
Ep. 347: Nyaya Sutra Against Buddhist Skeptics (Part One)
We're continuing to explore Nyaya epistemology, in this part focusing on ch. 3, "In Defense of the Real," in Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries (2017). Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.c...
5 Aug 202452min
Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part Two)
Continuing on ch. 1, "Knowledge Sources," of the Matthew Dasti/Stephen Phillips presentation of the Nyaya-Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries. We finish up perception and then talk about inferen...
29 Juli 202453min
Ep. 346: Nyaya Sutra on Knowledge (Part One)
On The Nyaya Sutra: Selections with Early Commentaries, originally by Gautama (ca. 150 CE), plus explanations by Vatsyayana (450 CE), Uddyotakara (550), and Vācaspatimiśra (900), and the editors Matth...
22 Juli 202445min
Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part Two)
Continuing on The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). Does James' claim that science and culture shouldn't ignore the subjective point of view really mean that the religious objects that motivat...
15 Juli 202451min
Ep. 345: William James on Religious Experience (Part One)
On The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), focusing on lectures 1-3 and 20. What is religion and how should philosophers study it? James describes it as a sincere, full-life reaction to the worl...
8 Juli 202446min
PREMIUM-PEL Mid-Summer Nightcap 2024
Mark, Wes, and Seth talk about worries about the utility of various subgenres or explanation types in philosophy, Dr. Drew's recent interview with Seth and Seth's writing project about non-linguistic ...
5 Juli 202412min
Ep. 344: Gettier and Goldman on Justified True Belief (Part Two)
On "What Is Justified Belief?" (1979) by Alvin Goldman, where he tries to come up with a "function" for justification: If a belief has such-and-such non-epistemic properties, then it counts as justifi...
1 Juli 202451min
