Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and Wes

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  • Reading through difficult philosophy texts line-by-line to try to figure out what’s really being said.
    Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan 2024
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Philosophy Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Sartre on Nothingness (Part Two)

    Sartre on Nothingness (Part Two)
    Nov 14 2024
    We continue reading Part One of Being and Nothingness, with ch. 2, "Negations." We get some context and then jump into the classic question of whether existence in itself is just pure being, such that nothingness is just a result of human judgments on it, or whether nothingness is something objective that we grasp. We end by introducing the famous "absent Pierre in the café" example. Read along with us, starting on p. 36, i.e. PDF p. 87. To get future parts, subscribe at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Sartre on Nothingness (Part One)

    Sartre on Nothingness (Part One)
    Nov 5 2024
    We skip the introduction of Being and Nothingness (1943) and start with Part One, "The Problem of Nothingness," Ch. 1, "The Origin of Negation." Read along with us, starting on p. 33, i.e. PDF p. 84. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • F.H. Bradley's "Appearance and Reality" (Part Two)

    F.H. Bradley's "Appearance and Reality" (Part Two)
    Oct 18 2024
    We begin Bradley's argument for idealism: The world as we perceive it is appearance, not reality. In ch. 1, "Primary and Secondary Qualities," we see him give Locke's arguments for the distinction and Berkeley's response that both alike are in the mind, not the world. We try to make sense of this given our recent reading for The Partially Examined Life of Thomas Reid, who argued for realism against Berkeley and others. Read along with us, starting on p. 17. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 8 mins

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