Closereads: Philosophy with Mark and Wes
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Mark and Wes dissect dense philosophy texts line-by-line.
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Reading through difficult philosophy texts line-by-line to try to figure out what’s really being said.
Reading through difficult philosophy texts line-by-line to try to figure out what’s really being said.
Recent episodes
Closereads: Donald Davidson on Self-Knowledge (Part One)
Sep 2, 202654 min
Peirce's New Categories (Part One)
Aug 19, 20261h 2m
Closereads: Peirce’s New Categories (Part One)
Aug 19, 20261h 1m
Closereads: Galen Strawson on Panpsychism (Part One)
Jul 27, 202657 min
Galen Strawson on Panpsychism (Part One)
Jul 21, 202658 min
Closereads: Hegel on Faith vs. The Enlightenment, aka PEL ep. 394 (Part Three)
Jul 13, 202657 min
Hegel on Faith vs. The Enlightenment
Jul 9, 202658 min
Closereads: Horkheimer & Adorno on The Odyssey (Part One)
May 20, 202659 min
Horkheimer & Adorno on The Odyssey (Part One)
May 20, 20261h
Lionel Trilling on Sincerity (Part One)
May 1, 202659 min
Galen Strawson Against Narrativity (Part One)
Apr 9, 20261h
Kierkegaard on Knowledge (Part Two)
Mar 12, 202655 min
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