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No. 93 · Philosophy

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Rank
93
Score
9.5
People
8
Months
11
Years
2015–2023

Why people recommend it

I can heartily recommend <i>The Partially Examined Life</i>[1], which has been by far the best philosophy podcast I've ever heard (especially their earlier episodes..

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More from the comments

I encourage you to get thee quickly to this Partially Examined Life podcast episode[1] with Nick Bostrom

There's a nice philosophy podcast with a big back catalog called Partially Examined Life. This is the episode on Simone Weil

Partially Examined Life is still great, but I was totally describing Philosophize This!

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