Episode 109: Jaspers’s Existentialism with Guest Paul Provenza
Summary: On Karl Jaspers's "On My Philosophy" (1941), featuring comedian/<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0699037/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">actor</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Aristocrats_%28film%29" target="_blank">director</a>/<a href="http://www.satiristas.com/" target="_blank">author</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Provenza" target="_blank">Paul Provenza</a>. <br> What's the relationship between science and philosophy? What about religion? Jaspers thinks that science gives you facts, but for an overarching world-view, you need philosophy. Living such a world-view requires Existenz, or a leap towards transcendence, which is of course religion's stock and trade, though Jaspers is not a fan of dogmatism (or of giving definitions for his basic terms).<br> Seth got to go hang at the Provenza mansion and hooked up with Mark, Wes, and Dylan for an especially lively session covering the different flavors of existentialism, freedom, Jaspers vs. Heidegger, philosophical comedy, how existentialism just ripped off Buddhism, and Seth's visit to not-a-strip-club.<br> Be sure to <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/01/05/precognition-of-ep-109-karl-jaspers/" target="_blank">listen to Mark's introduction</a>, then <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/01/05/topic109-karl-jaspers-existentialism/" target="_blank">read more about the topic and get the text</a>. When you're done, <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2015/02/01/preview-pel-ep-109-aftershow-with-stephen-west-karl-jaspers/" target="_blank">listen to the Aftershow</a> for more discussion hosted by <a href="http://www.philosophizethis.org/" target="_blank">Stephen West</a>.<br> End song: "Another Way to Fall," <a href="http://newpeopleband.com" target="_blank">New People</a>, from The Easy Thing (2009), written by Matt Ackerman.<br> Please support the podcast by <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/membership-options/" target="_blank">becoming a PEL Citizen</a> or <a href="http://partiallyexaminedlife.com/shopdonate/" target="_blank">making a donation</a>.<br> Also visit our our sponsor at <a href="http://www.squarespace.com/" target="_blank">squarespace.com</a> and to checkout the new Squarespace 7 and enter checkout code "PEL" to get 10% off.<br> The Jaspers picture is by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/sterlingbartlett" target="_blank">Sterling Bartlett</a>.<br>
