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Mark Linsenmayer

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Podcaster, Writer, Philosopher, Musician. Host of Partially Examined Life, Nakedly Examined Music, Pretty Much Pop, Philosophy vs. Improv, and Closereads.

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  • 4 days ago | partiallyexaminedlife.com | Mark Linsenmayer

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:41 — 65.6MB) to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On The Nature of Sympathy (1922), Part II: “Love and Hatred.” The end of part I on fellow-feeling clarifies that we can only sympathize at the deepest level with someone if we love them, so what is love exactly, and how does it relate to ethics? Sponsor: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel.

  • 1 week ago | marklinsenmayer.substack.com | Mark Linsenmayer

    Hi, all,I see I have three draft posts since I last put something up here, but for some reason have been getting some new folks signing up to this substack, so I thought it was high time I’d checked in. The last time I attempted to blog here, I was just getting ready for the first Philosophy vs. Improv live show last August. You can watch it here.

  • 1 week ago | partiallyexaminedlife.com | Mark Linsenmayer

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:23 — 69.3MB) to get all parts of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. Mark, Wes, and Dylan reconvened for one more hour on Part I, “Fellow Feeling” (ch. 3-4) in The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922). Start with part one of the discussion. We continue to try to figure out the razor’s edge of “fellow feeling proper” that does not rely on the sympathizer identifying in any way (including comparing himself to) to object of sympathy.

  • 2 weeks ago | partiallyexaminedlife.com | Mark Linsenmayer

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:10 — 71.7MB) to get parts 1, 2, and 3 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. Continuing from part one on The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922), Part I: “Fellow Feeling,” Ch. 1-4. We look more closely at the text, getting further into how fellow feeling relates to ethics, and why the moral sentimentalists (like Hume) were wrong about this.

  • 3 weeks ago | partiallyexaminedlife.com | Mark Linsenmayer

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:56 — 64.5MB) to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On The Nature of Sympathy (1913, expanded 1922), Part I: “Fellow Feeling,” Ch. 1-4, featuring Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan. What is it to feel sympathy (or as Scheler repeatedly calls it “fellow feeling”) for another person?

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Mark Lint @MarkLinsenmayer
16 Apr 25

Thanks to improviser Nick Armstrong for joining Mark and Bill to talk about the idea of "community" and act out some scenes about an extreme neighborhood watch and buying liquor underage on Empty Street: https://t.co/7L7Hvle3pP https://t.co/FTFCHmeoHC

Mark Lint
Mark Lint @MarkLinsenmayer
14 Apr 25

New activity update: https://t.co/AHLVcP4kCj

Mark Lint
Mark Lint @MarkLinsenmayer
14 Apr 25

On #PhilosophyVsImprov, we created a new campaign setting called "Empty Street" and talked about what makes for a good recurring setting: https://t.co/RTZ9MnzqKL https://t.co/QsfEbo6Wj9