A Wealth of Not School Offerings in June
Summer has arrived, and in case you can’t decide whether to take Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason or Franz Kafka’s The Trial to the beach with you, let me help: take them both and be prepared for Not...
View ArticleJune’s Intro to Philosophy Not School Group: Metaphilosophy
We'll be covering "An Introduction to Metaphilosophy" with new group leader Michael Burgess. Join us!
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Not School’s Phil-Fiction on the Novel “Age of Iron”
The Not School Philosophical Fiction group in June took Daniel Cole, Philip Cherny, and myself into a conversation on J.M. Coetzee’s novel, Age of Iron. The story is about Mrs. Curren, who writes...
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Not School Study Groups In July
We’ve got a number of attractive reading groups going this month, a couple of which are entirely new. It looks like almost every group will be starting fresh with a new text, so this should be a good...
View ArticleDiscussion of “Antigone” Now Posted
The Not School Theater group got together via Skype last week to discuss Sophocles’s play “Antigone”, and members can now find our conversation over in the Free Stuff for Citizens section of the site....
View ArticleAugust Not School Study Groups
Sign up to read and talk about justice, economics, computation (Turing), the "language hoax," Umberto Eco, ritual & theater, or Heidegger.
View ArticleNot School Discussion of Being and Time
Everyone (not just Citizens) can watch video of the first discussions of the ongoing Not School Heidegger reading group. Join up!
View ArticleNot School Discussion on Antonin Artaud Posted
Our Philosophy and Theater group's two discussions on Antonin Artaud's "The Theater and Its Double" are now available for listening by PEL Citizens. Sign up to get 'em!
View ArticleNot School Happenings in September
Sign up for Not School this month to join reading groups on the subjects of Greek philosophy, Marxism, ritual, Heidegger, computation, economics, and a novel by Umberto Eco.
View ArticleAquinas, MLK, and the Philosophical Foundations of Equal Protection
Natural law turns out to provide some interesting foundations for our constitutional principle of equal protection of law.
View ArticleB.K.S. Iyengar: A Model for Living Philosophically
Evan Roane, new leader of the Not School Intro Readings group, profiles the recently deceased philosopher who brought together theory and practice.
View ArticleOctober Not School Happenings
October's Not School groups are reading Roberto Bolano, Soren Kierkegaard, Victor Turner and Martin Heidegger, and we have proposals for a few more. Join up and come check them out!
View ArticleThe Theater Group Discusses Victor Turner’s “From Ritual to Theatre”
Listen to the Philosophy and Theater Group's discussion on the work of Victor Turner.
View ArticleNot School In November
November's Not School groups are reading from Heidegger, Oakeshott, Houellebecq and Grotowski. Or propose a new one!
View ArticleConversation on the Novel ‘Distant Star’ by Roberto Bolaño
The latest recording from the Not School Philosophical Fiction Group is up for your enjoyment.
View ArticleNot School Groups In December
December's Not School Groups are reading Houellebecq and Grotowski. Maybe some Rorty, Proudhon, and Heidegger too. Come check them out, or start your own group!
View ArticleNot School in January
January's Not School groups are reading Zizek and Diderot. Come join them, or start your own group.
View ArticleFiction Conversation on ‘The Map and the Territory’
Discussing Michel Houellebecq's novel about being an artist in the modern age, along with thoughts from Zizek and others.
View ArticleNot School Discussion: Finding Philosophy in Grotowski
Listen to the Not School Philosophy and Theater Group's discussion on the work of Jerzy Grotowski.
View ArticleNot School Happenings In February
Our Not School groups are reading Karl Jaspers, Charles Taylor, Paolo Friere, and possibly Woolf or Nabokov. Don't forget the upcoming Aftershow discussion of Whitehead too. Come join up!
View ArticleContinue the Discussion and Have Fun Doing It!
Join Stephen West and Dylan Casey this Sunday at 1pm Eastern time via Google Hangout to discuss the Whitehead episode. You don't have to read any Whitehead! Sign up to participate, or watch the...
View ArticleReading Fiction in February, ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ by Flannery O’Connor
Our Philosophical Fiction story for February is 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor, where a grandmother and her family go on vacation yet encounter an outlaw known as The Misfit.
View ArticleNot School Offerings In March
This month features groups on Zizek, Gadamer, Charles Taylor, Paolo Friere, Virginia Woolf and Philip Auslander. Join up with them or propose your own group.
View ArticleBonus Discussion: Jaspers’s “Truth & Symbol”
A Not School discussion about Karl Jaspers's 1947 work about his existential ideal and how that relates to religion and ontology.
View ArticlePhilosophical Fiction Reading: Woolf’s To The Lighthouse
We are going to read To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf for our conversation this March in Philosophical Fiction. A few regulars and I chose a book from our List of Suggestions to read before our...
View ArticleNot School Report: Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’
The Philosophy and Theatre Group's discussion of Grotowski's Akropolis is now available to PEL Citizens.
View ArticleListen to the Gadamer Aftershow
Citizens can now download what would be the discussion section if our ep. 111 was the lecture, which it was not. Lots of discussion of art!
View ArticleApril’s Not School Groups: Jesus, Murakami, Auslander, Heidegger
April's Not School Groups are talking about the historical Jesus, and reading Murakami, Auslander and Heidegger. Join the flock or propose a new group.
View ArticlePhi-Fi Conversation on Woolf’s Novel “To The Lighthouse”
"In a moment he would ask her, 'Are we going to the Lighthouse?' And she would have to say, 'No: not tomorrow, your father says not.' Happily, Mildred came in to fetch them, and the bustle distracted...
View ArticleTwo Biblical Aftershows Now Available for Inspiration
Enjoyed episodes #112 (Ricoeur) and #113 (Jesus's Parables)? Listen to the Aftershows!
View ArticleNot School In May: Levinas, Zizek, Heidegger, Murakami, Auslander
Tackle a trendy continental figure, read an intriguing novel, or propose something of your own! Isn't it time to stop just listening and get in there and actively read & discuss?
View ArticleListen to the Ep. 114 Aftershow on Schopenhauer with Danny Lobell
Citizens can listen to Seth, Danny, and newcomer Terra Leigh now, and sign up to join us on Sun., 5/17, 3pm Eastern time for the Aftershow for #115. Show up and get a free audiobook!
View ArticleNot School Report: Philip Auslander on Postmodern Theater
Citizens can now listen to the Philosophy and Theater Group's discussion of Philip Auslander's From Acting to Performance.
View ArticleBonus Recording: The Historical Jesus
Mark was joined by several PEL listeners to discuss Thomas Sheehan's 2006 Stanford lectures about historical investigations of the life of Jeshua of Nazareth. Citizens can get the recording from the...
View ArticleListen to the Full-Capacity Ep. 115 Aftershow
Danny Lobell was joined by Mark, Jonathan Segel, and a mass of other fellas to chat about Schopenhauer and music. Join us for the #116 Aftershow on 6/7 (on Freud).
View ArticleCome Join Not School in June
Come start a new discussion group during June, or explore Epicurean philosophy with the Fiction Group.
View ArticleBonus Discussion: Franz Kafka’s “In the Penal Colony”
The Philosophical Fiction Not School Group read the short story by Franz Kafka "In The Penal Colony" for our conversation in May. It's about a traveler visiting a penal colony who meets the officer in...
View ArticleListen or Watch: Episode 116 Aftershow on Freud and Dreams
Listen to the Aftershow for Episode 116 on Freud and dreams, with Danny Lobell and Wes Alwan.
View ArticleJuly’s Not School Groups
This July, our Not School groups are reading Walker Percy, Slavoj Zizek, Aeschylus and Charles S. Peirce. Come join us, and don't forget the ep. 118 Aftershow coming up on 7/12!
View ArticleListen to Phi-Fi Discuss ‘The Lottery’ Sunday, July 19th
The Philosophical Fiction group in PEL's Not School will be discussing Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" on Sunday, July 19th at 12pm(cst), via Google Hangouts
View ArticleOur New Citizen Feed, August Not School Doings, and a New Mayor of Not School
Have you hooked up with the PEL Citizens' feed yet? Listened to the new recordings on C.S. Peirce, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," and Percy Walker's The Moviegoer? Get in on Not School groups...
View ArticleNot School: Thomas Sheehan’s Historical Jesus Stanford Lectures
Featuring Mark Linsenmayer, Michael Burgess, Tara Leigh Bell, John Ludders, Chris Eyre, Benjamin Feddersen. Recorded April 26, 2015, 1 hr., 50 min. Does Sheehan represent a legitimate academic...
View ArticleNew from Not School this September
It's September, time to get back to Not School! Check out the great proposals offered up by your fellow Citizens, or make a proposal of your own. Not a PEL Citizen yet? Find out how you can sign up and...
View ArticleListen to Philosophical Fiction #16, “The Fall” by Albert Camus
PEL's Not School Philosophical Fiction group talked about The Fall by Albert Camus. All are welcome to listen to the highlight, and Citizens can get the full conversation with all the bonus discussions...
View ArticleNew in Not School: Niebuhr, Kant, Zizek, Lovecraft
We have group proposals for October on the table, including Zizek's Contingency, Hegemony and Universality, Reinhold Niebuhr's The Irony of American History, and Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The...
View ArticleIntro Readings in Philosophy Series Starting Now(ish)!!!!
Seminars are now scheduled for Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Montaigne, free with your PEL Citizenship You can sign up for all four, and help us develop an Intro readings drinking game.
View ArticleNot School This March: Hobbes, Nietzsche, Dennett, Plato, Hegel
Something for the Ubermensch in all of us: Hobbes, Nietszche, Dennett, some Intro to Philosophy readings starting with Plato, and don't forget the Aftershow on Hegel! Get in on Not School's offerings...
View ArticleNot School April: Dennett and Germans and Aristotle
Come get involved in the coming month with a Not School group, or propose your own! Is "Hungernachdeutschphilosophie" a made up word? Maybe, but it works.
View ArticleJune Not School Update: Montaigne, De Beauvoir Aftershow, Film, D&D and the...
Come to the Intro Readings in Philosophy Seminar on Montaigne on Sun. June 5, 5pm Eastern. Or check out the Citizens' Forum for proposals on Film as Art and D&D, or join the in-progress group...
View ArticleNot School Update Going into July
Hey all, we're back again to tempt you into digging deeper into upcoming live online seminar proposals in our Not School and Citizen Forum. We have, as El Guapo would say, a plethora of options for you.
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