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Plato's Cave
Hosted by Jordan Myers · EN
I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show!
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Ep. 78 - Identity Arguments for Materialism: David Papineau (Consciousness pt. 5)
Aug 3101:33:16Tap to summarizeIn a much more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.) Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/uploads/1/8/5/5/18551740/mind_the_gap.pdf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Support Plato's Cave
Transcribe →Ep. 77 - Epiphenomenalism, Naturally (Consciousness pt. 4)
Aug 2401:32:20Tap to summarizeThis was a weird episode in the sense that over half of the discussion never saw the light of day (or at least never saw your inner ear). We were quite frustrated with parsing this paper, and you can start to hear that in the final third. It's a paper called "Epiphenomenalism, Naturally," which I think is better read than discussed. But, either way, here's our discussion. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Support Plato's Cave
Transcribe →Ep. 76 - The Hard Problem of Consciousness (pt. 3)
Jul 1601:23:27Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Adam and I discuss David Chalmer's formulation of the hard problem of consciousness. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guest: Adam (Reading Group Discussions).Support Plato's Cave
Transcribe →Ep. 75 - Chalmers' Nonreductive Theory of Consciousness (Consciousness pt. 2)
Jun 1201:54:20Tap to summarizeIn the second part of our series on the philosophy of mind, we discuss the second part of David Chalmer's seminal paper: Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness. We discuss the basics (and yes, it took 2 hours for the basics) of his nonreductive theory of consciousness. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Support Plato's Cave
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Ep. 74 - Mary the Color Scientist (Consciousness pt. 1)
Apr 29, 202501:31:15Tap to summarizeIn the first episode of this new series on the philosophy of mind, we dive into Frank Jackson's famous paper, "What Mary Didn't Know." The paper and conversation raises questions about whether the mind is merely physical and how intuitions play a role in this philosophical debate. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Support Plato's Cave
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Plato's Cave: The Return
Apr 24, 202500:10:42Tap to summarizeHere's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Support Plato's Cave
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Ep. 73 - Chris Franklin: Valuing (Angry) Blame
Jun 14, 202401:47:44Tap to summarizeIn the final discussion of the series, we dive into Franklin's work on the value of angry blame: can anger best--really, only--express certain features of am adequate response to wrongdoing? For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Sponsored By:Newlane University: Please support the show by researching Newlane University. You can find out more at newlane.edu. Thank you to Newlane University for supporting this episode of Plato’s Cave. Support Plato's Cave
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Ep. 72 - Amia Srinivasan: The Aptness of Anger
Jun 7, 202401:29:55Tap to summarizeWe dive into Srinivasan's amazing (but at the end of the day, I think not fully right) paper, "The Aptness of Anger." For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Sponsored By:Newlane University: Please support the show by researching Newlane University. You can find out more at newlane.edu. Thank you to Newlane University for supporting this episode of Plato’s Cave. Support Plato's Cave
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Ep. 71 - Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Forgiveness (Part 2)
Mar 14, 202401:27:06Tap to summarizePart two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness. For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Sponsored By:Newlane University: Please support the show by researching Newlane University. You can find out more at newlane.edu. Thank you to Newlane University for supporting this episode of Plato’s Cave. Support Plato's Cave
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Ep. 70 - Martha Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness (Part 1)
Mar 7, 202401:48:43Tap to summarizeIn the second episode of our series on anger, we dive into the first chapters of Martha Nussbaum's recent book, Anger and Forgiveness. The first two chapters focus on the myth of payback's value. For more on our sponsor, please visit http://www.newlane.edu/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).Sponsored By:Newlane University: Please support the show by researching Newlane University. You can find out more at newlane.edu. Thank you to Newlane University for supporting this episode of Plato’s Cave. Support Plato's Cave
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