Jordan Myers
Host of Plato's Cave
Hello, my name is Jordan and I'm the host of this show. I graduated the University of Pittsburgh in 2019 with a degree in engineering and a minor in philosophy and now I'm preparing to hopefully return to academia as a PhD student. This podcast is one way in which I'll keep my philosophical skills sharp and try to soak up all the wisdom I can from the best people in the field.
Jordan Myers has hosted 74 Episodes.
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Ep. 2.11 - (ft.) Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen: Do We Have Free Will?
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 36 mins
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In this episode, Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen join me for a discussion on whether we have free will, or not, and if we do have it, is it the important type of freedom? I very much enjoyed hearing the two of them spar and I hope you find it valuable as well.
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Ep. 2.10 - Moral Responsibility: Freedom and Resentment by P.F. Strawson
March 16th, 2020 | 24 mins 40 secs
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In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.
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Ep. 2.9 - Moral Hypocrisy
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
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In this episode, Giffin, Jordan, Brian, and Adam talk about what moral hypocrisy is and what it is not. Plus, how bad is being a moral hypocrite really? Is is actually worse to be a hypocrite than just lie? Find out in this episode.
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Ep. 2.7 - (ft.) Clyde Rathbone
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
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In this episode, I speak with Clyde Rathbone who is a co-founder of Letter, a new and very engaging online marketplace of conversations. We discuss why the platform is very unique and inspiring, and about the health of out conversations, doing things that mater, and finding meaning in life. It was a all-around great talk, and I hope you think so too!
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Ep. 2.5 - Aristotelian Virtue Ethics vs Consequentialism
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
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In this episode, In this episode, Jordan, Brian, and Adam discuss the possible shortcomings of Aristotelian ethics as opposed to consequentialism or deontology. Plus, a quibble on moral relativism.
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Ep 2.3 - (ft.) Helen Pluckrose
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
cave, epistemology, grad school, graduate, grievance studies, helen, hoax, identity politics, itunes:37, itunes:helen pluckrose, phd, philosophy, plato, plato's cave, pluckrose, postmodernism, regressive left, that's bs, thats bs
In this episode, I sit down with Helen Pluckrose to discuss the grievance studies papers she co-authored. We also discuss epistemology on the left and her upcoming book and how to combat regressive leftism.
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Ep. 2.4 - Aristotle's Virtue Ethics
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
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Part 1 of a 2 part series on Aristotelian virtue ethics.
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Ep. 2.2 - (ft.) Pastor Paul Vanderklay
March 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 23 mins
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In this episode, I spoke with Paul about many interesting topics: God, my religious experiences, his pastoral work, Jordan Peterson's religiosity, interpreting scripture, and more. This was a really interesting and fun episode, and I hope you think so too!
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Ep. 2.1 - (ft.) The Dirty History Podcast
March 14th, 2020 | 2 hrs 8 mins
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In this episode of Plato's Cave, I invite on Adam from That's BS and two guests from the Dirty History Podcast, Thomas and Woodrow. We talked about WWI and WWII, Imperialism, Rhetoric in history, Random history topics, Moral relativism, and Ethics in history. This was an amazing podcast to record and I hope you like it as well.
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Ep. 1 - The Allegory of the Cave
March 2nd, 2020 | 38 mins 29 secs
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In this episode of Plato's Cave, I unpack The Allegory of the Cave from Plato's Republic and Thus Spoke Zarathustra from Friedrich Nietzsche and use both works to explain what I'm hoping to accomplish with this podcast.