web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:03:17 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “And” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/and Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:00:00 -0700 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! en-us episodic A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers Jordan Myers 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! yes jordan, myers, philosophy, graduate, grad, school, PhD, USC, university, southern, california, interviews, ethics, philosopher, moral responsibility, philosophy of action, agency, reading group, discussion, university of houston, university of pittsburgh, existentialism, morality, political, mind, free will Jordan Myers platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Ep. 42 - FW/MR: "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything" by Greene & Cohen https://platoscave.fireside.fm/42 0a03db18-13b2-4e95-8ab8-025d9af56de7 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 02:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group episode, we wrap up the free will and moral responsibility series with a discussion of Greene and Cohen's "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything." We talk about the legal and cultural implications of the series through the lens of Green ad Cohen's work. 1:23:52 yes In this reading group episode, we wrap up the free will and moral responsibility series with a discussion of Green and Cohen's "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything." We talk about the legal and cultural implications of the series through the lens of Green ad Cohen's work. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693457/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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), Brian (Reading Group Discussions), and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, greene, cohen, For, the, Law, Neuroscience, Changes, Nothing, and, Everything, psychology, study, studies, legal, culture, Free, will, moral responsibility, objective, reactive, attitude, blame, praise, punishment, belief, objects, retribution, retributivism In this reading group episode, we wrap up the free will and moral responsibility series with a discussion of Green and Cohen's "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything." We talk about the legal and cultural implications of the series through the lens of Green ad Cohen's work.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693457/

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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions), Brian (Reading Group Discussions), and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> In this reading group episode, we wrap up the free will and moral responsibility series with a discussion of Green and Cohen's "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything." We talk about the legal and cultural implications of the series through the lens of Green ad Cohen's work.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693457/

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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), Brian (Reading Group Discussions), and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson https://platoscave.fireside.fm/34 3b298df2-47ab-4d32-b287-df49b7088d68 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 02:15:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme. 2:32:48 yes In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group,free, will, determinism, libertarian, causes, causal, fatalism, fate, destiny, thought, experiment, choice, action, freedom, book, review, compatiblist, determinist, incompatiblist, compatiblism, incompatiblism, brain, fmri, libet, dennett, moral, responsibility, strawson, series, galen, pf, strawson, peter, impossibility, moral, responsibility, korsgaard, burgis, derk, pereboom, four, case, argument, ethics, morality, basic, argument, summary, analysis, reactive, objective, attitudes, freedom, and, resentment, optimist, pessimist, skeptic, blame, praise, gary, watson, limits, of, evil, robert, harris, killer, intelligible, demand, communication, address In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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).

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]]> Ep. 33 - FW/MR: "Freedom and Resentment" by P.F. Strawson https://platoscave.fireside.fm/33 4adf48a3-55cc-4b9d-87cd-a7b8f731cb0e Tue, 07 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment." 1:57:01 yes In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment." Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/FreedomandResentment.pdf Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, free, will, determinism, libertarian, causes, causal, fatalism, fate, destiny, thought, experiment, choice, action, freedom, book, review, compatiblist, determinist, incompatiblist, compatiblism, incompatiblism, brain, fmri, libet, dennett, moral, responsibility, strawson, series, galen, pf, strawson, peter, impossibility, moral, responsibility, korsgaard, burgis, derk, pereboom, four, case, argument, ethics, morality, basic, argument, summary, analysis, reactive, objective, attitudes, freedom, and, resentment, optimist, pessimist, skeptic, blame, praise In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment."
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment."
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at 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).

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]]> Ep. 9 - Matthew McManus: Myth and Mayhem https://platoscave.fireside.fm/9 7fa88bf7-7214-484c-81a5-a95f980c72cf Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I sit down with Matthew McManus to discuss the new book he co-authored: Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson. 1:00:06 no In this episode, I sit down with Matthew McManus to discuss the new book he co-authored: Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://twitter.com/MattPolProf https://left2right.webflow.io/ https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Mayhem-Leftist-Critique-Peterson-ebook/dp/B085WB8FXF/ If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org Special Guest: Matthew McManus. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, matt, matthew, mcmanus, jordan, peterson, b., myth, and, mayhem, a left, leftist, critique, zero books, morality, politics, individual, freedom, liberty, Marxism, Marxist, communism, right, conservative, religion, rhetoric In this episode, I sit down with Matthew McManus to discuss the new book he co-authored: Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/MattPolProf
https://left2right.webflow.io/
https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Mayhem-Leftist-Critique-Peterson-ebook/dp/B085WB8FXF/

If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers
Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/

You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org

Special Guest: Matthew McManus.

Support Plato's Cave

]]> In this episode, I sit down with Matthew McManus to discuss the new book he co-authored: Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/MattPolProf
https://left2right.webflow.io/
https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Mayhem-Leftist-Critique-Peterson-ebook/dp/B085WB8FXF/

If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers
Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/

You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Plato's Cave is produced by a non-profit organization centered around public education on high-minded topics, Muckraker Media, which I co-founded. You can find out more by visiting muckrakermedia.org

Special Guest: Matthew McManus.

Support Plato's Cave

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