Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying all 2 Episode of Plato's Cave with the tag “belief”.
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Ep. 77 - Epiphenomenalism, Naturally (Consciousness pt. 4)
August 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
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This 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.
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Ep. 42 - FW/MR: "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything" by Greene & Cohen
June 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 23 mins
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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.