web02.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:05:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Belief” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/belief Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -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. 77 - Epiphenomenalism, Naturally (Consciousness pt. 4) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/77 4b2c4c6d-87ab-45a9-8ba9-661f68e64ee5 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:32:20 yes 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers 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). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, USC, university of southern california, reading, group, mind, consciousness, chalmers, train, analogy, epi, epiphenomenal, epiphenomenalism, belief, theory, causation, physicalism, dualism 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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]]> 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 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.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1693457/

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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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