web02.fireside.fm Wed, 06 May 2026 23:20:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Better” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/better Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:45:00 -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. 51 - Manuel Vargas: Free Will Revisionism https://platoscave.fireside.fm/51 656df033-e2c0-4b3f-a421-bf25c61116a3 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 07:45:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate. 8:16 yes <p>In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate.</p> <p>Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:<br> <a href="http://vargasphilosophy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://vargasphilosophy.com/</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Four-Views-Free-Martin-Fischer/dp/1405134860#:%7E:text=free%20will%20debate.-,The%20book%20takes%20up%20the%20opposing%20viewpoints%20of%20libertarianism%2C%20defended,revisionism%2C%20defended%20by%20Manuel%20Vargas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Four-Views-Free-Martin-Fischer/dp/1405134860#:~:text=free%20will%20debate.-,The%20book%20takes%20up%20the%20opposing%20viewpoints%20of%20libertarianism%2C%20defended,revisionism%2C%20defended%20by%20Manuel%20Vargas</a>.<br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Building-Better-Beings-Theory-Responsibility/dp/019969754X" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Building-Better-Beings-Theory-Responsibility/dp/019969754X</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @Jordan_C_Myers<br> Personal Website: <a href="https://jordanmyers.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jordanmyers.org/</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a><br> <strong>Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true</a></strong><br> Plato's Cave Website: <a href="https://platoscave.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://platoscave.fireside.fm/</a> Special Guest: Manuel Vargas.</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, interview, manuel, vargas, revisionism, revise, free, will, moral, responsibility, agency, blame, praise, desert, freedom, four, views, building, better, beings, uc, san diego, compatibilism, reasons, moral, responsiveness, libertarisniam, hard, determinism In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
http://vargasphilosophy.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Four-Views-Free-Martin-Fischer/dp/1405134860#:~:text=free%20will%20debate.-,The%20book%20takes%20up%20the%20opposing%20viewpoints%20of%20libertarianism%2C%20defended,revisionism%2C%20defended%20by%20Manuel%20Vargas.
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Better-Beings-Theory-Responsibility/dp/019969754X

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Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/
Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Special Guest: Manuel Vargas.

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]]> In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
http://vargasphilosophy.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Four-Views-Free-Martin-Fischer/dp/1405134860#:~:text=free%20will%20debate.-,The%20book%20takes%20up%20the%20opposing%20viewpoints%20of%20libertarianism%2C%20defended,revisionism%2C%20defended%20by%20Manuel%20Vargas.
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Better-Beings-Theory-Responsibility/dp/019969754X

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 Guest: Manuel Vargas.

Support Plato's Cave

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