Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying all 5 Episode of Plato's Cave with the tag “black”.
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Ep. 40 - FW/MR: "Reply: The Free Will Revolution" by John Martin Fischer
June 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 46 mins
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In this reading group episode, Adam, Giffin, Brian, and I follow up on JMF's reasons-responsive view of responsibility by looking to an earlier paper of his: "Reply: The Free Will Revolution."
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Ep. 39 - FW/MR: "Semicompatibilism and its Rivals" by John Martin Fischer
June 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 54 mins
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In this reading group episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss reasons-responsive compatibilism by looking into J.M.F.'s work, excellently laid out in this article. We also discuss JMF's critique of Frankfurt's second order desire account.
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Ep. 36 - FW/MR: "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Harry Frankfurt
June 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 53 mins
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In this reading group episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility"
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Ep. 22 - John Martin Fischer: Moral Responsibility Semicompatibilism
September 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
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In this episode, I speak with John Martin Fischer about his semicompatibilism about moral responsibility. We use his 2012 paper, "Semicompatibilism and its Rivals" as a framework for the discussion.
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Ep. 16 - Patrick Lee Miller: Be Right Back and The Entire History of You
October 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 46 mins
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Patrick Lee Miller about two episodes of the phenomenal Netflix series, Black Mirror: BE Right Back and The Entire History of You. We discuss the episode's themes of grief, loss of self to technology, memory, loved ones, relationships, jealousy, and more. This was a ton of fun and I hope you enjoy it as well!