web01.fireside.fm Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:38:11 -0600 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Brain” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/brain Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -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. 78 - Identity Arguments for Materialism: David Papineau (Consciousness pt. 5) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/78 59ebe9a1-c565-4569-ba5a-b7bd3b84cc3a Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In a *much* more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.) 1:33:16 yes In a much more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.) Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/uploads/1/8/5/5/18551740/mindthegap.pdf 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). cave, color, consciousness, dualism, epiphenomenalism, experience, frank, grad school, graduate, group, jackson, jordan, mary, mind, myers, phd, philosophy, physicalism, plato, plato's cave, reading, scientist, university of houston, university of southern california, usc, papineau, materialism, identity, pain, brain, state, mind, the gap In a much more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.)

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https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/uploads/1/8/5/5/18551740/mind_the_gap.pdf

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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.

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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

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

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]]> Ep. 32 - FW/MR: The Four Case Argument and Basic Argument by Galen Strawson and Derk Pereboom https://platoscave.fireside.fm/32 d79790e2-eac5-4aa5-a4ec-761b3674b446 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism. 1:18:23 yes In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/551587e0e4b0ce927f09707f/t/57b5d14de58c624a6d3a5e99/1471533403405/Strawson%2C+The+Impossibility+of+Moral+Responsibility.pdf https://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2015/01/perebooms-four-case-argument-against.html 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, reading group, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, 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, ben, derk, pereboom, four, case, argument, plum, professor, white, ethics, morality, basic, argument, summary, analysis, In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism.
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]]> In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss Galen Strawson's "The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility" and Derk Pereboom's Four Case Argument against compatibilism.
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https://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2015/01/perebooms-four-case-argument-against.html

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]]> Ep. 31 - FW/MR: SEP on Free Will and Determinism https://platoscave.fireside.fm/31 b44022b2-1e74-4e1b-a8cb-d0252888dd71 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 01:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss a follow up to our part 1 episode using the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries on free will and determinism. 53:30 yes In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss a follow up to our part 1 episode using the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries on free will and determinism. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ 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, reading group, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, 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, sam, harris In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss a follow up to our part 1 episode using the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries on free will and determinism.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/

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]]> In this reading group discussion episode, we discuss a follow up to our part 1 episode using the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries on free will and determinism.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/

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]]> Ep. 30 - FW/MR: "Free Will" by Sam Harris https://platoscave.fireside.fm/30 8dafda3c-83bf-457a-98c2-8866dc270ed3 Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group discussion episode, we start a series on Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility with Sam Harris's book. 1:18:20 yes In this reading group discussion episode, we start a series on Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility with Sam Harris's book. 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, reading, group, discussion, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, free, weill, 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, sam, harris In this reading group discussion episode, we start a series on Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility with Sam Harris's book.

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]]> Ep. 28 - Eddy Nahmias: Neuroscience as a (Non) Threat to Free Will https://platoscave.fireside.fm/28 64b9b150-f793-45d4-91a7-e4a6c18dfaf7 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. 43:06 no I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’" Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://eddynahmias.com/ https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.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 Guest: Eddy Nahmias. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, free, will, eddy, nahmias, gsu, freedom, agency, choice, actions, neuro, neuroscience, nudge, undermine, debunk, skeptic, brain, scan, harris, desire, determinism, willusionism, source, bypassing I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’"

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://eddynahmias.com/
https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA
https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.pdf

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Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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]]> I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’"

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://eddynahmias.com/
https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA
https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.pdf

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Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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]]> Ep. 17 - Philip Goff: Panpsychism https://platoscave.fireside.fm/17 a6290821-002c-40b0-9ab7-036006fbea0f Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Dr. Phillip Goff about Panpsychism. We discuss what we mean by consciousness, why materialist reductionism doesn't satisfy as an explanation of its existence, and what Panpsychism can offer as a theory of consciousness. 59:20 no In this episode, I speak with Dr. Phillip Goff about Panpsychism. We discuss what we mean by consciousness, why materialist reductionism doesn't satisfy as an explanation of its existence, and what Panpsychism can offer as a theory of consciousness. Paperback versions of Philip Goff's book, Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, are now available in UK and US. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/philip_goff Website: www.philipgoffphilosophy.com Blog: www.conscienceandconsciousness.com Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://philosophynow.org/issues/121/TheCaseFor_Panpsychism 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. 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/ 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: Philip Goff. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, muckraker media, jordan, myers, philip, phillip, goff, consciousness, nagel, pan, panpsychist, panpsychism, mind, body, dualism, experience, theory, of, bat, chalmers, hard, problem, epiphenomenalism, materialism, reduction, reductionism, neuroscience, brain, scan, fmri, atom, combination, problem, Galileo, error, interview, Durham In this episode, I speak with Dr. Phillip Goff about Panpsychism. We discuss what we mean by consciousness, why materialist reductionism doesn't satisfy as an explanation of its existence, and what Panpsychism can offer as a theory of consciousness.

Paperback versions of Philip Goff's book, Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, are now available in UK and US.
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/philip_goff
Website: www.philipgoffphilosophy.com
Blog: www.conscienceandconsciousness.com

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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.

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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: Philip Goff.

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]]> In this episode, I speak with Dr. Phillip Goff about Panpsychism. We discuss what we mean by consciousness, why materialist reductionism doesn't satisfy as an explanation of its existence, and what Panpsychism can offer as a theory of consciousness.

Paperback versions of Philip Goff's book, Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, are now available in UK and US.
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