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 “burgis”.
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Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson
June 8th, 2022 | 2 hrs 32 mins
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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.
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Ep. 33 - FW/MR: "Freedom and Resentment" by P.F. Strawson
June 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 57 mins
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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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Ep. 32 - FW/MR: The Four Case Argument and Basic Argument by Galen Strawson and Derk Pereboom
June 6th, 2022 | 1 hr 18 mins
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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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Ep. 4 - Ben Burgis: Moral Responsibility in a Determined World
March 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 34 mins
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In this episode, I speak with Ben Burgis for a second time about free will compatiblism in a deterministic world. We speak about the metaphysics of free will and determinism, and what should constitude ground for moral responsibility. We also discuss my grad school writing sample and Christine Korsgaard's work.
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Ep. 2.11 - (ft.) Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen: Do We Have Free Will?
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 36 mins
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In this episode, Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen join me for a discussion on whether we have free will, or not, and if we do have it, is it the important type of freedom? I very much enjoyed hearing the two of them spar and I hope you find it valuable as well.