Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
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Ep. 77 - Epiphenomenalism, Naturally (Consciousness pt. 4)
August 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 32 mins
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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.