Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Choice”

Ep. 66 - Moral Luck (Celebrating Susan Wolf [& Bernard Williams])

Jordan Myers — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:00:00 -0700

In this episode, we discuss the seminal paper "Moral Luck" by Bernard Williams and a new replies to the problem of moral luck.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/williams_-_moral_luck.pdf
Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 59 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2)

Jordan Myers — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 58 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 1)

Jordan Myers — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 57 - Existentialism: The Stranger, by Camus

Jordan Myers — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0700

The Stranger by Albert Camus.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 56 - "Existentialism is a Humanism," by Sartre

Jordan Myers — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0700

"Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 55 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 2)

Jordan Myers — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700

Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 54 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 1)

Jordan Myers — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 02:00:00 -0700

Part 1 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 53 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 2)

Jordan Myers — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 02:00:00 -0700

Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 52 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 1)

Jordan Myers — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 02:00:00 -0700

Part 1 of Notes from Underground. The Paradoxicalist's philosophy.

Special Guest: Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 36 - FW/MR: "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Harry Frankfurt

Jordan Myers — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

In this reading group episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility"

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2023833

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
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).

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Ep. 35 - FW/MR: "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person" by Harry Frankfurt

Jordan Myers — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person.
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson

Jordan Myers — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 02:15:00 -0700

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

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 33 - FW/MR: "Freedom and Resentment" by P.F. Strawson

Jordan Myers — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700

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/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 32 - FW/MR: The Four Case Argument and Basic Argument by Galen Strawson and Derk Pereboom

Jordan Myers — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700

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

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 31 - FW/MR: SEP on Free Will and Determinism

Jordan Myers — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 01:00:00 -0700

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/

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 30 - FW/MR: "Free Will" by Sam Harris

Jordan Myers — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:00:00 -0700

In this reading group discussion episode, we start a series on Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility with Sam Harris's book.

Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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Ep. 29 - Max Kiener: Consenting to Objectification

Jordan Myers — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 03:00:00 -0800

I spoke with Max Kiener about his work in moral responsibility, consent, and Strawson's reactive and objective attitudes. We discussed applied cases of the objective stance, such as manipulating someone into getting the Covid vaccine, undergoing a medical operation, or for someone's best interests.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://maximilian-kiener.weebly.com/
https://theconversation.com/covid-is-it-ok-to-manipulate-people-into-getting-vaccinated-158489

Special Guest: Maximilian Kiener.

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Ep. 28 - Eddy Nahmias: Neuroscience as a (Non) Threat to Free Will

Jordan Myers — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800

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

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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Ep. 3 - Alastair Wilson: The Nature of Contingency

Jordan Myers — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0700

In this episode, I spoke with Professor Alastair Wilson about his newly released book, The Nature of Contingency: Quantum Physics as Modal Realism. We spoke about contingency, counterfactuals, the multiple worlds interpretation of quantum physics, free will, and more. This was a true education for me with a great mind and a great writer, and I hope you find this conversation valuable as well.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-nature-of-contingency-9780198846215?cc=us&lang=en&
Dr. Wilson's Website: http://alastairwilson.org/

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Special Guest: Alastair Wilson.

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