web02.fireside.fm Tue, 05 May 2026 21:48:36 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Forking” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/forking Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -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. 59 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/59 af9c6356-8fef-474b-bfd0-0b79d782a056 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. 1:41:51 yes <p>Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. </p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @Jordan_C_Myers<br> Personal Website: <a href="https://jordanmyers.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jordanmyers.org/</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a><br> <strong>Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true</a></strong><br> Plato's Cave Website: <a href="https://platoscave.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://platoscave.fireside.fm/</a> Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, denis, Diderot, Jacques, the, fatalist, his, master, free, will, forking, paths, story, rider, deceit, lying, treachery, amorality, morality, tales, Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

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]]> Ep. 58 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 1) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/58 161d5ba7-3b2e-4889-90de-09bb7261321d Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. 1:18:27 yes <p>Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. </p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @Jordan_C_Myers<br> Personal Website: <a href="https://jordanmyers.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://jordanmyers.org/</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a><br> <strong>Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true</a></strong><br> Plato's Cave Website: <a href="https://platoscave.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://platoscave.fireside.fm/</a> Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, denis, Diderot, Jacques, the, fatalist, his, master, free, will, forking, paths, story, rider, deceit, lying, treachery, amorality, morality, tales, Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

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]]> Ep. 43 - Garrett Pendergraft: "Free Will and Human Agency" (50 Thought Experiments) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/43 6c46f6d1-1926-48e3-8648-c395d46ca835 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Garrett Pendergraft about his forthcoming book: FREE WILL AND HUMAN AGENCY: 50 PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, which will be out in July 2022! We discuss three chapters on the Garden of Forking Paths, Uncertainty and Deliberation, and Divine Foreknowledge. 1:12:55 yes <p>In this episode, I speak with Garrett Pendergraft about his forthcoming book: FREE WILL AND HUMAN AGENCY: 50 PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, which will be out in July 2022! We discuss three chapters on the Garden of Forking Paths, Uncertainty and Deliberation, and Divine Foreknowledge. </p> <p>Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:<br> <a href="https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/garrett-pendergraft/#:%7E:text=Most%20of%20his%20research%20focuses,foreknowledge%2C%20and%20situationism%20in%20psychology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/garrett-pendergraft/#:~:text=Most%20of%20his%20research%20focuses,foreknowledge%2C%20and%20situationism%20in%20psychology</a>.<br> <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Free-Will-and-Human-Agency-50-Puzzles-Paradoxes-and-Thought-Experiments/Pendergraft/p/book/9780367641948" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.routledge.com/Free-Will-and-Human-Agency-50-Puzzles-Paradoxes-and-Thought-Experiments/Pendergraft/p/book/9780367641948</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @Jordan_C_Myers<br> You can also get in contact by emailing me at <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a><br> <strong>Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true</a></strong><br> Plato's Cave Website: <a href="https://platoscave.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://platoscave.fireside.fm/</a> Special Guest: Garrett Pendergraft .</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, interview, free, will, agency, moral, responsibility, ethics, uncertainty, decision, deliberation, borges, garden, forking, paths, 50, puzzle, thought, experiment, Routledge, paradoxes, garrett, pendergraft, pepperdine, divine, forknowledge, god, fate, chance, omnipotence, infallible, omniscient In this episode, I speak with Garrett Pendergraft about his forthcoming book: FREE WILL AND HUMAN AGENCY: 50 PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, which will be out in July 2022! We discuss three chapters on the Garden of Forking Paths, Uncertainty and Deliberation, and Divine Foreknowledge.

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https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/garrett-pendergraft/#:~:text=Most%20of%20his%20research%20focuses,foreknowledge%2C%20and%20situationism%20in%20psychology.
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Special Guest: Garrett Pendergraft .

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]]> In this episode, I speak with Garrett Pendergraft about his forthcoming book: FREE WILL AND HUMAN AGENCY: 50 PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, which will be out in July 2022! We discuss three chapters on the Garden of Forking Paths, Uncertainty and Deliberation, and Divine Foreknowledge.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/garrett-pendergraft/#:~:text=Most%20of%20his%20research%20focuses,foreknowledge%2C%20and%20situationism%20in%20psychology.
https://www.routledge.com/Free-Will-and-Human-Agency-50-Puzzles-Paradoxes-and-Thought-Experiments/Pendergraft/p/book/9780367641948

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 Guest: Garrett Pendergraft .

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