web02.fireside.fm Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:39:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Free Will” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/free%20will Sun, 23 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -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. 13 - David Papineau: Materialism and Consciousness https://platoscave.fireside.fm/13 83a2b3cd-f6fa-495b-a867-8365291e1b38 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I talk with David Papineau about his rejection of the Hard Problem of Consciousness, how dualism infects thinking about theory of mind, and how materialism is the best account of why we have experiences. 52:28 no In this episode, I talk with David Papineau about his rejection of the Hard Problem of Consciousness, how dualism infects thinking about theory of mind, and how materialism is the best account of why we have experiences. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367 https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s 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: David Papineau. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, david, papineau, materialism, theory, mind, theory of mind, consciousness, hard, problem, chalmers, bernardo, kastrup, phillip, goff, panpsychism, dualism, naturalism, idealism, monism, science, reduction, zombie, argument, mary, color, scientist, searles, free will In this episode, I talk with David Papineau about his rejection of the Hard Problem of Consciousness, how dualism infects thinking about theory of mind, and how materialism is the best account of why we have experiences.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367
https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s

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Special Guest: David Papineau.

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]]> In this episode, I talk with David Papineau about his rejection of the Hard Problem of Consciousness, how dualism infects thinking about theory of mind, and how materialism is the best account of why we have experiences.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367
https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s

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 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: David Papineau.

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]]> Ep. 4 - Ben Burgis: Moral Responsibility in a Determined World https://platoscave.fireside.fm/4 8f8d4295-9757-4dfd-ac17-dedc9f8d2cf2 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:34:47 no 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250 https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis 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. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com 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: Ben Burgis. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, ben, bejamin, burgis, free will, determinism, compatiblism, moral, responsibility, blame, punishment, freedom, resentment, korsgaard, strawson, skeptic, neuroscience, michael brooks, give, them, argument, jon, rosen, morality, kant 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250
https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis

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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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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: Ben Burgis.

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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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250
https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis

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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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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: Ben Burgis.

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]]> Ep. 3 - Alastair Wilson: The Nature of Contingency https://platoscave.fireside.fm/3 9e7a702c-b5eb-4221-b327-36d916b57024 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 06:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:01:21 no 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/ If you leanred 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. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Special Guest: Alastair Wilson. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, alastair, wilson, professor, dr., oxford, Birmingham, university, quantum, metaphysics, physics, multiple worlds, theory, free will, contingency, counterfactual, choice, self, options, decision theory 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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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/

If you leanred 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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Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Special Guest: Alastair Wilson.

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]]> Ep. 2.11 - (ft.) Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen: Do We Have Free Will? https://platoscave.fireside.fm/2-11 e14cdb86-d892-4a9a-bbbf-ac8ee48bd1ec Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:36:44 no 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosenbaier Iona Italia's talk with both: https://t.co/3kEek7BJ8t?amp=1 If you leanred 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. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Special Guests: Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, ben, burgis, jon, rosen, free will, determinism, incompatiblism, compatiblism, fatalism, moral, luck, responsibility, punishment, crime, robot, neuroscience, sam harris, jerry coyne, puppet, iona iltaila, two for tea 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosenbaier
Iona Italia's talk with both: https://t.co/3kEek7BJ8t?amp=1

If you leanred something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers
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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Special Guests: Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen.

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]]> 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
Ben's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
Jon's Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosenbaier
Iona Italia's talk with both: https://t.co/3kEek7BJ8t?amp=1

If you leanred 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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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

Special Guests: Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen.

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]]> Ep. 2.10 - Moral Responsibility: Freedom and Resentment by P.F. Strawson https://platoscave.fireside.fm/2-10 45777fbb-cc7c-4efa-bfff-cd2b98d7d460 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility. 24:40 no In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://letter.wiki/conversation/135 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/ Strawson, Galen, 1994. “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility,” Philosophical Studies, 75: 5–24. Strawson, Galen, 1986. Freedom and Belief, New York: Oxford University Press. Strawson, P. F., 1980. “Reply to Ayer and Bennett,” in van Stratten 1980. Strawson, P. F., 1962. “Freedom and Resentment,” Proceedings of the British Academy, 48: 1–25. Reprinted in Fischer and Ravizza, 1993. If you leanred 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. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/ You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @JordanCMyers Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, that's bs, thats bs, itunes:61, itunes:pf strawon, P.F. Strawson, strawson, freedom and resentment, moral responsibility, responsibility, galen, watson, korsgaard, free will, determinism, compatiblism, optimist, pessimist, reactive attitude, objective attitude In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://letter.wiki/conversation/135 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/
Strawson, Galen, 1994. “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility,” Philosophical Studies, 75: 5–24.
Strawson, Galen, 1986. Freedom and Belief, New York: Oxford University Press.
Strawson, P. F., 1980. “Reply to Ayer and Bennett,” in van Stratten 1980.
Strawson, P. F., 1962. “Freedom and Resentment,” Proceedings of the British Academy, 48: 1–25. Reprinted in Fischer and Ravizza, 1993.

If you leanred 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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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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]]> In this episode, I discuss P.F. Strawson's landmark paper on moral responsibility, Freedom and Resentment, and its posing challenges towards those who believe free will and determinism have anything to do with responsibility.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ https://letter.wiki/conversation/135 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-responsibility/
Strawson, Galen, 1994. “The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility,” Philosophical Studies, 75: 5–24.
Strawson, Galen, 1986. Freedom and Belief, New York: Oxford University Press.
Strawson, P. F., 1980. “Reply to Ayer and Bennett,” in van Stratten 1980.
Strawson, P. F., 1962. “Freedom and Resentment,” Proceedings of the British Academy, 48: 1–25. Reprinted in Fischer and Ravizza, 1993.

If you leanred 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.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/

You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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