Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying all 2 Episode of Plato's Cave with the tag “jackson”.
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Ep. 78 - Identity Arguments for Materialism: David Papineau (Consciousness pt. 5)
August 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 33 mins
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In a much more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.)
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Ep. 74 - Mary the Color Scientist (Consciousness pt. 1)
April 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 31 mins
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In the first episode of this new series on the philosophy of mind, we dive into Frank Jackson's famous paper, "What Mary Didn't Know." The paper and conversation raises questions about whether the mind is merely physical and how intuitions play a role in this philosophical debate.