Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
Displaying 3 items of Plato's Cave with the tag "jon".
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Ep. 10 - Jon Rosen: What's Fair Game in a Conversation?
June 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 52 mins
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Jon Rosen about his Facebook discussion group Fair Game and about how to have difficult conversations generally. We discuss the challenges, what it means to be a reasonable interlocutor, and more.
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Ep. 4 - Ben Burgis: Moral Responsibility in a Determined World
March 29th, 2020 | 1 hr 34 mins
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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.
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Ep. 2.11 - (ft.) Ben Burgis and Jon Rosen: Do We Have Free Will?
March 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 36 mins
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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.