web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 02:33:54 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Nature” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/nature Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800 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. 60 - Cameron Boult: Epistemic Blame & Relationship Modification https://platoscave.fireside.fm/60 963ad3ec-ea0b-47cb-b806-5d1eaef68bbb Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers I speak with Cameron Boult about his series of papers and forthcoming book on epistemic blame: what it means, when it's appropriate, and how we modify our epistemic relationships with others. 56:00 yes I speak with Cameron Boult about his series of papers and forthcoming book on epistemic blame: what it means, when it's appropriate, and how we modify our epistemic relationships with others. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://cameronboult.weebly.com/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phpr.12726 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-021-00382-0 https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12762?af=R#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20emotion%2Dbased,culpably)%20violated%20some%20epistemic%20norm. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: 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: Cameron Boult. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, interview, Cameron, Boult, brandon, epistemic, epistemology, blame, blameworthy, blameworthiness, responsibility, relationship, testimony, evidence, scanlon, wolf, norms, normativity, nature, account I speak with Cameron Boult about his series of papers and forthcoming book on epistemic blame: what it means, when it's appropriate, and how we modify our epistemic relationships with others.

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https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12762?af=R#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20emotion%2Dbased,culpably)%20violated%20some%20epistemic%20norm.

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Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phpr.12726
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-021-00382-0
https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12762?af=R#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20emotion%2Dbased,culpably)%20violated%20some%20epistemic%20norm.

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Special Guest: Cameron Boult.

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]]> Ep. 18 - Tamar Schapiro: Weakness of Will https://platoscave.fireside.fm/18 1465b5f2-ff54-4764-999f-b3d8951a19b5 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with philosopher Tamar Schapiro about her work on weak willed action from a Kantian perspective. This all relates to her forthcoming book, Feeling Like it: a Theory of Inclination and Will. 37:42 no In this episode, I speak with philosopher Tamar Schapiro about her work on weak willed action from a Kantian perspective. This all relates to her forthcoming book, Feeling Like it: a Theory of Inclination and Will. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/feeling-like-it-9780198862932?facetnarrowbyreleaseDatefacet=Released%20this%20month&lang=en&cc=us https://philosophy.mit.edu/schapiro/ https://philpeople.org/profiles/tamar-schapiro 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/ Special Guest: Tamar Schapiro. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, tamer, schapiro, weak, will, weakness, akrasia, action, freedom, responsibility, kant, kantian, free, libertarian, compatibilist, compatibilism, mit, ethics, animal, nature, In this episode, I speak with philosopher Tamar Schapiro about her work on weak willed action from a Kantian perspective. This all relates to her forthcoming book, Feeling Like it: a Theory of Inclination and Will.

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Special Guest: Tamar Schapiro.

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Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/feeling-like-it-9780198862932?facet_narrowbyreleaseDate_facet=Released%20this%20month&lang=en&cc=us
https://philosophy.mit.edu/schapiro/
https://philpeople.org/profiles/tamar-schapiro

If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers
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Special Guest: Tamar Schapiro.

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]]> Ep. 12 - Bernardo Kastrup: Why Materialism Cannot Explain Consciousness https://platoscave.fireside.fm/12 35cfb8c4-ef43-40b7-b353-f9474fff7630 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Bernardo Kastrup, who holds a PhD in Philosophy and Computer Engineering, about the hard problem of consciousness, idealism, theory of mind, panpsychism, and why materialistic reductionism cannot account for the fact of conscious experience. 1:00:18 no In this episode, I speak with Bernardo Kastrup, who holds a PhD in Philosophy and Computer Engineering, about the hard problem of consciousness, idealism, theory of mind, panpsychism, and why materialistic reductionism cannot account for the fact of conscious experience. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=1339s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9aLRjeLkY&t=3156s 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: Bernardo Kastrup. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, bernardo, kastrup, idealism, consciousness, the, hard, problem, what, is, it like, to be, bat, being, experience, first, person, subjective, objective, thomas, nagel, david, chalmers, facing, up, mind, dualism, phenomenological, panpsychism, epiphenomenolism, epi, body, descartes, thought, experiment, zombie, materialism, reductionist, reductionism, theory of mind, ontology, metaphysics, science, decomposition, reality, nature, mind, experience In this episode, I speak with Bernardo Kastrup, who holds a PhD in Philosophy and Computer Engineering, about the hard problem of consciousness, idealism, theory of mind, panpsychism, and why materialistic reductionism cannot account for the fact of conscious experience.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=1339s
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Special Guest: Bernardo Kastrup.

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Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.bernardokastrup.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=1339s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9aLRjeLkY&t=3156s

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: @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/

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: Bernardo Kastrup.

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