Plato's Cave
A Philosophy Podcast by Jordan Myers (MA Student, University of Houston)
We found 4 episodes of Plato's Cave with the tag “of”.
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Ep. 36 - FW/MR: "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Harry Frankfurt
June 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 53 mins
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In this reading group episode, we discuss Harry Frankfurt's landmark 1969 paper, "Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility"
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Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson
June 8th, 2022 | 2 hrs 32 mins
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In this reading group episode, we discuss Gary Watson's paper on Intelligible Moral Demand being a way to view the debate on moral responsibility. That paper is his Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme.
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Ep. 23 - Susan Wolf: On Moral Responsibility
October 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 23 secs
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In this episode, I speak with Susan Wolf about her first two papers, "Asymmetrical Freedom" and "The Importance of Having Free Will." These papers have been influential to me and I was lucky enough to discuss them with Dr. Wolf. We discuss her views on moral responsibility, reactive attitudes, and her upcoming projects.
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Ep. 17 - Philip Goff: Panpsychism
December 16th, 2020 | 59 mins 20 secs
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In this episode, I speak with Dr. Phillip Goff about Panpsychism. We discuss what we mean by consciousness, why materialist reductionism doesn't satisfy as an explanation of its existence, and what Panpsychism can offer as a theory of consciousness.