Plato's Cave
A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers
We found 2 episodes of Plato's Cave with the tag “scientist”.
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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.
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Ep. 13 - David Papineau: Materialism and Consciousness
August 23rd, 2020 | 52 mins 28 secs
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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.