web01.fireside.fm Sun, 03 May 2026 14:55:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Skeptic” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/skeptic Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 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. 35 - FW/MR: "Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person" by Harry Frankfurt https://platoscave.fireside.fm/35 0ac5b387-1b48-49ad-ba3f-389006566899 Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person. 1:49:09 yes <p>In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person.<br> Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:<br> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717</a></p> <p><strong>Twitter:</strong> @Jordan_C_Myers<br> You can also get in contact by emailing me at <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a><br> <strong>Youtube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true</a></strong><br> Plato's Cave Website: <a href="https://platoscave.fireside.fm/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://platoscave.fireside.fm/</a> Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, free, will, determinism, libertarian, causes, causal, fatalism, fate, destiny, thought, experiment, choice, action, freedom, book, review, compatiblist, determinist, incompatiblist, compatiblism, incompatiblism, moral, responsibility, strawson, series, impossibility, moral, responsibility, argument, reactive, objective, attitudes, skeptic, blame, praise, second, first, order, desires, volition, wanton, concept, person, agent, agency, unwilling, addict, harry, frankfurt, cases In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person.
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]]> In this reading group episode, we discuss Frankfurt's famous paper, Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person.
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> Ep. 34 - FW/MR: "Responsibility and the Limits of Evil" by Gary Watson https://platoscave.fireside.fm/34 3b298df2-47ab-4d32-b287-df49b7088d68 Wed, 08 Jun 2022 02:15:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 2:32:48 yes 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf 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 Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group,free, will, determinism, libertarian, causes, causal, fatalism, fate, destiny, thought, experiment, choice, action, freedom, book, review, compatiblist, determinist, incompatiblist, compatiblism, incompatiblism, brain, fmri, libet, dennett, moral, responsibility, strawson, series, galen, pf, strawson, peter, impossibility, moral, responsibility, korsgaard, burgis, derk, pereboom, four, case, argument, ethics, morality, basic, argument, summary, analysis, reactive, objective, attitudes, freedom, and, resentment, optimist, pessimist, skeptic, blame, praise, gary, watson, limits, of, evil, robert, harris, killer, intelligible, demand, communication, address 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf

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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.101515!/file/watson-responsibility-limits-of-evil.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> Ep. 33 - FW/MR: "Freedom and Resentment" by P.F. Strawson https://platoscave.fireside.fm/33 4adf48a3-55cc-4b9d-87cd-a7b8f731cb0e Tue, 07 Jun 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment." 1:57:01 yes In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment." Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/FreedomandResentment.pdf 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 Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, free, will, determinism, libertarian, causes, causal, fatalism, fate, destiny, thought, experiment, choice, action, freedom, book, review, compatiblist, determinist, incompatiblist, compatiblism, incompatiblism, brain, fmri, libet, dennett, moral, responsibility, strawson, series, galen, pf, strawson, peter, impossibility, moral, responsibility, korsgaard, burgis, derk, pereboom, four, case, argument, ethics, morality, basic, argument, summary, analysis, reactive, objective, attitudes, freedom, and, resentment, optimist, pessimist, skeptic, blame, praise In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment."
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PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

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]]> In this reading group episode, we go deep into the weeds of PF Strawson's "Freedom and Resentment."
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
PDF:http://www.filosofia.unimi.it/zucchi/NuoviFile/Freedom_and_Resentment.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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]]> Ep. 28 - Eddy Nahmias: Neuroscience as a (Non) Threat to Free Will https://platoscave.fireside.fm/28 64b9b150-f793-45d4-91a7-e4a6c18dfaf7 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0800 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. 43:06 no I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’" Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://eddynahmias.com/ https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.pdf 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: Eddy Nahmias. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, free, will, eddy, nahmias, gsu, freedom, agency, choice, actions, neuro, neuroscience, nudge, undermine, debunk, skeptic, brain, scan, harris, desire, determinism, willusionism, source, bypassing I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’"

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://eddynahmias.com/
https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA
https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.pdf

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You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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]]> I spoke with the philosopher Eddy Nahmias about his work in Free Will and Moral Responsibility. What type of freedom do we have, or want to have? And does the increasing understanding of the brain threaten our sense of acting freely? Find out all this and more in my talk with Eddy. We use two paper of his as background for the conversation: "Your Brain as the Source of Free Will Worth Wanting" and "Why ‘Willusionism’ Leads to ‘Bad Results.’"

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://eddynahmias.com/
https://philpapers.org/rec/NAHYBA
https://www.eddynahmias.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Neuroethics-Response-to-Baumeister.pdf

Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com
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Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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]]> Ep. 4 - Ben Burgis: Moral Responsibility in a Determined World https://platoscave.fireside.fm/4 8f8d4295-9757-4dfd-ac17-dedc9f8d2cf2 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 1:34:47 no <p>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. </p> <p>Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/BenBurgis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/BenBurgis</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/</a><br> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250</a><br> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis</a></p> <p>If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers</a><br> Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD. </p> <p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/</a></p> <p>You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers <br> Or by emailing me at <a href="mailto:platoscavepodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">platoscavepodcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p>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: Ben Burgis.</p> plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, ben, bejamin, burgis, free will, determinism, compatiblism, moral, responsibility, blame, punishment, freedom, resentment, korsgaard, strawson, skeptic, neuroscience, michael brooks, give, them, argument, jon, rosen, morality, kant 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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250
https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis

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.

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You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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: Ben Burgis.

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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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://twitter.com/BenBurgis
https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2214250
https://soundcloud.com/user-761174326/41-jon-rosen-and-ben-burgis

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.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtM5SXgyN93usom5vpRqlEQ/

You can also get in contact with me through Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers
Or by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com

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: Ben Burgis.

Support Plato's Cave

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