web01.fireside.fm Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Zombie” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/zombie Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -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. 76 - The Hard Problem of Consciousness (pt. 3) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/76 9c19f80b-15db-4809-b98e-db98fb3716a4 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, Adam and I discuss David Chalmer's formulation of the hard problem of consciousness. 1:23:27 yes In this episode, Adam and I discuss David Chalmer's formulation of the hard problem of consciousness. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers 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: Adam (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, USC, university of southern california, reading, group, mind, consciousness, information, hard, problem, chalmers, david, awareness, fundamental, zombie In this episode, Adam and I discuss David Chalmer's formulation of the hard problem of consciousness.

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]]> Ep. 75 - Chalmers' Nonreductive Theory of Consciousness (Consciousness pt. 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/75 6e83f147-4f27-4c33-b4c8-d3dddf884738 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In the second part of our series on the philosophy of mind, we discuss the second part of David Chalmer's seminal paper: Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness. We discuss the basics (and yes, it took 2 hours for the basics) of his nonreductive theory of consciousness. 1:54:20 yes In the second part of our series on the philosophy of mind, we discuss the second part of David Chalmer's seminal paper: Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness. We discuss the basics (and yes, it took 2 hours for the basics) of his nonreductive theory of consciousness. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @JordanCMyers 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 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, USC, university of southern california, reading, group, mind, consciousness, information, hard, problem, chalmers, david, awareness, fundamental, zombie In the second part of our series on the philosophy of mind, we discuss the second part of David Chalmer's seminal paper: Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness. We discuss the basics (and yes, it took 2 hours for the basics) of his nonreductive theory of consciousness.

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

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]]> In the second part of our series on the philosophy of mind, we discuss the second part of David Chalmer's seminal paper: Facing up to the Problem of Consciousness. We discuss the basics (and yes, it took 2 hours for the basics) of his nonreductive theory of consciousness.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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]]> Ep. 13 - David Papineau: Materialism and Consciousness https://platoscave.fireside.fm/13 83a2b3cd-f6fa-495b-a867-8365291e1b38 Sun, 23 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers 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. 52:28 no 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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367 https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s 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: David Papineau. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, david, papineau, materialism, theory, mind, theory of mind, consciousness, hard, problem, chalmers, bernardo, kastrup, phillip, goff, panpsychism, dualism, naturalism, idealism, monism, science, reduction, zombie, argument, mary, color, scientist, searles, free will 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.

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https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367
https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s

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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: David Papineau.

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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.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://iai.tv/articles/we-must-shed-our-metaphysical-assumptions-auid-1367
https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/unpublished-talks.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ekMv8-9gNo&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=2227s

If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers
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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.bernardokastrup.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSSn6jj8iQ&t=1339s
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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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]]> 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: @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.

Support Plato's Cave

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