Jordan Myers#platoscave #philosophy #AI In this episode, I speak with Dr. Derek Leben about his recent Philosophy Now article, Pascal’s Artificial Intelligence Wager. We talk about Pascal's wager applied to AI, the control problem, consciousness, our ability to control the course of AI development, and the meaning that grounds moral realism.
Platos Cave Ep. 19 - (ft.) Derek Leben: Pascals Wager & Anti-Natalism for AIJordan Myers2021-04-16 | #platoscave #philosophy #AI In this episode, I speak with Dr. Derek Leben about his recent Philosophy Now article, Pascal’s Artificial Intelligence Wager. We talk about Pascal's wager applied to AI, the control problem, consciousness, our ability to control the course of AI development, and the meaning that grounds moral realism.
Contact me for... Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com That's BS: thatsbspodcast@gmail.comEp. 73 - Chris Franklin: Valuing (Angry) BlameJordan Myers2024-06-14 | In the final discussion of the series, we dive into Franklin's work on the value of angry blame: can anger best--really, only--express certain features of am adequate response to wrongdoing?
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 72 - Amia Srinivasan: The Aptness of AngerJordan Myers2024-06-07 | We dive into Srinivasan's amazing (but at the end of the day, I think not fully right) paper, "The Aptness of Anger."
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 71 - Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Forgiveness (Part 2)Jordan Myers2024-03-14 | Part two of Martha Nussbaum's book, Anger and Forgiveness.
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 70 - Martha Nussbaums Anger and Forgiveness (Part 1)Jordan Myers2024-03-07 | In the second episode of our series on anger, we dive into the first chapters of Martha Nussbaum's recent book, Anger and Forgiveness. The first two chapters focus on the myth of payback's value.
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 69 - Anger: Seneca & StoicismJordan Myers2024-02-23 | #platoscave #philosophy #anger #stoicism Episode 1 of a new series on the philosophy of emotion--specifically, anger. We discuss some introductory questions and Seneca's 'On Anger.'
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 68 - Sukaina Hirji: Outrage and the Bound of EmpathyJordan Myers2023-09-12 | #platoscave #philosophy #anger #emotion #outrage I speak with Sukaina Hirji about her (very) recent paper discussing a type of anger referred to as outrage: what it is, how it differs from other emotions, & how it functions in our emotional lives.
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Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Celebrating Susan Wolf: Two Levels of Pluralism | Platos Cave Ep. 67Jordan Myers2023-08-31 | #platoscave #philosophy #pluralism #susanwolf In the final episode of the series, we discuss Wolf's article "Two Levels of Pluralism" which investigates whether pluralism reduces into relativism. Spoiler--it doesn't!
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 67 - Two Levels of Pluralism (Celebrating Susan Wolf)Jordan Myers2023-08-31 | In the final episode of the series, we discuss Wolf's article "Two Levels of Pluralism" which investigates whether pluralism reduces into relativism. Spoiler--it doesn't!
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Celebrating Susan Wolf (& Bernard Williams): Moral Luck | Platos Cave Ep. 66Jordan Myers2023-08-24 | #platoscave #philosophy #moralluck #susanwolf In this episode, we discuss the seminal paper "Moral Luck" by Bernard Williams and a new replies to the problem of moral luck.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 66 - Moral Luck (Celebrating Susan Wolf [& Bernard Williams])Jordan Myers2023-08-24 | In this episode, we discuss the seminal paper "Moral Luck" by Bernard Williams and a new replies to the problem of moral luck.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 65 - The Role of Rules (Celebrating Susan Wolf)Jordan Myers2023-08-17 | In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss two essays by Wolf: "The Role of Rules" and "Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism."
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Celebrating Susan Wolf: The Role of Rules | Platos Cave Ep. 65Jordan Myers2023-08-17 | #platoscave #philosophy #susanwolf #utilitarianism In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss two essays by Wolf: "The Role of Rules" and "Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism."
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgCelebrating Susan Wolf: Above and Below the Line of Duty | Platos Cave Ep. 64Jordan Myers2023-08-10 | #platoscave #philosophy #susanwolf #duty In this episode, we discuss an underrated paper by Wolf. We discuss the connection between decency, moral duty, and reasonably violating your obligations.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 64 - Above and Below the Line of Duty (Celebrating Susan Wolf)Jordan Myers2023-08-10 | In this episode, we discuss an underrated paper by Wolf. We discuss the connection between decency, moral duty, and reasonably violating your obligations.
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Celebrating Susan Wolf: Moral Obligations and Social Commands | Platos Cave Ep. 63Jordan Myers2023-08-03 | #platoscave #philosophy #susanwolf #morality
In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Wolf's essay "Moral Obligations and Social Commands," which asks where the true authority of moral enforcement originates from.
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Celebration of Susan Wolf: Moral Saints | Platos Cave Ep. 62Jordan Myers2023-07-27 | #platoscave #philosophy #susanwolf #moralsaints A new (mini) series! This begins a 6 part series on the moral philosophy of Susan Wolf in conjunction with a graduate seminar I took at Rice in the Fall of 2022. This episode is a discussion of her famous essay "Moral Saints."
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 62 - Moral Saints (Celebrating Susan Wolf)Jordan Myers2023-07-27 | A new (mini) series! This begins a 6 part series on the moral philosophy of Susan Wolf in conjunction with a graduate seminar I took at Rice in the Fall of 2022. This episode is a discussion of her famous essay "Moral Saints."
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 61 - Glen Pettigrove: Meekness and Moral AngerJordan Myers2023-04-07 | #platoscave #philosophy #anger #meekness I speak with Glen Pettigrove about his paper "Meekness and Moral Anger." We discuss his attempt to breathe new life into meekness as a virtue, his diagnosis of anger's downsides, and the ways in which meekness can avoid these pitfalls.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 61 - Glen Pettigrove: Meekness and Moral AngerJordan Myers2023-04-07 | I speak with Glen Pettigrove about his paper "Meekness and Moral Anger." We discuss his attempt to breathe new life into meekness as a virtue, his diagnosis of anger's downsides, and the ways in which meekness can avoid these pitfalls.
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 60 - Cameron Boult: Epistemic Blame & RelationshipsJordan Myers2022-11-21 | #platoscave #philosophy #blame 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.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 60 - Cameron Boult: Epistemic Blame & Relationship ModificationJordan Myers2022-11-21 | 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.
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 59 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2)Jordan Myers2022-09-21 | Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2) | Platos Cave Ep. 59Jordan Myers2022-09-21 | #platoscave #philosophy #diderot #fatalism #freewill #existentialism Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.
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Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 1) | Platos Cave Ep. 58Jordan Myers2022-09-19 | #platoscave #philosophy #diderot #fatalism #freewill #existentialism Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgExistentialism: The Stranger, by Camus | Platos Cave Ep. 57Jordan Myers2022-09-17 | #platoscave #philosophy #existentialism Existentialism: The Stranger, by Camus
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 57 - Existentialism: The Stranger, by CamusJordan Myers2022-09-17 | The Stranger by Albert Camus.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Existentialism: Existentialism is a Humanism, by Sartre | Platos Cave Ep. 56Jordan Myers2022-09-15 | #platoscave #philosophy #sartre #humanism #existentialism "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 56 - Existentialism is a Humanism, by SartreJordan Myers2022-09-15 | "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 55 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 2)Jordan Myers2022-09-13 | Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Existentialism: Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky (PART 2) | Platos Cave Ep. 53Jordan Myers2022-09-08 | #platoscave #philosophy #existentialism #dostoyevsky Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 53 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 2)Jordan Myers2022-09-08 | Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Existentialism: Notes from Underground by Dostoyevsky (PART 1) | Platos Cave Ep. 52Jordan Myers2022-09-05 | #platoscave #philosophy #existentialism #dostoyevsky Part 1 of Notes from Underground. The Paradoxicalist's philosophy.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 52 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 1)Jordan Myers2022-09-05 | Part 1 of Notes from Underground. The Paradoxicalist's philosophy.
Special Guest: Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 51 - Manuel Vargas: Free Will RevisionismJordan Myers2022-08-19 | In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate.
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Ep. 51 - Manuel Vargas: Free Will RevisionismJordan Myers2022-08-19 | #platoscave #philosophy #freewill #manuelvargas In this episode, I discuss a view about Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Revisionism, with Manuel Vargas. We talk about what it means to be a revisionist about theories in general, how he thinks our view of free will should be reshaped, and how the way we talk about free will and moral responsibility shapes the way we think about the debate.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgDeclaration of the Rights of Man | Platos Cave Ep. 50 (Political Philosophy Reading Group)Jordan Myers2022-08-18 | #platoscave #philosophy #rights In part 7 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a foundational Enlightenment document that inspired some of the United States' own formational ideas.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 50 - Declaration of the Rights of Man (PPE series prt7)Jordan Myers2022-08-18 | In part 7 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, a foundational Enlightenment document that inspired some of the United States' own formational ideas.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Two Concepts of Liberty | Platos Cave Ep. 49 (Political Philosophy Reading Group)Jordan Myers2022-08-16 | #platoscave #philosophy #liberty #berlin #freedom In part 6 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Berlin's famous concepts of positive and negative liberty.
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://cactus.utahtech.edu/green/B_Readings/I_Berlin%20Two%20Concpets%20of%20Liberty.pdf
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 49 - Two Concepts of Liberty by Isiah Berlin (PPE series prt6)Jordan Myers2022-08-16 | In part 6 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Berlin's famous concepts of positive and negative liberty.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)The Communist Manifesto | Platos Cave Ep. 48 (Political Philosophy Reading Group)Jordan Myers2022-08-14 | #platoscave #philosophy #communistmanifesto #marx In part 5 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I keep the Marx train going with a discussion of the Communist Manifesto, a political call to arms for the global workers of the 19th century. We talk about its historical and present day relevance.
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 48 - The Communist Manifesto (PPE series prt5)Jordan Myers2022-08-14 | In part 5 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I keep the Marx train going with a discussion of the Communist Manifesto, a political call to arms for the global workers of the 19th century. We talk about its historical and present day relevance.
Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).
Support Plato's Cave (patreon.com/jordanmyers)Estranged Labor by Karl Marx | Platos Cave Ep. 47 (Political Philosophy Reading Group)Jordan Myers2022-08-12 | #platoscave #philosophy #marx #estragement In part 4 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the pamphlet/writings of Karl Marx. We talk about the concept of estrangement or alienation with respect to present day and historical work environments and detail our own experiences with the concept.
Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://la.utexas.edu/users/hcleaver/368/368marxestrangedtable.pdf
Website & RSS: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Plato's Cave: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Personal Website: jordanmyers.orgEp. 47 - Estranged Labor by Karl Marx (PPE series prt4)Jordan Myers2022-08-12 | In part 4 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the pamphlet/writings of Karl Marx. We talk about the concept of estrangement or alienation with respect to present day and historical work environments and detail our own experiences with the concept.