Plato's Cave

In a much more enjoyable article, David Papineau argues for materialism with respect to consciousness by arguing that the mental and physical are identical, and identities don't need explaining. (Please excuse the instances of weird underwater-sounding audio...I have no clue what happened there.) Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk/uploads/1/8/5/5/18551740/mind_the_gap.pdf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: [email protected] 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).

This was a weird episode in the sense that over half of the discussion never saw the light of day (or at least never saw your inner ear). We were quite frustrated with parsing this paper, and you can start to hear that in the final third. It's a paper called "Epiphenomenalism, Naturally," which I think is better read than discussed. But, either way, here's our discussion. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: [email protected] 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).

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: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: [email protected] 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).

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: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: [email protected] 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).

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. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/platoscavepodcast/ Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: [email protected] 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).