Plato's Cave
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!
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 85 minutes
- Episodes
- 84
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ep. 59 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2)
Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.
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Ep. 58 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 1)
Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.
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Ep. 57 - Existentialism: The Stranger, by Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus.
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Ep. 56 - "Existentialism is a Humanism," by Sartre
"Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Ep. 55 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 2)
Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Ep. 54 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 1)
Part 1 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Ep. 53 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 2)
Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past.
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Ep. 52 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 1)
Part 1 of Notes from Underground. The Paradoxicalist's philosophy.
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Ep. 51 - Manuel Vargas: Free Will Revisionism
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 o…
Ep. 50 - Declaration of the Rights of Man (PPE series prt7)
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 t…
Ep. 49 - "Two Concepts of Liberty" by Isiah Berlin (PPE series prt6)
In part 6 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss Berlin's famous concepts of positive and negative liberty.
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Ep. 48 - The Communist Manifesto (PPE series prt5)
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…
Ep. 47 - Estranged Labor by Karl Marx (PPE series prt4)
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 pre…
Ep. 46 - Reactive Attitudes and Restorative Justice (PPE series prt3)
In part 3 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "Co-Reactive Attitudes and the Making of Moral Community" by Victoria McGeer, wherein she links an ad…
Ep. 45 - "What is the Point of Equality?" by Elizabeth Anderson (PPE series prt2)
In part 2 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss the paper "What is the Point of Equality?" by Elizabeth Anderson, which investigated the role of luck in creati…
Ep. 44 - Conflict as Property and Restorative Justice (PPE series prt1)
In part 1 of the Political Philosophy Reading Group series, we discuss the formative paper "Conflict as Property" by Nils Christie along with some of its more modern applications in restorative justi…
Ep. 43 - Garrett Pendergraft: "Free Will and Human Agency" (50 Thought Experiments)
In this episode, I speak with Garrett Pendergraft about his forthcoming book: FREE WILL AND HUMAN AGENCY: 50 PUZZLES, PARADOXES, AND THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, which will be out in July 2022! We discuss th…
Ep. 42 - FW/MR: "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything" by Greene & Cohen
In this reading group episode, we wrap up the free will and moral responsibility series with a discussion of Green and Cohen's "For the Law, Neuroscience Changes Nothing and Everything." We talk abou…
Ep. 41 - FW/MR: "Asymmetrical Freedom" by Susan Wolf
In this reading group episode, Giffin, Adam, Brian, and I talk about the crazy (in the best way) paper by Susan Wolf, "Asymmetrical Freedom." Can we be responsible for bad actions? Only good ones? Wh…
Ep. 40 - FW/MR: "Reply: The Free Will Revolution" by John Martin Fischer
In this reading group episode, Adam, Giffin, Brian, and I follow up on JMF's reasons-responsive view of responsibility by looking to an earlier paper of his: "Reply: The Free Will Revolution."
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