Parker's Pensées

By Parker Settecase

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September 05, 2023 Ep. 247 - Political Philosophy & Classical Liberalism and Radical Religions w/Dr. Kevin Vallier
In ep. 247 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Kevin Vallier to discuss his new book, All the Kingdoms of the World. We get into all sorts of fun political philosophy and different forms of radical religious movements on the rise today and why they want to fight against the tenets of classical liberalism.
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1h 17min
September 01, 2023 Ep. 246 - Souls Are Back, And You Are One! w/Dr. Joshua Farris
In episode 246 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Joshua Farris to discuss his work on souls and the mind in his new book, The Creation of Self.
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1h 33min
August 21, 2023 Ep. 245 - Flickers of Freedom Don't Save Us from Frankfurt Cases w/Dr. Taylor Cyr
In episode 245 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Taylor Cyr of the Free Will Show. This time we discuss Frankfurt style cases in the free will and moral responsibility literature and discuss Taylor's paper against several "flickers of freedom" theorists who want to save the principle of alternate possibilities from Frankfurt via flickers of freedom. Just watch the video, Taylor will explain it all! Check the time stamps for the full topic list.
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0:00 - Where did Frankfurt Style Cases Come From?
9:14 - Moral Responsibility, Free Will, and Determinism
15:00 - The Rollback Argument vs. the Consequence Argument
17:34 - Leeway vs. Sourcehood theories of free will
20:41 - a shakey argument against mind-brain identity theory?
25:22 - How much new work is there in Frankfurt cases?
30:40 - What are Frankfurt Style Cases?? (Assassin)
37:13 - asymmetry between praise and blame?
40:07 - What are "Flickers of Freedom"?
51:28 - the robustness requirement for flickers of freedom views
1:05:36 - Swenson and Capes fine-grained flickers view
1:15:23 - What if you're aware of the details of the Frankfurt case you're in?
1:18:00 - Constitutive Moral Luck and brain chips
1:22:04 - Drugs, apps, and moral character
1:26:40 - Is the Holy Spirit responsible for your sanctification?
1:31:22 - why flicker folks aren't successful
1:33:46 - what exactly is sourcehood libertarianism???
1:36:30 - Molinism
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1h 44min
August 13, 2023 Ep. 244 - Artificial Intelligence: Definitions and Evidence for God w/Dr. Selmer Bringjord
In episode 244 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Selmer Bringsjord to discuss his work on the philosophy of artificial intelligence as well as his work running an AI lab. We also touch on his argument for God from artificial intelligence.:
http://kryten.mm.rpi.edu/bringsjord_arggodfromai_0702211715NYv4.pdf
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0:00 - Who is Selmer Bringsjord?
6:21 - what is Good Old Fashioned Artificial Intelligence?
10:20 - Will Transformers Neural Nets Take White Collar Jobs?
18:39 - Roderick Chisholm got Selmer Bringsjord into Artificial Intelligence
21:38 - What is artificial general intelligence?
32:50 - the two goals of AI theorists: mapping the mind and mimicking the mind
37:33 - Property and Substance Dualism
41:29 - What are Algorithms?
45:46 - argument from Artificial Intelligence to God
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57min
August 05, 2023 Ep. 243 - Philosophy is for Human Flourishing (Eudamonistic Metaphilosophy) w/Dr. Aaron Preston
In episode 243 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Aaron Preston for a second time. This time we discuss the nature of philosophy and how it ought to aid in human flourishing.
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0:00 - What kind of philosopher is Aaron Preston?
10:40 - What is philosophy?
14:04 - What Good is Speculative Philosophy?
16:37 - Should your ethics professor be an ethical person?
19:35 - Specialists vs. Generalist Philosophy
22:37 - What is Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding?
29:28 - What is Continental Philosophy?
35:30 - Is Jordan Peterson a philosopher? What about Joe Rogan?
44:54 - How Should we initiate people into philosophy today?
48:57 - Philosophy of Religion is Philosophy of Hard Mode
52:48 - The History of Philosophy
1:02:11 - what is the role of public philosopher?
...more
1h 10min
July 19, 2023 Ep. 242 - What is Philosophy and What's It Good For? w/Dr. Jared Henderson
In episode 242 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Jared Henderson @_jared to discuss the nature of philosophy, both academic and public. Jared is a rising star in the YouTube philosophy sphere, did his PhD on formal theories of truth, and works as an ontologist in the tech world. Check the time stamps for the specifics of what we got into in this conversation.
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13:27 - Why Jared Henderson Left Academia
17:16 - What is Jared Henderson's Day Job?
19:09 - Jared Henderson's Wife is a Philosopher Too
20:45 - What is Philosophy?
23:36 - the Virtues of Continental Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy
30:35 - Luring People Into Philosophy
35:37 - How to start learning philosophy
45:00 - Public and Public-facing philosophy
53:22 - Self-Help, Self-Improvement, and Philosophy as a way of life
1:45:00 - Sci-fi authors present philosophical ideas better than philosophers?
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1h 5min
July 13, 2023 Ep. 241 - The Philosophy of Honesty w/Dr. Matthew Benton
n this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Matthew Benton to discuss the philosophy of honesty. We ended up going deep on whether or not dogs can communicate, can be honest or dishonest, and whether or not they know stuff. Check the time stamps for the full list of topics discussed!
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5:00 - The Epistemology of Honesty
15:47 - What is honesty?
23:38 - Can Dogs Be Honest?
30:05 - Dog Dogs Have Beliefs and Concepts?
39:31 - Dogs Can Be Liars
47:14 - Can God Be Honest if He Cannot Lie?
51:23 - What Counts as Communication?
58:31 - Knowledge as the Norm of Assertion
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1h 19min
July 11, 2023 Ep. 240 - The Metaphysics of Stoicism w/Dr. Michael Tremblay
In episode 240 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Michael Temblay to discuss the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. We also discuss modern Stoic movements and we compare and contrast some Stoic doctrines with Christian doctrines. Check the time stamps for the full list of topics.
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7:00 - Jiujitsu vs. Wrestling
17:06 - Why Get a PhD in Stoic Philosophy?
18:38 - What is Stoicism? What is Philosophy? What makes a good life?
20:12 - Is fatalism intrinsic to Stoicism? (& The Argument from Reason?)
33:41 - Is Marcus Aurelius a True Stoic?
37:44 - Virtue and Indifference
40:05 - Modern Stoicism
46:12 - The Idea of God in Stoicism
55:09 - The Logos for Jews and Greeks
57:34 - Virtue, Ethics, and Telos
1:02:50 - Personal Identity on Stoicism?
1:06:13 - Jesus and the Stoic Sage
1:13:09 - Is there room for forgiveness in Stoicism?
1:17:13 - Can you actively choose the bad?
1:24:02 - Do children have human rights on Stoicism?
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1h 31min
July 06, 2023 Ep. 239 - Philosophical Constraints on Building Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Josh Rasmussen
In episode 239 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined for the third time by Dr. Josh Rasmussen. This time we talk about some philosophical constraints on creating consciousness. We discuss patternist and computational theories of the mind and Josh explains why structure alone isn't sufficient for creating consciousness. Check the time stamps for the specifics.
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6:18 - the construction challenge: C.U.P.
9:54 - Artificial Intelligence and Emergent Consciousness
16:20 - Motivating Patternism/Functionalism
35:25 - Contents of Consciousness
45:53 - Eliminativism vs. Reductionism about Qualia
54:42 - Computationalism, Identity, Brain Uploading
1:08:07 - Perspectival Unity of Consciousness Challenge
1:14:20 - Subject Unity of Consciousness Challenge
1:19:11 - The Combination Problem for Neuromorphic Chips
1:25:16 - You need Things to Make a Pattern
1:27:10 - Powers of Consciousness Challenge
1:37:55 - Habituation and Dispositions to Act
1:40:20 - Brains, Books, and Non-occurent thoughts, and Angels
1:45:55 - You are not your thoughts
1:49:54 - Can the AI Folks Construct a Conscious Substance?
...more
1h 52min
July 03, 2023 Ep. 238 - Cosmopsychism vs. Functionalism w/Drs. Philip Goff and Jonathan Schaffer
In episode 238 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Jonathan Schaffer and Dr. Philip Goff to discuss the nature of the mind.
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8:47 - Review of Panpsychism
12:33 - Priority Monism and Priority Microphysicalism
17:00 - Two Types of Panpsychism
20:12 - Is panpsychism a type of physicalism?
24:40 - what is physical/material?
27:44 - what is a 'pain'?
38:55 - The Metaphysics of Parties
48:08 - what is a mind?
58:52 - Why Panpsychism If You Have Strong Emergence?
1:04:00 - Parsimony and Schaffer's Lazer
1:11:44 - which view is simpler?
1:19:40 - Do tables exist?
...more
1h 32min

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