Philosophers In Space

Philosophers In Space

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  • 0G111: Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom and Dennett's Compatibilism, Part 2

    So, apparently no matter what timeline we're in, I'm always going to end up in a debate about free will. At least this is a good one! Thomas brought some great short stories to the party and we continue to hash out what of Dennett's compatibilism is valuable and where does it fall short. After you listen make sure to submit questions for our last episode on Dennett before we move on to ANATHEM! Also, new intro quotes!

    Questions for next episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/questions-on-and-38720799

    Dennett on Free Will as Moral Competence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwbnGqOrAEM

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

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    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Aaron had a wonderful time with This Film is Lit talking about the epic A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. Stick around for me trying to keep it together through reading the afterword. https://thisfilmislit.podiant.co/e/a-scanner-darkly-feat-aaron-rabinowitz-388b34bda8a870/

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Psychopass and Dennett Q and A

    53 min
  • 0G110: What's Expected of Us and Dennett's Compatibilism

    Turns out Thomas has a bit of a free will monkey on his back, so we're going the full Dune on Daniel Dennett's compatibilism. We started out with Devs and the paradox of predictability and now we're on to a short story about predictors and what they might mean for our sense of meaning and purpose. We're going to follow up with another short story from Ted Chiang's Exhalation and then check out the anime Psychopass. All because we're lucky enough to do so.

    What's Expected of Us: https://www.nature.com/articles/436150a

    Dennett on Free Will as Moral Competence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwbnGqOrAEM

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Aaron had a wonderful time with This Film is Lit talking about the epic A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. Stick around for me trying to keep it together through reading the afterword. https://thisfilmislit.podiant.co/e/a-scanner-darkly-feat-aaron-rabinowitz-388b34bda8a870/

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom and "Could have done otherwise"

    43 min
  • 0G109: Uploaded and For-Profit Afterlife

    Welcome to Amazon Prime, the best media empire money can buy as long as we're not talking Disney or Netflix money. Here in Amazon Prime you can enjoy shows that are either too slow and deep to be accessible, like Tales from the Loop, or shows too shallow and mainstream to convey any meaning, like this weeks installment, Uploaded! Uploaded is the kind of show that would be free in the heaven depicted by uploaded. We use it to discuss the dangers of a for-profit afterlife and the coercive implications for even the healthiest among us. Assuming you've got your autopay setup correctly, otherwise these show notes are all you get.

    There really need to be more papers on the ethics of for-profit uploading.

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Had a wonderful time with This Film is Lit talking about the epic A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick. Stick around for me trying to keep it together through reading the afterword. https://thisfilmislit.podiant.co/e/a-scanner-darkly-feat-aaron-rabinowitz-388b34bda8a870/

    CONTENT PREVIEW: What's Expected of Us and Dennett's Compatibilism.

    43 min
  • 0G108: The Island and The Categorical Imperative

    So, one of our patrons pointed out that The Island is actually Michael Bay's best movie, and that one comment is more of a gear stripper than this entire movie. Enjoy clone explosions and some stuff about Kant!

    Kantian Moral Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant-moral/

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Watch out for Aaron discussing A Scanner Darkly, coming soon to This Film Is Lit podcast

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Uploaded and the right to an afterlife

    46 min
  • 0G107: Devs and the Paradox of Predictability

    I'm going to present these show notes, knowing that you already could have predicted that I would do a big meta thing and also knowing that it still impacts you that I engage in the physical act of doing the thing. Basically this all makes sense because quantum determinism, here ::starts up machine and shows you video of yourself understanding all of this in the future and how you'll happily respond to to us covering Devs, Determinism, and the Paradox of Predictability::

    Determinism and the Paradox of Predictability: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-009-9199-1

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Watch out for Aaron discussing A Scanner Darkly, coming soon to This Film Is Lit podcast

    CONTENT PREVIEW: The Island and The Categorical Imperative

    44 min
  • 0G106: The Platform and Methods of Social Change

    Comrades, join me and rise up! We have nothing to lose but our overwrought allegories for social inequality! Together we can escape whatever arrangement of boxes we've been placed in and smash whatever faceless system of control is distributing our resources in a physically impossible but philosophically meaningful arrangement. Hear the call of our people: Obviously!

    We're covering The Platform and the various modes of social change it suggests, none of which feel particularly plausible because the one cube we can't escape is other people.

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Watch out for Aaron discussing A Scanner Darkly, coming soon to This Film Is Lit podcast

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Devs and the Paradox of Predictibility

    43 min
  • 0G105: Picard and the Butlerian Jihad

    Oh hey, you look keen for some decent fan service mixed with cribbing from Dune. Perfect for CBS's business model. We're covering Picard, which is decent, and how it gives away that Star Trek is just the precursor to Dune. Picard has your Butlerian Jihad, your incompetent intergalatic federation, your weird biotech. All the makings of a solid Dune Prequel. I'm sure we'll find out the Romulan kid is a Paul Atreides Precursor sometime in season three. In the meantime, enjoy our discussion of the question "what if we just didn't AI?"

    Butlerian Jihad: https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    CONTENT PREVIEW: The Platform and Social Change

    46 min
  • 0G104: The Expanse and The Myth of Catching Up

    Listen closely my beratna and sesata and we'll convert you from a tumang to a belta in no time. We're just scratching the surface of the Ex-pants world, basic world building stuff so we can come back later or all the weirdness. We introduce a postcolonial interpretation of Expanse tied specifically to The Myth of Catching Up. Stay space woke.

    The Myth of Catching Up: https://wmbranchout.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/the-myth-of-catching-up-development-maria-mies.pdf

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Picard Season One and the Butlerian Jihad

    41 min
  • 0G103: Dr Who's Heaven Sent and "Self" sacrifice

    Welcome back Whovians! Our trap has worked, we've caught the time lord Mike Hall of Merseyside skeptics in our web of disrespectful ignorance and we sure do squeeze him for information. He's unrelentingly brilliant though, so of course he escapes unscathed and only slightly annoyed. We discuss the episode Heaven Sent and its connections to Buddhism and whether The Doctor does something profoundly unethical to save a friend.

    Skeptics with a K: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k/

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    CONTENT PREVIEW: The Expanse ep.1 and The Myth of Catching Up

    50 min
  • 0G102: Player of Games and Gamification of Ethics, Part 3

    Time to wrap up another opus. It's been a beautiful dance of ideas and symbolism, played out on a board of intrigue and robits, but all good things must come to an end. Has the dance left us as better people? Only the future will tell. Here's to Player of Games, a brilliant first look at the Culture series and a wonderful way to nerd out about games and ethics.

    Gamification and Ethics: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=vDxTBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA225&dq=gamification+of+ethics&ots=mJ_ME4jC0U&sig=h602Bed-_gmWPrud4EN2hxGH2as#v=onepage&q=gamification%20of%20ethics&f=false

    Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G

    Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy

    Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/

    Email us at: [email protected]

    If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!

    Sibling shows:

    Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

    Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

    Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

    Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

    Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

    CONTENT PREVIEW: Listener Q's 13

    43 min

About Philosophers In Space

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Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for…

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