Plato's Cave

Plato's Cave

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Plato's Cave episodes

  • Ep. 69 - Anger: Seneca & 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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    1 hr 52 min
  • Ep. 68 - Sukaina Hirji: Outrage and the Bound of Empathy

    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.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://www.sukaina-hirji.com/
    https://philpapers.org/archive/HIROAT.pdf

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    Special Guest: Sukaina Hirji.

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    55 min
  • Ep. 67 - Two Levels of Pluralism (Celebrating Susan Wolf)

    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!

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2381554
    Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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    Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Ep. 66 - Moral Luck (Celebrating Susan Wolf [& Bernard Williams])

    In this episode, we discuss the seminal paper "Moral Luck" by Bernard Williams and a new replies to the problem of moral luck.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://bibliotecamathom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/williams_-_moral_luck.pdf
    Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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    Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep. 65 - The Role of Rules (Celebrating Susan Wolf)

    In this episode, Adam, Giffin, and I discuss two essays by Wolf: "The Role of Rules" and "Two Concepts of Rule Utilitarianism."

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://academic.oup.com/book/3673/chapter-abstract/145027481?redirectedFrom=fulltext
    Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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    Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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    1 hr 46 min
  • Ep. 64 - Above and Below the Line of Duty (Celebrating Susan Wolf)

    In this episode, we discuss an underrated paper by Wolf. We discuss the connection between decency, moral duty, and reasonably violating your obligations.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/43153984
    Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Ep. 63 - Moral Obligations and Social Commands (Celebrating Susan Wolf)

    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.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://academic.oup.com/book/3673/chapter-abstract/145029050?redirectedFrom=fulltext

    Twitter: @Jordan_C_Myers

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    Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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    1 hr 31 min
  • Ep. 62 - Moral Saints (Celebrating Susan Wolf)

    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."

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/26834/files/3753058/download?verifier=m6bBkOI2cZxGBVt4DVnqJUaGQK9RjbeqUHx1wG50&wrap=1
    Intro beat: "Wild for the Night" by David Pizzaro -- @peez on twitter (https://www.patreon.com/posts/beats-without-7-85632085?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&utm_source=post_link&token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJyZWRpc19rZXkiOiJpYTo1YWQ5NGE0OS00MGZkLTRhNGYtOGY0YS1kOTA3YWMwNDdhNTEiLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo4NTYzMjA4NSwicGF0cm9uX2lkIjoxMDM2MDAwNn0.zgQGZdKQYiw3CV6QGXGh_mDztFYYmY04o8IYrdPoXd8)

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    Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions).

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Ep. 61 - Glen Pettigrove: Meekness and Moral Anger

    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.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/663230?journalCode=et
    https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/glenpettigrove/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Pettigrove

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    Special Guest: Glen Pettigrove.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep. 60 - Cameron Boult: Epistemic Blame & Relationship Modification

    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.

    Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:

    https://cameronboult.weebly.com/
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phpr.12726
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-021-00382-0
    https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phc3.12762?af=R#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20emotion%2Dbased,culpably)%20violated%20some%20epistemic%20norm.

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    Special Guest: Cameron Boult.

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    56 min

About Plato's Cave

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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,…

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