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    Bonus Ep. - Moral Transcendental Arguments For & Against God

    Bonus Ep. - Moral Transcendental Arguments For & Against God

    In this bonus episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I share my paper presentation from the 2023 Evangelical Philosophical Society in San Antonio, Texas. I originally wrote this paper for Paul Copan's Advanced Philosophy of Religion course in the Palm Beach Atlantic University Master's program.

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    • 41 min
    Ep. 252 - It's OK Not to Think for Yourself? w/Dr. Jon Matheson

    Ep. 252 - It's OK Not to Think for Yourself? w/Dr. Jon Matheson

    We're often exhorted to "think for yourself" but philosopher Jonathan Matheson argues that it's actually okay not to think for yourself in way more cases than we might intuitively think. In episode 252 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I have Dr. Matheson back on to discuss his new book, Why It's OK Not to Think for Yourself.

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    0:00 - How'd this project come about?
    5:09 - What does it mean to think for yourself?
    13:56 - Is Thinking for Yourself more praiseworthy?
    22:44 - How do we find experts to defer to?
    29:38 - Will Evidential Swamping Destroy Philosophy?
    40:06 - Victims and Victim Blaming
    48:41 - The Socratic Objection
    54:55 - Implications for Pascal's Wager
    1:02:27 - Self-Knowledge and thinking for yourself

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Ep. 251 - The Philosophy of Information and Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Luciano Floridi

    Ep. 251 - The Philosophy of Information and Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Luciano Floridi

    In episode 251 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Luciano Floridi to discuss his work on the philosophy of information and the philosophy of artificial intelligence.

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    0:00 - Luciano Floridi, Kierkegaard, and losing his faith
    12:15 - What is Information?
    17:43 - Is there information in tree rings and finger prints?
    27:30 - AI isn't actually intelligent and that's the whole point
    43:00 - Information and Extended Minds
    1:08:13 - Simulation Hypothesis

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Ep. 250 - Souls are the best response to the Mind-Body Problem w/Dr. Ralph Stefan Weir

    Ep. 250 - Souls are the best response to the Mind-Body Problem w/Dr. Ralph Stefan Weir

    In episode 250 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Ralph Weir to discuss some of his work in his fantastic new book The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics: An Argument from Consciousness to Mental Substance.

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    0:00 - How Dr. Weir got into substance dualism
    8:12 - What counts as substance dualism?
    11:08 - What is the Mind/Body Problem?
    17:33 - Everyone Hates the Soul
    20:11 - defining properties and substances
    31:34 - Individuating our thoughts and Haecceities
    37:30 - Phenomenal consciousness vs. functional consciousness
    47:03 - Do you exist when you're not conscious?
    50:45 - Artificial intelligence and machine consciousness
    55:05 - Transhumanism and brain uploads
    58:42 - philosophical zombies on substance dualism?
    1:05:22- If philosophical zombies then immaterial selves
    1:13:06 - back to defining substances

    • 1 hr 26 min
    Ep. 249 - Deepfakes and the Epistemic Apocalypse w/Dr. Joshua Habgood-Coote

    Ep. 249 - Deepfakes and the Epistemic Apocalypse w/Dr. Joshua Habgood-Coote

    In episode 249 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Joshua Habgood-Coote to discuss some of his recent techno-philosophy work on deepfakes and knowledge. Some philosophers think that deepfakes pose a unique challenge to human knowledge and thus will require a unique solution, primarily a technological solution like watermarks. Dr. Habgood-Coote argues that deepfakes pose a social problem and thus will require a social solution.

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    0:00 - Who is Joshua Habgood-Coote?
    7:58 - Public-Facing Philosophy
    10:10 - The epistemology of pictures
    16:42 - Testimony vs. perceptual knowledge
    25:14 - How worried should we be about deepfakes?
    35:25 - testimony, perception, social norms
    41:04 - The Deepfake Epistemic Apocalypse
    58:31 - Techno-chauvinism and phil tech definitions
    1:16:50 - Interdisciplinary philosophy of technology

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Ep. 248 - Wisdom for Young Men in a New World w/CR Wiley

    Ep. 248 - Wisdom for Young Men in a New World w/CR Wiley

    In episode 248 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined again by C.R. Wiley. This time we go over a smattering of practical questions of wisdom for young men. Mostly for myself. Check the time stamps for a full topic list.

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    0:00 - Who is CR Wiley?
    7:19 - Greek vs. Roman Heroic Masculine Ideals
    13:27 - Wisdom and Emotion
    17:44 - How to defeat totalitarianism
    26:45 - is good getting better and evil getting worse?
    31:39 - Knowledge is power and Instrumentalist view of language
    38:06 - how should we name our kids?
    41:14 - Human beings as image of God
    47:26 - Colonizing Mars, Transhumanism, and the household
    54:54 - David's Mighty Men

    • 1 hr 2 min

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