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  • Curt Jaimungal joins me for episode 255 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast to discuss theories of everything, phsyics, the simulation hypothesis, worldviews, and more! Check out his channel right now right here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w 0:00 - What's this episode about? 3:32 - What is a Theory of Everything? 5:57 - Worldview (weltanschauung) and God 21:14 - Why Host an Academic Level Podcast? 29:08 - The Simulation Hypothesis47:23 - Ben Goertzel is a genius 51:30 - Theolocutions and Office Hours podcasting 1:14:40 - Being your authentic self1:20:13 - what kind of thing are you?1:28:12 - What is Human Value Grounded in?

  • In episdoe 254 of the Parker's I'm joined once again by Dr. Tom Morris. Dr. Morris is a legendary philosopher and an expert on the philosophy of Stoicism. In this episode he schools me on Stoicism from his brand new book, Stoicism for Dummies. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/47NnKgPCheck out my sponsor, Murdy Creative Co. to find amazing leather goods and to support the podcast. Use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% your whole order!! https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTESJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA0:00 - Introduction4:55 - What is Stoicism?8:31 - Stoic Philosophy is a Way of Life11:58 - The Core of Stoicism 14:09 - Theoretical vs. Practical Philosophy23:11 - the four big instagram philosophies today25:44 - What is Wisdom? 31:57 - Diogenes the Cynic's influence on Stoicism36:24 - Only Virtue Leads to Happiness40:23 - Stoic Theology and Stoic arguments for God52:33 - Jesus the Philosopher Sage and Logician56:18 - Stoicism and Christianity? 1:04:34 - Who Gets to Call Themselves a Stoic?1:08:06 - The Demise of Ancient Stoicism

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  • In episode 253, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ross Inman, this time we discuss his new book "Christian Philosophy As a Way of Life: An Invitation to Wonder". Grab the book here from my affiliate link to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3RdRKgOCheck out my sponsor for this episode, Field Notes, and get 10% off your entire order with promo code PARKERNOTES at check out: https://fieldnotesbrand.com?aff=44Check out my other sponsor, Murdy Creative Co. to find amazing leather goods and to support the podcast. Use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% your whole order!! https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTESJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA0:00 - Intro4:18 - How'd this project come about? 7:32 - Wonder as the Lifeblood of Philosophy15:47 - Is Philosophy Relevant? 21:49 - The Therapeutic use of Philosophy 31:28 - How to live philosophical life

  • 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. If you want to follow along with the outline I gave the audience at EPS, you can find that at my substack here: https://parknotes.substack.com/p/are-theodicies-possible-yesJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA

  • 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. Grab Jonathan Matheson's book, Why It's OK Not to Think for Yourself, here and use promo code AFL04 at checkout for 20% off: https://www.routledge.com/Why-Its-OK-Not-to-Think-for-Yourself/Matheson/p/book/9781032438252Check out my sponsor Murdy Creative Co. to find amazing leather goods and to support the podcast. Use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% your whole order!! https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTESJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase0:00 - 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 Objection54:55 - Implications for Pascal's Wager 1:02:27 - Self-Knowledge and thinking for yourself

  • 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. Grab his book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/40aFf8oCheck out my sponsor for this episode, Saddleback Leather!!!https://saddlebackleather.com/?ktk=d0pac01BLTc5ZGEzNmM2OTBlJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase0:00 - Luciano Floridi, Kierkegaard, and losing his faith12:15 - 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 point43:00 - Information and Extended Minds1:08:13 - Simulation Hypothesis

  • 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. Grab the book here from my affiliate link to support the podcast: https://amzn.to/3FeHhLiJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase0:00 - 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 Soul20:11 - 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 uploads58:42 - philosophical zombies on substance dualism?1:05:22- If philosophical zombies then immaterial selves 1:13:06 - back to defining substances

  • 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. Check out more from Joshua Habgood-Coote here: https://joshuahabgoodcoote.com/Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercasehttps://www.instagram.com/parkersettecase/0:00 - Who is Joshua Habgood-Coote? 7:58 - Public-Facing Philosophy 10:10 - The epistemology of pictures16:42 - Testimony vs. perceptual knowledge25:14 - How worried should we be about deepfakes? 35:25 - testimony, perception, social norms41:04 - The Deepfake Epistemic Apocalypse 58:31 - Techno-chauvinism and phil tech definitions 1:16:50 - Interdisciplinary philosophy of technology

  • 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. Grab C.R. Wiley's amazing book, In the House of Tom Bombadil here to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3ZjnHH1Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercasehttps://www.instagram.com/parkersettecase/0:00 - Who is CR Wiley? 7:19 - Greek vs. Roman Heroic Masculine Ideals 13:27 - Wisdom and Emotion17:44 - 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 God47:26 - Colonizing Mars, Transhumanism, and the household 54:54 - David's Mighty Men

  • 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. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3qQur2iJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/

  • 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. Grab the book here to support my podcast:https://amzn.to/3OV9LOmJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/

  • 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. Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/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 views1:05:36 - Swenson and Capes fine-grained flickers view1:15:23 - What if you're aware of the details of the Frankfurt case you're in?1:18:00 - Constitutive Moral Luck and brain chips1:22:04 - 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

  • 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.:
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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

  • 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?

  • 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. Check out Jared's fantastic YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UC2Kyj04yISmHr1V-UlJz4eg Join my channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/0:00 - Jared Henderson's Academic Work13:27 - Why Jared Henderson Left Academia 17:16 - What is Jared Henderson's Day Job?19:09 - Jared Henderson's Wife is a Philosopher Too20:45 - What is Philosophy? 23:36 - the Virtues of Continental Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy30:35 - Luring People Into Philosophy 35:37 - How to start learning philosophy45:00 - Public and Public-facing philosophy53:22 - Self-Help, Self-Improvement, and Philosophy as a way of life1:45:00 - Sci-fi authors present philosophical ideas better than philosophers?

  • 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

  • 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. find more from Dr. Michael Tremblay at his website here: https://www.tremblaymichael.com/Join this Pensées channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - who is Michael Tremblay?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 Greeks57:34 - 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?

  • 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. Grab Josh's Book, Who Are You Really? here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/44bhIVNCheck out more from Josh here: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldviewDesignChannelJoin my channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - introduction 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 Uploading1:08:07 - Perspectival Unity of Consciousness Challenge1:14:20 - Subject Unity of Consciousness Challenge 1:19:11 - The Combination Problem for Neuromorphic Chips 1:25:16 - You need Things to Make a Pattern1:27:10 - Powers of Consciousness Challenge 1:37:55 - Habituation and Dispositions to Act1:40:20 - Brains, Books, and Non-occurent thoughts, and Angels1:45:55 - You are not your thoughts 1:49:54 - Can the AI Folks Construct a Conscious Substance?

  • 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. You can listen to Dr. Schaffer's previous episode on the show here: https://youtu.be/-RRepoXvDosand Dr. Goff's previous episode here: https://youtu.be/vx4duEaIwuoJoin this channel to get access to perks and support my work:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/joinJoin the Facebook group, Parker's Pensées Penseurs, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960471494536285/If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Review of Ground Functionalism8:47 - Review of Panpsychism 12:33 - Priority Monism and Priority Microphysicalism17:00 - 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?

  • In episode 237 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Ben Goertzel to discuss the philosophy of artificial general intelligence. We dive into the distinction between analytic and continental philosophy, the definition of artificial general intelligence, and take a deep dive into Ben's work on his latest AGI project, OpenCog Hyperon. It's an amazing episode and hopefully the first of like a hundred episodes with Ben!If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_penseesIf you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspenseesSub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecaseCheck me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercaseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Why AGI instead of the Metaverse? 13:25 - Nihilism/Semi-Reality and the Mind29:33 - Reverse engineering past authors 31:04 - What is Intelligence? 38:12 - What is Artificial General Intelligence? 39:10 - Analytic Philosophy vs. Continental Philosophy44:13 - Emulating the Human Mind not the Human Brain51:05 - The OpenCog Hyperon Architecture and the BlockChain 54:50 - Creating a New Language for AGI (Metta Type Talk)58:38 - Recurrent Networks for AGI1:03:39 - The SophiaVerse virtual world for training AGIs1:04:47 - Morality and Large Language Models 1:12:40 - The Frame Problem for LLMs1:15:17 - The Secret Formula for AGI (Cognitive Synergy) 1:17:40 - Kill Switches and Existential Threats 1:25:14 - Why "Hyperon"?