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By Parker Settecase

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Ep. 112 - We Are Probably NOT Living In A Computer Simulation w/ Dr. Michael Huemer and Nate Lauffer

Parker's Pensées Jun 22, 2021

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Ep. 256 - Artificial General Intelligence Be and Humanity w/Dr. Ben Goertzel

Ep. 256 - Artificial General Intelligence Be and Humanity w/Dr. Ben Goertzel

In episode 256 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Ben Goertzel to talk about Artificial General Intelligence. Last time we talked about the philosophy of AGI, this time we discuss the state of the art of AGI and just a bit about machine consciousness. Check the time stamps for a full topic list. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join →Sponsors/Discounts Check out https://murdycreative.co/PARKERNOTES and use promo code PARKERNOTES at check out for 10% off your entire order!! Grab a Field Notes notebook or memo book wallet like the one from the video from my affiliate link here to support my work and use promo code PARKERNOTES for 10% off your entire order: https://fieldnotesbrand.com/products/daily-carry-leather-notebook-cover?aff=44 Grab a Saddleback Leather medium Moleskine/Leuchtturm1917 cover from my affiliate link here to support my channel: https://saddlebackleather.com/leather-moleskine-cover-medium/?ktk=d0pac01BLWJmZWY1MmZiYTFi Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ 0:00 - what is artificial "general" intelligence? 8:44 - does generalization have more to do with logic or imagination? 15:46 - How far back does the idea of AI go? 18:45 - Why does the East and West think differently about AI? 24:08 - The State of the AI race 31:05 - Can AI be wise? 37:57 - How important are Large Language Models? 59:14 - Machine Consciousness and AGI 1:13:25 - Can an AGI system have a psychedelic exerience?

Mar 20, 202401:19:30
Ep. 255 - What is a Theory of Everything? w/ Curt Jaimungal

Ep. 255 - What is a Theory of Everything? w/ Curt Jaimungal

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 Hypothesis 47:23 - Ben Goertzel is a genius 51:30 - Theolocutions and Office Hours podcasting 1:14:40 - Being your authentic self 1:20:13 - what kind of thing are you? 1:28:12 - What is Human Value Grounded in?

Feb 09, 202401:36:38
Ep. 254 - Is Stoicism for Dummies?? w/ Dr. Tom Morris

Ep. 254 - Is Stoicism for Dummies?? w/ Dr. Tom Morris

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/47NnKgP Check 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/PARKERNOTES Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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 0:00 - Introduction 4:55 - What is Stoicism? 8:31 - Stoic Philosophy is a Way of Life 11:58 - The Core of Stoicism 14:09 - Theoretical vs. Practical Philosophy 23:11 - the four big instagram philosophies today 25:44 - What is Wisdom? 31:57 - Diogenes the Cynic's influence on Stoicism 36:24 - Only Virtue Leads to Happiness 40:23 - Stoic Theology and Stoic arguments for God 52:33 - Jesus the Philosopher Sage and Logician 56:18 - Stoicism and Christianity? 1:04:34 - Who Gets to Call Themselves a Stoic? 1:08:06 - The Demise of Ancient Stoicism

Feb 05, 202401:14:27
Ep. 253 - Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life w/Dr. Ross Inman

Ep. 253 - Christian Philosophy as a Way of Life w/Dr. Ross Inman

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/3RdRKgO Check 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=44 Check 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/PARKERNOTES Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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 0:00 - Intro 4:18 - How'd this project come about? 7:32 - Wonder as the Lifeblood of Philosophy 15:47 - Is Philosophy Relevant? 21:49 - The Therapeutic use of Philosophy 31:28 - How to live philosophical life

Jan 25, 202401:04:04
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. 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-yes Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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

Nov 25, 202341:01
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. 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/9781032438252 Check 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/PARKERNOTES Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase 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

Nov 21, 202301:10:25
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. Grab his book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/40aFf8o Check out my sponsor for this episode, Saddleback Leather!!! https://saddlebackleather.com/?ktk=d0pac01BLTc5ZGEzNmM2OTBl Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase 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

Oct 28, 202301:14:20
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. Grab the book here from my affiliate link to support the podcast: https://amzn.to/3FeHhLi Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase 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

Oct 12, 202301:26:10
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. 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/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase https://www.instagram.com/parkersettecase/ 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

Oct 03, 202301:28:36
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. Grab C.R. Wiley's amazing book, In the House of Tom Bombadil here to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3ZjnHH1 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase https://www.instagram.com/parkersettecase/ 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

Sep 18, 202301:02:46
Ep. 247 - Political Philosophy & Classical Liberalism and Radical Religions w/Dr. Kevin Vallier

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. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3qQur2i Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/

Sep 05, 202301:16:50
Ep. 246 - Souls Are Back, And You Are One! w/Dr. Joshua Farris

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. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3OV9LOm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/

Sep 01, 202301:32:48
Ep. 245 - Flickers of Freedom Don't Save Us from Frankfurt Cases w/Dr. Taylor Cyr

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. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: 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 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

Aug 21, 202301:43:56
Ep. 244 - Artificial Intelligence: Definitions and Evidence for God w/Dr. Selmer Bringjord

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.:
kryten.mm.rpi.edu/bringsjord_arggodfromai_0702211715NYv4.pdf

Check out more of is work here: homepages.rpi.edu/~brings/

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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
Aug 13, 202356:10
Ep. 243 - Philosophy is for Human Flourishing (Eudamonistic Metaphilosophy) w/Dr. Aaron Preston

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?
Aug 05, 202301:09:08
Ep. 242 - What is Philosophy and What's It Good For? w/Dr. Jared Henderson

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. 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/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkerspensees/0:00 - Jared Henderson's Academic Work 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?

Jul 19, 202301:04:16
Ep. 241 - The Philosophy of Honesty w/Dr. Matthew Benton

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
Jul 13, 202301:18:49
Ep. 240 - The Metaphysics of Stoicism w/Dr. Michael Tremblay

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. 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/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: 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 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?

Jul 11, 202301:30:53
Ep. 239 - Philosophical Constraints on Building Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Josh Rasmussen

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. Grab Josh's Book, Who Are You Really? here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/44bhIVN Check out more from Josh here: https://www.youtube.com/@WorldviewDesignChannel Join my channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: 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 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?

Jul 06, 202301:51:14
Ep. 238 - Cosmopsychism vs. Functionalism w/Drs. Philip Goff and Jonathan Schaffer

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. You can listen to Dr. Schaffer's previous episode on the show here: https://youtu.be/-RRepoXvDos and Dr. Goff's previous episode here: https://youtu.be/vx4duEaIwuo Join this channel to get access to perks and support my work: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA/join Join 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Review of Ground Functionalism 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?

Jul 03, 202301:31:15
Ep. 237 - Artificial General Intelligence and Philosophy w/Dr. Ben Goertzel

Ep. 237 - Artificial General Intelligence and Philosophy w/Dr. Ben Goertzel

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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Why AGI instead of the Metaverse? 13:25 - Nihilism/Semi-Reality and the Mind 29:33 - Reverse engineering past authors 31:04 - What is Intelligence? 38:12 - What is Artificial General Intelligence? 39:10 - Analytic Philosophy vs. Continental Philosophy 44:13 - Emulating the Human Mind not the Human Brain 51:05 - The OpenCog Hyperon Architecture and the BlockChain 54:50 - Creating a New Language for AGI (Metta Type Talk) 58:38 - Recurrent Networks for AGI 1:03:39 - The SophiaVerse virtual world for training AGIs 1:04:47 - Morality and Large Language Models 1:12:40 - The Frame Problem for LLMs 1:15:17 - The Secret Formula for AGI (Cognitive Synergy) 1:17:40 - Kill Switches and Existential Threats 1:25:14 - Why "Hyperon"?

Jun 21, 202301:27:45
Ep. 236 - The Problem of Other Minds and Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Mike Huemer

Ep. 236 - The Problem of Other Minds and Artificial Intelligence w/Dr. Mike Huemer

In episode 236 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by philosophy professor, Dr. Mike Huemer. This time we discuss an invited paper he wrote on the problem of other minds--which he originally wrote as an undergrad senior thesis under John Searle (which is pretty cool). Huemer argues against analogy and perceptional solutions to the problem of justifying our knowledge of other minds and puts forth an inference to the best explanation instead. We also get into whether or not ants, dogs, and robots have minds and how we might go about deciding. Check the time stamps for the full list of topics we discussed.

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10:59 - Perceptual Theory of other minds
26:46 - Inference to the Best Explanation as justification for believing in other minds
33:20 - Why Can't we use IBE to justify belief in Robot Minds?
36:12 - Is mental sharing possible?
37:24 - Epiphenomenalism
41:50 - Mind-Brain Identity theory
46:50 - Contra Functionalism(s)
56:35 - Philosophical Zombies
1:00:27 - Qualia and Functionalism
1:02:55 - Do Dogs Have Minds and Know Things?
1:17:58 - Can We Prove that Robots Have Minds?
1:27:47 - Eternal Immaterial Souls and Super Intelligence
Jun 19, 202301:39:19
Ep. 235 - Cornelius Van Til's Transcendental Theory of Knowledge w/Dr. Scott Oliphint

Ep. 235 - Cornelius Van Til's Transcendental Theory of Knowledge w/Dr. Scott Oliphint

In episode 235 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. K. Scott Oliphint to discuss his new edition of Cornelius Van Til's book "A Christian Theory of Knowledge." Dr. Oliphint has added many helpful notes for understanding the apologetic, epistemology, and theology of Van Til. In this episode I try to commend Van Til to an analytic audience by asking Dr. Oliphint some questions I've always had and some I think my audience has. Grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3MlpJjt 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Who is K. Scott Oliphint? 9:30 - Van Til's Legacy 18:04 - Continental vs. Analytic Apologetics? 23:05 - Which of Van Til's books are best to read? 27:13 - Van Til's early use of Transcendental Arguments 33:10 - Rationalist/Irrationalist Dialectic Applied to Platonism 46:16 - Subjective vs. Objective Presuppositions 54:22 - Van Til, Postmoderism, and Common Sense Realism 1:02:50 - Knowledge of God, Implanted Knowledge 1:07:53 - principium essendi & principium cognoscendi (exturnum and internum) 1:13:58 - Why do apologetics as a calvinist? 1:23:40 - What kind of knowledge-of-God do we have?
Jun 17, 202301:33:44
Arguments Against David Chalmers's Simulation God [Bonus Episode]

Arguments Against David Chalmers's Simulation God [Bonus Episode]

Does God exist? If we live in a computer simulation, is our simulator our God? Philosopher David Chalmers thinks yes and yes. He argues that we may in fact live in a computer simulation and that's one of the best arguments for the existence of God. But the god of the simulation wouldn't be a full blown cosmic God like the Abrahamic God. So Chalmers argues that he can unite theism and atheism, naturalism and creationism, through the simulation hypothesis (or simulation theory). Read the full paper on my substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/parknotes/p/cosmic-god-or-computer-programmer?r=1n883j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web If you like this video, consider supporting me on Patreon. Help me prioritize research on these types of videos, as well as my podcast: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/

Jun 10, 202325:29
Ep. 234 - We Are All Just Conscious Turing Machines w/Dr. Lenore Blum

Ep. 234 - We Are All Just Conscious Turing Machines w/Dr. Lenore Blum

In episode 234 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Lenore Blum to discuss a recent petition from the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Studies calling for AI researchers to study consciousness. The petition is called "The responsible development of AI agenda needs to include consciousness research" and can be found here: https://amcs-community.org/open-letters/ We also discuss Dr. Blum's work on developing a model of consciousness, which her and her husband call the "Conscious Turing Machine" model. 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Who is Dr. Lenore Blum? 15:34 - Why AI Engineers Gotta Study Consciousness! 27:16 - What is Consciousness? 33:59 - Global Workspace and Conscious Turing Machines 48:55 - Infants are MORE conscious than adults!? 1:08:30 - Unity problems for Large Language Models and Machine Consciousness? 1:16:53 - Can you hypnotize a Turing machine? 1:19:07 - The Chinese Room and Chinese Nation Objections to Machine Functionalism 1:25:49 - Lucas/Penrose's use of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems Against AI Doesn't Work?

Jun 09, 202301:34:32
Ep. 233 - Should Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All? w/Dr. Sven Nyholm

Ep. 233 - Should Artificial Intelligence Kill Us All? w/Dr. Sven Nyholm

In episode 233 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Sven Hyholm to discuss the ethics of technology and especially the ethics of artificial intelligence. Grab the book here to support the pod: https://amzn.to/3nCxg5f 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - How Did Sven get into AI Ethics? 5:34 - Instrumental vs. Anthropological view of technology? 12:15 - Technological Determinism 22:59 - ChatGPT and Plagiarism 31:10 - What is Technology? 35:02 - Moral Patients, Moral Agents, Machine and Infants 53:47 - Paperclip maximizers 59:34 - The Problem of other minds and AI 1:05:04 - Value Alignment and the Control Problem 1:08:46 - Can we trust a superintelligent AI? 1:15:00 - should we try to make conscious AIs?

May 30, 202301:27:40
Ep. 232 - The Philosophy of Mind vs. the Science of Consciousness w/Dr. Henry Taylor

Ep. 232 - The Philosophy of Mind vs. the Science of Consciousness w/Dr. Henry Taylor

In episode 232 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Henry Taylor of the University of Birmingham to discuss his new paper "Consciousness as a Natural Kind and the Methodological Puzzle of Consciousness". Check the time stamps to see all the different topics we cover! Find more from Dr. Taylor here: https://henrytaylorphilosophy.com/ 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - The Ontological Argument drew Henry into philosophy 7:03 - why think it's hard to have a 'science' of consciousness? 18:31 - Substance Dualism's Heavy Lifting 30:52 - Could God Put My Soul in a Desk? Thomistic Dualism 34:30 - The Methodological Puzzle of Consciousness 40:04 - Cognitive Access and Global Workspace Theory 58:14 - A Novel Problem of Conceiving Consciousness as a Natural Kind 1:05:24 - Recurrent Processing Theory and Artificial Intelligence 1:17:44 - Natural Kinds vs Functional Concepts 1:24:15 - What kind does a 3D Printed Tiger Fit In? 1:28:07 - The Natural Kind Framework for Consciousness 1:38:11 - The Multiple Kinds of Consciousness Problem and Phenomenal Unity 1:45:15 - Synthetic, Lab-Made Consciousness, Natural Kind Consciousness, and Robot Rights

May 25, 202301:57:03
Ep. 231 - How to Tell When Babies and Machines Are Conscious w/Dr. Claudia Passos

Ep. 231 - How to Tell When Babies and Machines Are Conscious w/Dr. Claudia Passos

In episode 231 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Claudia Passos to discuss her talk from Mind Fest 2023 at Florida Atlantic University, the official opening of the Center for the Future Mind. We discuss two different approaches to solving the problem of infant consciousness (the problem of determining that they are in fact conscious): the behavioral/neurobiological markers approach and the theory approach. After we discussed the former we dove into 2 philosophical theories of consciousness and 2 scientific approaches. We then go deep into the philosophy of AI and how we might be able to tell if and when they become conscious. Check the time stamps for specific topics. Claudia Passos-Ferreira is Assistant Professor of Bioethics. She studied psychology at the Rio de Janeiro State University and earned her MA and Ph.D. in the program of Human Sciences and Health Sciences in Public Health there. She obtained a second Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Find out more from Claudia here: https://publichealth.nyu.edu/faculty/claudia-maria-passos-ferreira 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Claudia Passos's background in Self-Consciousness 16:19 - The Distribution and Infant Consciousness Problems 21:30 - Why 3rd person methods are insufficient 29:16 - What is 'Pain'? 36:57 - The Problem of Other Minds 42:19 - Are Infants Super-Actors? 49:35 - philosophical theories of consciousness 54:46 - first order representationalism and infant consciousness 59:36 - Higher Order Thoughts and infant consciousness 1:11:18 - Integrated Information Theory of consciousness 1:17:57 - Global Workspace Theory of Consciousness 1:27:42 - Is Consciousness all or nothing? 1:30:13 - Consciousness and Moral Status? 1:34:28 - Are Conscious Machines Metaphysically Possible? 1:37:54 - How Could We Know If a Machine Was Conscious? 1:42:50 - Machine Consciousness and Theories of Mind 1:50:36 - Will Machine Take Our Philosophy Jobs? 1:54:39 - Will Machines like Guarana Antarctica?

May 18, 202301:59:37
Ep. 230 - How to Think About Consciousness in Non-Linguistic Animals w/Dr. Carlos Montemayor

Ep. 230 - How to Think About Consciousness in Non-Linguistic Animals w/Dr. Carlos Montemayor

In episode 230 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Carlos Montemayor to discuss his work on non-linguistic human animals which he presented at Mind Fest 2023. Check out more of Carlos's work, including his open access book, here: https://sites.google.com/site/carlosmontemayorphilosophysfsu/ 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Who is Carlos Montemayor? 3:27 - Do animals perceive time? 11:17 - How important is language for animal cognition and knowledge? 17:50 - Do dogs have beliefs? 19:59 - Animal Attention 23:46 - How important is phenomenal consciousness for rights? 27:28 - Can Animals Suffer? 30:22 - Epistemic Needs vs. Phenomenal Needs

May 10, 202340:17
Ep. 229 - Information as a Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness w/Dr. Garrett Mindt

Ep. 229 - Information as a Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness w/Dr. Garrett Mindt

In episode 229 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Garrett Mindt of Florida Atlantic University, and the program director for the Center for the Future Mind, to discuss the hard problem of consciousness, neutral monism, and how information might help us understand the metaphysics of mind.

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Instagram: www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Who is Garrett Mindt?
3:15 - What is Integrated Information Theory?
8:34 - Is Information Objective or Observer Relative?
12:57 - What is most fundamental in reality? (neutral monism)
16:37 - How does information have intentionality?
22:20 - Could Ant-Man get down to the information level?
27:22 - The hard problem of consciousness and information
33:09 - Theories of Mind
37:50 - What are 'you' on ontic structural realism?
41:55 - 3D printing Garrett's structure?
47:47 - Intelligence and consciousness come apart
52:54 - do dogs have access consciousness?
57:14 - testing for consciousness, locked in syndrome, mini-brains
1:05:43 - Do we need to make isomorphs of the human brain to make AI?
1:10:20 - Ontologically speaking, what would an artificial thinker even be?
1:14:36 - Does AI own its concepts? (Semantic Externalism?)
1:23:03 - Simulation Hypothesis on Ontic Structural Realism
1:25:25 - Why do particular structures produce consciousness?
Apr 25, 202301:29:17
Ep. 228- You Either Exist in God's Mind or in God's Novel (Hassidic vs. Berkeleyan Idealism) w/Drs. Kenny Pearce and Sam Lebens

Ep. 228- You Either Exist in God's Mind or in God's Novel (Hassidic vs. Berkeleyan Idealism) w/Drs. Kenny Pearce and Sam Lebens

In episode 228 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Kenny Pearce and Dr. Sam Lebens to discuss which view of God better explains the creation we live in, Hassidic Idealism, wherein we live in God's mind, or Berklean Idealism, wherein the external world is separate from God's mind but intimately dependent on it. (Of course these options aren't the only ones!). This episode is the culmination of two other episodes, one with Dr. Lebens and one with Dr. Pearce. Check them out here for more background on the discussion from this episode: Pearce: https://youtu.be/1nTmoFyWuQo Lebens: https://youtu.be/iPF_WsIhKDg 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Do we live in God's mind? 4:44 - Can God create a world outside His Mind? 10:20 - Why Berkeleyan Idealism over Hassidic Idealism? 16:06 - Ontological Pluralism and Fictional Characters? 29:20 - Free Will and the Authorial Analogy 31:38 - How Many Stories is God telling right now? 37:17 - Contingency Arguments and Idealism 42:28 - God's Mental Causation on Hassidic vs. Berkeleyan Idealism 46:27 - Information Theory and God's Language 58:38 - Can you be a Classical Theists and an Idealist? 1:01:10 - Free Will, Pharaoh, Paul, and Divine Agency 1:08:40 - Simulation Hypothesis vs. Idealisms

Apr 22, 202301:19:55
Ep. 227 -Alvin Plantinga's Solutions to the Problem of Evil w/Dr. Greg Welty

Ep. 227 -Alvin Plantinga's Solutions to the Problem of Evil w/Dr. Greg Welty

In episode 227 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Greg Welty to discuss his new book on Alvin Plantinga in the P&R Great Thinkers series. We start off by discussing the nature of philosophy and Christian philosophy, then Dr. Welty gives us a brief intro to Plantinga and his thought, then we dive in deep on the logical and evidential problems of evil and recount the ways in which Alvin Plantinga sought to solve them. Read the forward, preface, and first chapter of the new book here: https://www.prpbooks.com/book/alvin-plantinga and grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3lbjxRL 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - A thanks from me 3:17 - What is Philosophy? 7:00 - What is Christian Philosophy? 11:59 - Two Kinds of Christian Philosophers 15:49 - Who is Alvin Plantinga? 23:37 - Swinburne vs. Plantinga 32:26 - Logical Problem of Evil 41:26 - Theodicy vs. Defense? 52:00 - Evidential Problem of Evil 1:01:08 - O Felix Culpa Theodicy 1:13:40 - Supporting the Claim "God Exists"

Apr 14, 202301:29:22
Ep. 226 - Plato's Fascinating Thoughts on God and the World w/Dr. David Talcott

Ep. 226 - Plato's Fascinating Thoughts on God and the World w/Dr. David Talcott

In episode 226 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. David Talcott to discuss his forthcoming book, Plato, in the Great Thinkers series from P&R publishing. 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_pensees If 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/parkerspensees Sub 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/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - Intro to David Talcott's book, Plato 10:03 - Who is Plato? 16:59 - The Socratic Problem 23:48 - Why Socratic Dialogue? 31:28 - What's Plato's best Dialogue? 33:10 - Plato argues against ancient materialism 41:49 - Plato's Beauty vs. Materialism 45:51 - Plato's View of Knowledge 51:19 - Do We Recollect The Form of Horse or Grasp it? 57:15 - God and the Forms 1:01:10 - Did Plato Prepare the Way for Jesus? 1:05:35 - Plato's Views of God

Apr 04, 202301:11:18
Ep. 225 - Problems with Analytic, Continental, and History of Philosophy w/Dr. Mike Huemer

Ep. 225 - Problems with Analytic, Continental, and History of Philosophy w/Dr. Mike Huemer

In episode 225 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again about Dr. Michael Huemer, this time to discuss the philosophy of philosophy (also called meta-philosophy by some) as well as to discuss some problems with analytic philosophy, continental philosophy, and historical philosophy that Dr. Huemer raised on his blog, FakeNous.

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0:00 - What is Philosophy? Why do it?

14:34 - Is Philosophy the "Love of Wisdom"?

18:27 - Who Gets to be called a philosopher?

25:27 - What's the main goal of philosophy?

24:44 - Is philosophy more of an art of science?

26:14 - Science vs. Philosophy - who wins?

31:14 - Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics

33:54 - What is Continental Philosophy? What are some problems?

41:47 - What is Analytic Philosophy? What are some problems?

55:20 - Huemer's methods for generating new ideas

57:33 - What is Historical Philosophy? What are some problems?

1:08:34 - Philosophy as a way of life?

Mar 27, 202301:15:36
Ep. 224 - The Philosophy and Theology of the First Amendment w/Dr. Owen Anderson

Ep. 224 - The Philosophy and Theology of the First Amendment w/Dr. Owen Anderson

In episode 224 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Owen Anderson. This time we discuss philosophical and theological implications of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.


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Mar 21, 202301:08:11
Ep. 223 - Should We Give Rights to Robots? w/Dr. David Gunkel

Ep. 223 - Should We Give Rights to Robots? w/Dr. David Gunkel

I'm joined by emerging technology philosopher, Dr. David Gunkel, to discuss robot rights, consciousness, the philosophy of technology, and the ethics of machines. 

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Mar 13, 202351:09
Ep. 222 - Quantum Mechanics Proves Theistic Idealism NOT Simulation Hypothesis? w/ Michael Jones (InspiringPhilosophy)

Ep. 222 - Quantum Mechanics Proves Theistic Idealism NOT Simulation Hypothesis? w/ Michael Jones (InspiringPhilosophy)

Michael Jones of InspiringPhilosophy joins me for Episode 222 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast to discuss theistic idealism, the idea that we live in the mind of God. We discuss quantum physics, simulation hypothesis, philosophy of mind, the doctrine of the Trinity and much more!

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Mar 10, 202301:16:34
Ep. 221 - We Might All Be Living in God's Dream (Hasidic Idealism) w/Dr. Samuel Lebens

Ep. 221 - We Might All Be Living in God's Dream (Hasidic Idealism) w/Dr. Samuel Lebens

Feb 28, 202301:22:11
Ep. 220 - Why Common Sense Problems of Evil Aren't a Problem w/Dr. Perry Hendricks

Ep. 220 - Why Common Sense Problems of Evil Aren't a Problem w/Dr. Perry Hendricks

In this episode I'm joined by the newly minted doctor of philosophy (of philosophy?), Perry Hendricks. We discuss the final chapter of his dissertation which raises three common sense problems of evil and then dismantles them. 

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Feb 18, 202301:33:29
Ep. 219 - Classical Christian Philosophy and The Great Commission w/Dr. Owen Anderson

Ep. 219 - Classical Christian Philosophy and The Great Commission w/Dr. Owen Anderson

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Owen Anderson. This time we discuss classical philosophy, biblical philosophy, jiujitsu, analytic and continental philosophy, and some more! 

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Feb 13, 202301:24:50
Ep. 218 - Tolkien as Philologist and Oxfordian Catholic w/Dr. Yannick Imbert

Ep. 218 - Tolkien as Philologist and Oxfordian Catholic w/Dr. Yannick Imbert

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Yannick Imbert to discuss his new book, From Imagination to Faerie: Tolkien's Thomist Fantasy. We go in deep on Tolkien as a philologist, philosopher, and theologian. 

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Feb 05, 202301:07:38
Ep. 217 - Does God Intend that SIN Occur? Wouldn't That Make Him Culpable? w/Dr. Daniel J. Hill

Ep. 217 - Does God Intend that SIN Occur? Wouldn't That Make Him Culpable? w/Dr. Daniel J. Hill

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Daniel J. Hill to discuss his coauthored book, Does God Intend that Sin Occur.
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Jan 28, 202302:03:22
Ep. 216 - Existential Inertia vs. Feser's 5 Proofs for God's Existence w/Joe Schmid

Ep. 216 - Existential Inertia vs. Feser's 5 Proofs for God's Existence w/Joe Schmid

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Joe Schmid. This time to discuss his new book, Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs. 

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Jan 18, 202301:38:43
Ep. 215 - Can You Have a Biblical... Critical Theory??? w/Dr. Christopher Watkin

Ep. 215 - Can You Have a Biblical... Critical Theory??? w/Dr. Christopher Watkin

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Chris Watkin. This time we discuss his new book, Biblical Critical Theory. 

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Jan 15, 202301:30:58
Ep. 214 - The Wave Theory of Time and Time Travel Implications w/Dr. Nikk Effingham

Ep. 214 - The Wave Theory of Time and Time Travel Implications w/Dr. Nikk Effingham

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Nikk Effingham to discuss his particular take on the ontology of time, called wave theory, and he helps me think through implications for time travel. 

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Jan 07, 202301:22:52
Ep. 213 - John Duns Scotus's Unique Thoughts on God and Man w/ Dr. Thomas Ward

Ep. 213 - John Duns Scotus's Unique Thoughts on God and Man w/ Dr. Thomas Ward

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr. Thomas Ward to discuss his work. This time we discuss his new work on John Duns Scotus. We discuss Duns Scotus's unique arguments for God and his contribution to the metaphysics of haecceity and quiddity. 

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Jan 05, 202301:17:13
Ep. 212 - What did J.R.R. Tolkien Believe About God? w/Dr. Austin Freeman

Ep. 212 - What did J.R.R. Tolkien Believe About God? w/Dr. Austin Freeman

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Austin Freeman, author of Tolkien Dogmatics. 

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Dec 31, 202201:03:56
Ep. 211 - Is God a Vindictive Bully or Nah? w/Dr. Paul Copan

Ep. 211 - Is God a Vindictive Bully or Nah? w/Dr. Paul Copan

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by my professor Dr. Paul Copan to discuss his new book, Is God a Vindictive Bully: Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments. Dr. Copan has become the go-to guy for helping to explain difficult passages in the OT. 

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Dec 29, 202201:06:53
Ep. 210 - The Argument from Intentionality for God w/Dr. Lorraine Juliano Keller

Ep. 210 - The Argument from Intentionality for God w/Dr. Lorraine Juliano Keller

On this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Lorraine Juliano Keller to discuss her argument from intentionality (or aboutness) for the existence of God (or "propositions supernaturalized") which appears in Two Dozen (Or So) Arguments for God. 

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Dec 22, 202201:19:09
Ep. 209 - The Metaphysics of Life, Species, and Happiness w/Dr. Paul Gould

Ep. 209 - The Metaphysics of Life, Species, and Happiness w/Dr. Paul Gould

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Paul Gould to discuss his new book, A Good and True Story: Eleven Clues to Understanding Our Universe and Your Place In It. We cover 3 of his clues: Life, Species, and Happiness. 

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Dec 19, 202201:23:19