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In today's episode we explore what Buddhism is, and how the philosophy is the roots for a lot of void philosophy. We talk about the "self", Buddhist monks, why kneeling lives matter, why has nobody dealt with Flint, and what group is all to blame.

Cold Open:

Stopping by the Void on a Snowy Evening

With apologies to Robert Frost

By Anthoni Fortier

Hero of the Week:

Graham-Cassidy bill

This episode we have a special guest: Dr. Kristi Winters. Starting from the basics we define the term which has been getting a lot of use lately: intersectionality. Diving into what it is and how it can help us understand the societies we live in.

References:
On Suicide
Weapons of Math Destruction

Dr. Kristi Winters:
https://www.youtube.com/user/drkmwinters

Opening Invocation:
Get Out

Hero of the Week:
Evangelical Pastors supporting Roy Moore

Today we have a very special guest, and friend of the show, Abe. We discuss his journey and experience as a former edge lord and follower of Carl Sargon, and Milo Yiannopoulos. Examining what types of arguments convinced him, and what it was that got him to change his mind.

Opening Invocation
Philosophy of Personhood

Hero of the Week
Women from Project Veritas that tried to tell a fake Roy Moore story to The Washington Post

Which financial donation model for Embrace The Void would you prefer?

http://www.strawpoll.me/14583227

In service to our all-mighty listeners, this one's for you. We bring up a few listener questions to discuss, reevaluate our Patreon, and change how we do our hero of the week.

Opening Invocation:
Green Lantern

Hero of the Week:
Perman Hardy

Let us welcome all to the void in this new year. We kick off the new year talk with Luisa Lyons about Musical Theatre and how she has managed her depression through mindfulness meditation.

We are now doing one episode a week, so look out for a bit more void in your life. Also, if you're a current patron at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid, you may want to update your pledge because we've moved from a per episode model to a monthly model.

Opening Invocation
The West Wing

Guest Lusia Lyons
website: http://www.luisalyons.com/
Big C Cabaret
http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/
Twitter: @luisalyons

Hero Of The Week:
Seth Rudetsky

Ever been in the zone? How about really focused on something to the point that time just whizzes by? That's a Flow State. 

In this episode we talk about what Flow States are, how they can be used to help anyone live a happier life, and the potential negatives there are for them.

Hero of the Week:
Senator of New York, Kirsten Gillibrand

Opening Invocation:
The King In Yellow

With special guest Michael Schaffer from Reasonable Risk Podcast, we talk about free will, determinism, and how Michael handles being in the void with clinical depression.

Michael Schaffer
http://reasonableriskpodcast.com/
Twitter: ‎@ReasonBroker

Hero of the Week:
http://www.soundgirls.org/

Today in the void we take a deep dive into the movie Starship Troopers', with some comparisons to the book. This isn't your typical movie review. We examine what the somewhat satirical story says about our politics, how we perceive war and conflict, and how the world would be clearly better with women in charge.  

With special guest Kenneth Quinnell (aka Professor Rex), we get back to our politics roots. We discuss everything from past polices that have been enacted, current polices, and what are the possible terrible timelines that could come from our wonderful president.

Kenneth Quinnell is the Senior Writer for AFL-CIO and Head Honcho at Revolutionary Exchange Records. Find his facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/professorrexband/

Opening Invocation
AI Ethics

Hero Of The Week
Amy McGrath https://www.amymcgrathforcongress.com/

Welcome to the new and improved Embrace The Void. Both Aaron and GW got new microphones to help propagate our message into the void.

Today we start a new segment where GW reads a correction of something Aaron said, and bestow much shame on him and his family. Following that, we dive into Moral Foundations Theory and how it's used as the basis for outlining the differences in cultures and political ideologies.

Opening Invocation:
Created by Listener Xtian Downs. Based on Montley Crew's Shout at the Devil.

Hero of the Week:
Jade Hameister

Recent Guest Spots:
GW on Kevin and Benedict This Week In News

With special guest from the Bi Any Means podcast, Trav Mamone, we talk about the Myth of Sisyphus. No, not just the Greek tale of Sisyphus, the guy who's eternal damnation was to push a rock up a hill, but the specific writing by Albert Camus. Here's a quote from the writing:

I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

You can find the full text here

Guest:
Trav Mamone
https://freethoughtblogs.com/bianymeans/

Hero of the Week
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/26/staunch-prize-launched-for-thrillers-that-avoid-sexual-violence-against-women

Can you tolerate anything? What about intolerance? In this episode we discuss the paradox of tolerance, and how it can manifest itself on the Facebook group Monster Island.

Opening Invocation:
The Leftovers

Hero of the Week:
Richard Gates

In this episode we are joined by Kevin and Benedict from This Week In News With Kevin And Benedict. We surely aren't talking about guns, gun control, and the terrible arguments the right and gunflakes make about the second amendment, and guns as a means for more security.

Guests:
Kevin and Benedict
http://kevinandbenedict.com/

Opening Invocation:
DNA Testing. Author: Devyn Lennex

Hero of the Week:
The survivors of the South Florida High School shooting

Get out your number 2 pencils, it's time for a vocabulary lesson. In this episode GW grills Aaron on philosophy terms. We go over some of the basic terms, some complicated terms, and some outrageous ones.

Also, make sure to listen to the outtakes after the outro music for this one.

Opening Invocation
Reality Author: Liz Dubats

Hero Of The Week:
Jorden Peele

This week we bring on a really good friend of ours, Tamara Carroll. We discuss Retributive Justices relative to the current models of punishment for kids in our schools, and for adults. We wind up also covering the effects of Trauma on young kids, and different techniques that Tamara has used when working with kids and teenagers.

Paper Tigers

Opening Invocation:
Nietzsche's eternal recurrence challenge

Hero of the Week:
Kate McKinnon

If an organism is the current set of adaptations through natural selection within its own environment, couldn't the same thing be applied how humans behave? In this episode we cover Evolutionary Psychology. A set of theories that aim to draw causal relationships with psychological behavior that's common with different groups. 

Opening Invocation:
American Gods

Hero of the Week:
Stormy Danielle

Today we have a special guest Eiynah from the Polite Conversations podcast. We cover so many topics including: what some of Eiynah's experiences were in the Middle East, current labels used by SJW's, the problems with the skeptic community, tribalism, and much more.

Eiynah:
Twitter: @NiceMangos
https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations
 

Hero of the Week:
Blair Braverman
https://www.blairbraverman.com/
What I've Learned From Having A Trans Partner

What is consciousness? The short of it: nobody knows.

This episode we dive into a really hotly debated topic, consciousness. What is it? How do we test it? Do animals have it? Do machines have it? Does Aaron's calculator have it? DOES THIS PODCAST HAVE IT? Does it even exist?

References:
What is it like to be a bat
Smarty Plants

Opening Invocation:
Dealer's Choice  (Source: Tax Day)

Hero of the Week
Liberty Mutual (not a sponsor)
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/381049-liberty-mutual-to-stop-running-ads-on-laura-ingrahams-show 

As promised, here's the episode where we talk about pejoratives, and other language that could be unknowingly harmful to specific groups of people. We are joined by the amazing Marissa McCool and Priss to help us understand those perspectives that we cis white men might be missing.

Marissa McCool
http://rismccool.com/

Priss
Twitter: @prissunicorn

References
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Opening Invocation
The Elevator Game (with Lu Lyons)

Hero of the Week
Aiden McCool
For Trans Men

After we've signed our respective NDA's, we dive into Virtue Theory. Looking at what it means to have a virtue in something, and relate it to the Milgram Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment.

Moral Saints

Opening Invocation: Milgram Experiment

Hero of the Week: James Comey

In this episode we are very glad to have the podcast veteran Ari Stillman. They're currently pursuing a masters degree in psychology at The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. We discuss different areas of research, especially in areas of trauma and PTSD. We also cover some in the area of gender and the Non-Binary community.

Ari Stillman
http://www.thegaytheistmanifesto.com/
https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-cis-are-getting-out-of-hand
https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-sjw-circle-jerk
http://reasonableriskpodcast.com/

Opening Invocation
Westworld

Hero of the Week
Charles Benight PhD

This is part one of a two part episode where we talk about Incel's, and we're graced with a returning guest Bethany Futrell (host of She Talks Atheism, and cohost of The Inciting Incident Podcast). We discuss the people, the communities, what they represent, and why they exist.

Opening Invocation
From listener and fan @HBOUFO (Twitter)

Hero of the Week
The women that told their stories to get 3 convictions of Bill Cosby

Part two of our lncel episode. Definitely listen to part one first.  

Antinatalism is essentially a philosophical look at whether people should or should not have children. One doesn't consent to being born. Is a parent morally responsible for any suffering their child causes in their life?

Opening Invocation
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Hero of the Week
Mandy Manning
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/02/teacher-of-the-year-award-trump-mandy-manning

Guest Jody debates Aaron on Daniel Dennett's position on Free Will. We try to define what Free Will is and how that relates to a determinist philosophical view. We also examine the relationship of Free Will with consciousness.

Opening Invocation
This Is America - Childish Gambino

Hero of the Week
Duplex

Today we dive deep into a topic we (mostly Aaron) constantly reference: Moral Luck. We start with the root of the concept from Thomas Nagel's Moral Luck. We then dive into the factors that contribute to it, how it affects all aspects of our existence, and what a world might look like where Free Will as a concept is eliminated.

Opening Invocation
Jordan Peterson's Beatitudes

Hero of the Week
Yanni, or maybe Laurel

This is a heavy one. We bring on a friend of the show, Abe, to help us understand what's happening in Jerusalem. Later we attempt to discuss possible solutions and outcomes.

Opening Invocation
Dune, Litany against Fear

AKA GW's big day! Today we dive deep into the art and technique of sound design/editing. GW talks about editing the ETV podcast, dives into compression, different types of audio editing techniques, DAW's like Reaper, and we get super in the weeds talking about K-System Metering.

Opening Invocation
Her

Hero of the Week
This Guy!

This is the unedited version of episode 46. The only thing I have done is put the audio regions in the right alignment, and made it a touch louder overall so it's not too quite to be unlistenable.

In this episode we talk with comedian and philosopher Myq Kaplan. We talk about just about everything from politics, jokes, what the hell philosophy is, and much more.

Opening Invocation
Aaron

Hero of the Week
Letitia Chai 

Making up for not having an episode last week, we're having a double this week. In this episode we take a deep dive into Daoism. Aaron takes us though a few of the 80+ chapters in the Tao Te Ching.

Opening Invocation
Mad Men

Hero of the Week
Terrance Mannery

Today we're joined with Cory Johnston host of the Brainstorm Podcast talking about the equality of opportunity vs. the equality of outcome.

Opening Invocation
Evan Mathews

Hero of the Week
Dr. Kim TallBear
Her podcast mediaINDIGENA

This is our grand 50th episode of Embrace The Void! Aaron and GW do a little VoidNews and then launch into a new segment called, "Get to know a Philosopher".

Opening Invocation
@atheist_house

Hero of the Week
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In this episode we talk with Stephen Stich, a Philosophy professor at Rutgers University about his career, addressing moral/ethical issues in the classroom, and much more.

Opening Invocation
Norse Mythology

Information provide by Stephen Stich:

Here is a link to our Templeton "Geography of Philosophy" Project website:

https://www.geographyofphilosophy.com/

And here's a link to a Templeton site based on an interview with my co-PI, Edouard Machery:

https://www.templeton.org/grant/the-geography-of-philosophy-an-interdisciplinary-cross-cultural-exploration-of-universality-and-diversity-in-fundamental-philosophical-concepts

There is more information on the book I was plugging here:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/epistemology-for-the-rest-of-the-world-9780190865085?cc=us&lang=en&#

and here:

https://www.amazon.com/Epistemology-Rest-World-Stephen-Stich-ebook/dp/B07DFP8XY5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530988099&sr=8-1&keywords=epistemology+for+the+rest+of+the+world

There is information about the new Intro text that I wrote with Tom Donaldson here:

https://global.oup.com/ushe/product/philosophy-9780199329960?cc=us&lang=en&

We kick off our first official Better Know A Philosopher with John Rawls. Essentially the father of modern liberalism. Aaron takes us through a bit of his life and we dive deep into his main argument.

Opening Invocation
listener: Petra Partake

Hero of the Week
Speakers of Nexus 2018

Today we're joined by fellow podcaster Stephanie Lepp of Reckonings podcast. This wonderful podcast interviews people who've had a major life changing moment or moments that altered their ideology or belief of something. 

Opening Invocation
Jesse Rabinowitz Source: Zen Buddhism

Hero of the Week
Anonymous

What is a Staw-man (or as we call it Staw-bot) fallacy? What about a Steel-bot? We dive into both of these types or arguments and dig into the importance of Steel-boting and why we do it.

Opening Invocation:
Jesse Rabinowitz from Zen Buddhism

Hero of the Week:
Bo Burnham (film Eighth Grade)

Today we're joined with Eran Segev, the president of Australian Skeptics. We talk about what the organization does, their convention coming up in October, and the lovely anti-vaccination movement.

Opening Invocation
Muppets (Thanks to @Ghostwoods @MichaelToole @camgarrity)

Hero of the Week:
Anonymous

Another installment of Better Know A Philosopher. This time we're diving into David Hume. During out conversation we even go into the weeds of some ways philosophers talk and argue, and why slave owners suck.

Opening Invocation:
The Animatrix

Hero of the Week:
Susan Unterberg

Today we're joined by the lovely ladies from Delightful Bitchcraft and Secular Soup Podcast. We talk about everything from kids and bullying, the mormon church, and how the womb is your first apartment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/climate-change-parenting.html

Opening Invocation:
Natural History Museum

Hero of the Week:
Joe Radinovich
Anonymous

This episode could also be named, "Aaron and GW try to pronounce peoples names". We dive into this question about art going too far. Getting into the weeds of what constitutes too far objectively, and how that relates to our subjective opinions of too far.

Reference Material:
https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-performance-artists-who-took-their-art-way-too-far/

Opening Invocation:
Grosse Pointe Blank

Hero of the Week:
Another Octopus

For this weeks episode we welcome on Alonzo Fyfe, a philosopher and proponent of Desirism. We discuss this ethical model and how it relates to morality.

References:
Desirism Facebook
Atheist Ethicist
Desirism

Opening Invocation:
Ben Thompson

Hero of the Week:
​​​​​​​John McCain

For this months segment of Better Know A Philosopher, we talk about Angela Davis. A highly dynamic figure who's still making speeches and continuing her activist path from the Black Panthers, to Occupy Wall Street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSIm2RXN4o

Opening Invocation:
"The Book of Disquiet" by Pessoa

Hero of the Week:
This thing: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bnpv85/the-emerging-fetish-of-laying-alien-eggs-inside-yourself

We are once again fortunate enough to bring on Jesse Rabinowitz for this discussion on Mind Body Dualism. This time we jump right into the weeds so think you can't see the tails from the Velociraptors.

Opening Invocation:
Jesse

Presumption of innocence in the law vs. society. He said, she said, but apparently only "he" is telling the truth?

In this episode we go to where the rubber of philosophy meets the road of our daily lives. We discuss the Judge Kavanaugh hearings from a philosophical angle, and of course, more about octopi.

Opening Invocation:
Aaron

Hero of the Week:
Octopuses on MDMA

Today we bring on the host of Habeas Humor Podcast, Charone Frankel. We discuss the philosophy of "beyond a reasonable doubt". Is it appropriate? What does it actually mean?

References:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/trump-says-it-s-a-very-scary-time-in-america-for-men
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=fss_papers

Opening Invocation:
Suggested by: Daniel Source: "The Book of Disquiet" by Pessoa

Hero of the Week:
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

In our latest installment of Better Know a Philosopher we talk about Simone de Beauvoir. A French philosopher who lived during the Suffrage movement and had interesting ideas about Feminism.

Opening Invocation:
Source: Thomas Smith's Question

Hero of the Week:
The Philosopher Queens

Today we're joined by Felicia Entwistle where Aaron struggle to pronounce her name. If that isn't enough reason to listen to this episode, well we also talk about her work with Utah Outcasts.

Opening Invocation:
Torsten Pihl

Hero of the Week:
Renia

he wonderful world of pedagogy. In this episode we discuss different teaching philosophies, class models, grading, and education systems. Both Aaron and GW dive into their personal teaching techniques.

Opening Invocation:
Underoath - The Created Void

Hero of the Week:
Brian Banks

Today episode we dive into Mary Wollstonecraft, a philosopher from the enlightenment period. We look at her writings and take a macro look at how her work set the pace for later feminist writings leading up to the suffrage movement. 

Opening Invocation:
Fallout

Hero of the Week:
Stacy Abrams (Running for Georgia's Governor)

Today we are lucky to have Dr. Rachel McKinnon to talk about the term TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) and Trans Athletes. Rachel, herself, is a philosopher who's very qualified to speak about TERF, and is a world class cyclist who knows an immense amount about Biology as it relates to non-cis athletes.

Trans Athletes Lecture
QueerMeals

Opening Invocation:
Angel

With GW not being around, Bethany Furtrell joins Aaron to talk about the election results. They also talk about Aaron's woes of Monster Island and how the finical crisis is about to start its reunion tour.

Opening Invocation:
Kobe Bryant

Hero of the Week:
Eileen and Todd

We're joined by the esteemed Michael Marsh Marshall of the Be Reasonable podcast. Aaron and Marsh dive into many areas including: the Socratic method, placebo affect, skepticism, and cannibalism.

Opening Invocation:
The Holocaust

Let's get to know Epicurus who is definitely not Epictetus. This is the first time we've taking a close up look at one of the old Greek philosophers.

Opening Invocation:
South Wales Wassiling folk custom

Hero of the Week:
Luo Xixi

This is part one of a two part episode with Peter Coffin. A YouTube Documentarian, Author, and self-proclaimed Marxist. We first dive into capitalist systems, the open source movement, humans as labor, the state vs. the government, pokemon as a commentary on society, and so much more.

Opening Invocation:
Gestalt Buddhism

Continuing with Peter Coffin.

Opening Invocation:
The Resistible Rise of Auturo Ui

Hero of the Week:
Nadia Murad

Aaron and GW review the cult classic Cabin In The Woods. The satire and tentacles make it a prime Voidy movie.

Opening Invocation:
Mary Elizabeth Frye (last couplet lovingly added by Aaron)

Hero of the Week:
Greta Thunberg 

We ring in the new year with Jon from the Wayward Willis Podcast as we discuss a range of topics surrounding religion. We focus quite a bit on Jon's experience growing up in a very Christian household, and then later raising a child in a secular household.

Hero of the Week:
People Losing Their Heros

A Quiet Place vs Birdbox. Aaron and GW evaluate each of these very void'y movies in terms of their believability, how they approached essentially the same story differently, and go over parts that may be problematic in some ways.

Opening Invocation:
Shardik thanks to Eric Brewer and Shannon Slayton

Hero of the Week:
Nancy Pelosi

This week we're joined by Marie D'Elephant from Everyone's Agnostic Podcast. Marie talks about leaving her religion and how that impacted her to this day. We also discuss a myriad of topics relating to religion, death, and polyamory.

Opening Invocation:
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here by Weezer

Hero of the Week:
Marie's cat (and our pets in general)

Time for another installment of our Better Know a Philosopher serise. We dive into Judith Jarvis Thomson, author of the famous Trolly Problem thought experiment and has an interesting thought experiment on abortion.

Opening Invocation:
Absurdist Existentialism

Hero of the Week:
Teachers

In this installment we bring on a very special guest Massimo Pigliucci to discuss Stoicism. He has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee.

Opening Invocation:
Seneca, On Earthquakes

And now the continuation of our interview with Massimo.

Opening Invocation:
Evan Matthews and Ben Oldham

Hero of the Week:
Why we shouldn't use the word Hero.

Today, Aaron and GW discuss relevant topics like the terribleness of Black Face, and why you shouldn't blindly trust 23andMe. We look at not only the privacy issues, but the philosophical issues with a DNA database.

Open Invocation:
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Hero of the Week???:
Philosophers in Space / Embrace The Void Facebook group

Joining us for this episode is Mark from the How To Heretic Podcast. We talk about Mark's experience as a gay man growing up in Utah, the Mormon church, Pride, and many other topics.

For our next installment of Better Know a Philosopher, we tackle Ayn Rand. We look at her life and work including Atlas Shrugged.

Opening Invocation:
Charles Bukowski (The Last Night of the Earth Poems)

Making the Void Livable:
Young people, like the ones who talking with Dianne Feinstein

Here to have out age old battle of free will with Aaron is none other than Darron (@NecessaryBeing). They get into the weeds discussing free will, determinism, and if it's possible for there to be a spectrum.

Opening Invocation:
Deacon of Doubt @DeaconDoubt

Aaron just couldn't get enough Ayn Rand from episode 83 that we decided to revisit one of her main philosophical principles: Egoism. We attempt to steel bot the idea and then tear it down to pieces.

Opening Invocation:
Ricklantis Mixup

Making The Void Livable:
Rock Climbing

This week we're joined by Toby Buckle of the Political Philosophy Podcast. We discuss the role of language in political debate. Special thanks to Toby for supplying us with his backup audio and special thanks to Brian Ziegenhagen for editing the show.

Opening Invocation:

Jake the Fake Jake

Political Philosophy Podcast: https://www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/

Our guest this week is Brenden Webber of the Philosophy Guy Podcast. We each list our top 3 voidy films and discuss their merits that make them void worthy.

Opening Invocation:
Kafka's "A Little Fable"

Making The Void Livable:
The high school that put on a theatrical production of Alien.

Today we're welcoming Cam Garrity, a puppeteer, podcaster, graphic artist, and so much more. We discuss the beauty of puppetry, while Cam gives us some insights into why it's such a wonderful medium.

Opening Invocation:
Kafka's "A Little Fable"

For this installment of Better Know a Philosopher, we're talking about Frances Kamm. Aaron has had to pleasure to work with her recently, so he has first hand knowledge on how awesome she is.

Making the Void Livable:
https://direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-bezos

Aaron gives us an update on his court case, we discuss the Muller Report, and then give our take on the people running for the Democratic Presidential bid.

Open Invocation:
Walt Whitman

Making The Void Livable:
Mortal Kombat 11

Like the uncomfortable sensation in a limb you sat on too long, we’re back! So sorry for the hiatus, I promise it won't happen again. This week we're joined by Ryan Bell from the Life after God podcast. Ryan is a former pastor who was effectively excommunicated for his progressive views and now helps individuals as they try to make sense of a life after religion. We discuss the loss of belief in a just universe, and all the freedom that can come with a healthier morality.

Ryan's Podcast: http://www.lifeaftergod.org/category/podcast/

Invocation: The Player of Games by Ian Banks

As far as I can tell, I'm having the phenomenal sensation of joy at finally getting to have this conversation with Dr. Keith Frankish. Keith is a brilliant proponent of the theory of Illusionism with regard to the existence of phenomenal state. I've read many of his papers and think they're excellent, and while Keith and I come from "different churches" when it comes to philosophy of mind, we agree on a lot, especially what's at stake in all of this, so it's really fun working through these arguments with him. We wen't long so there's a part two. Apologies for any terminology we didn't define sufficiently.

Keith's website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/

Keith's survey of Illusionism: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/k0711/kf_articles/blob/master/Frankish_Illusionism%20as%20a%20theory%20of%20consciousness_eprint.pdf

Invocation: Aaron's Chinese Room

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

Part two of my rousing conversation with Dr. Keith Frankish, where we try to answer the ageless question "Where is my mind? Where is my mind?". Keith is a brilliant proponent of the theory of Illusionism with regard to the existence of phenomenal state. I've read many of his papers and think they're excellent, and while Keith and I come from "different churches" when it comes to philosophy of mind, we agree on a lot, especially what's at stake in all of this, so it's really fun working through these arguments with him. We wen't long so there's a part two. Apologies for any terminology we didn't define sufficiently.

Keith's website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/

Keith's survey of Illusionism: http://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/k0711/kf_articles/blob/master/Frankish_Illusionism%20as%20a%20theory%20of%20consciousness_eprint.pdf

Invocation: Neti Neti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_neti

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

This week I'm joined by C. Thi Nguyen (@add_hawk) to discuss echo chambers, how they're more dangerous than mere epistemic bubbles, and how gaming might help!

Thi's article on Echo Chambers: https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult

Thi's website: https://objectionable.net/

Invocation: Peter Chiykowski Shortstory.com

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid