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Plato's Cave

by Jordan Myers

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Ep. 73 - Chris Franklin: Valuing (Angry) Blame

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Ep. 72 - Amia Srinivasan: The Aptness of Anger

June 7, 2024 · 1 hr 30 min

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Ep. 71 - Martha Nussbaum on Anger and Forgiveness (Part 2)

March 14, 2024 · 1 hr 27 min

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Ep. 70 - Martha Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness (Part 1)

March 7, 2024 · 1 hr 49 min

In the second episode of our series on anger, we dive into the first chapters of Martha Nussbaum's recent book, Anger and Forgiveness. The first two chapters focus on the myth of payback's value. For more on our sponsor, please visit…
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September 12, 2023 · 55 min

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About the show

I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show!