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Walden Pod

Walden Pod is a philosophy and science podcast with an emphasis on the philosophy of religion and philosophy of mind. Hosted by Emerson Green of the Counter Apologetics Podcast and the Emerson Green YouTube Channel.

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63 - How can panpsychists sleep?

Walden Pod ·

2023/03/08

“On panpsychism, how can there ever be unconsciousness, like in the case of dreamless sleep?” As far as objections go, this is a pretty weak one, but I decided to take the opportunity to talk about death, sleep, states of unconsciousness, and how panpsychists see the mind and its place in nature. YouTube Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Transcript Twitter @waldenpod

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62 - What's the Best Explanation of Psychophysical...

Walden Pod ·

2023/02/23

Philip Goff and Dustin Crummett debate psychophysical harmony, God, axiarchism, pan-agentialism, natural teleology, and explore some neglected terrain between theism and the hypothesis of indifference. What are our options in explaining the fine-tuning of consciousness? Subscribe on YouTube Twitter @waldenpod @Philip_Goff @dustin_crummett Dustin's Channel Mind Chat Music by ichika Nito & Whalers. Used with permission. linktr.ee/emersongreen

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61 - The Vagueness Argument Against Physicalism

Walden Pod ·

2022/12/20

When did consciousness first evolve? If physicalism is true, we’d expect it to have evolved gradually, just as other complex biological phenomena evolved gradually. But the transition from feeling nothing to feeling something couldn’t have been gradual. No matter how minimal a conscious experience is, if it’s “like something” to exist – anything at all – it’s not like nothing at all. On reflection it seems hard to imagine anything other than a sharp border between non-experiential reality and

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60 - Why I Support Abolition of the Death Penalty

Walden Pod ·

2022/12/08

In many ways, I'm the ideal audience for apologists of capital punishment. I believe in free will, I think human beings are responsible for their actions, I’m not opposed to retribution in all cases, I believe there are virtuous qualities to revenge, and I think some people deserve to die. However, none of that is enough to justify the death penalty system. First, arguing that some people deserve to die is not sufficient to show that any particular institution (e.g. the state) should have the

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56:23

Sentientism Interview (pt. 2)

Walden Pod ·

2022/10/03

linktr.ee/emersongreen Subscribe on YouTube Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Full interview on the Sentientism podcast Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism

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76:03

Sentientism Interview (pt. 1)

Walden Pod ·

2022/09/30

linktr.ee/emersongreen Subscribe on YouTube Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Full interview on the Sentientism podcast Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism

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59 - Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer

Walden Pod ·

2022/09/21

Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to discuss moral realism vs. antirealism, ethical intuitionism, phenomenal conservatism, moral disagreement, and much else in moral philosophy. Ethical Intuitionism Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy William Lane Craig vs. Erik Wielenberg Linktree / The Five Metaethical Positions / Noncognitivism/expressivism: Moral statements are neither true nor false. Evaluative predicates do not even purportedly refer to any sort of

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37:12

Call In Show #2 - Intelligent Theists, Ultimate...

Walden Pod ·

2022/08/31

Is the intellectual tradition of theism evidence in favor of it? What about the atheistic tradition? ... Does atheism sap your moral motivation? Do Christians even believe in ultimate justice? ... Do contingency arguments succeed? What does it mean for something to be necessary? Leave a voicemail at (734) 707-1940 (I'm only taking 3-4 calls per episode, so if you've already left one and haven't heard it yet, don't worry) YouTube Twitter @waldenpod

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58 - Defending Libertarian Free Will w/ Necessary...

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2022/08/19

I'm joined by two proponents of libertarian free will to discuss determinism, the phenomenology of free choices, how "ought implies can" could prove we have the ability to do otherwise, and much else. linktr.ee/emersongreen YouTube Support the podcast at patreon.com/waldenpod or /counter Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism Darren (Necessary Being) w/ Bread of Life Necessary Being on Free Will

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57 - Is Utilitarianism the Only Good Ethical Theory?...

Walden Pod ·

2022/08/12

I'm joined by Matthew Adelstein of Deliberation Under Ideal Conditions for Utilitarianism 101. We also talk about a few basic things everyone needs to know to be conversant in moral philosophy. YouTube Matthew's Channel Matthew's Blog (Bentham's Bulldog) Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism linktr.ee/emersongreen

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56 - We probably shouldn't do anything about wild...

Walden Pod ·

2022/07/27

Wild animal suffering – is it possible to do anything about it? Should we do anything about it? Even though the general principles that inform our concern for animal welfare shouldn’t be arbitrarily limited to animals outside the wild, I think intervention on any serious scale would be ill-advised. The natural order is deeply interconnected, dynamic, and awesomely complex. Drastic action, such as ending predation, would plausibly cause the system to collapse into nonexistence or end in some other

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35:42

Call In Show #1 - Personal Identity, Idealism

Walden Pod ·

2022/07/16

Personal identity, the potential evolutionary origins of religion, Bernardo Kastrup and analytic idealism, the Ship of Theseus and substance dualism. Leave a voicemail at (734) 707-1940 YouTube Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism Patreon.com/waldenpod linktr.ee/emersongreen

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Voicemail: (734) 707-1940

Walden Pod ·

2022/07/07

Leave me a voicemail at (734) 707-1940 for a new call-in segment! Linktree

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Mysterianism: One More Thing

Walden Pod ·

2022/06/16

A few thoughts on what mysterianism is not. Also, why "What is consciousness?" is a bad question. Linktree

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55 - Mysterianism: Rational Pessimism in the...

Walden Pod ·

2022/06/16

My opinionated introduction to mysterianism. Inspired by Noam Chomsky, Colin McGinn, and Eric Schwitzgebel, we explore a version of mysterianism that I think may be true. YouTube Support on Patreon Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Transcript Shane Wagoner - From Physicalism to Mysterianism Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism linktr.ee/emersongreen

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54 - Physicalism, Schmisicalism

Walden Pod ·

2022/05/25

A few scattered thoughts about internet materialists, stronger forms of physicalism, underdetermination, neuroscience, the evolution of consciousness, qualia microscopes, and the hard problem of consciousness. YouTube Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism linktr.ee/emersongreen

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53 - William James' Evolutionary Argument Against...

Walden Pod ·

2022/05/15

If epiphenomenalism is true, mental causation is an illusion. Even if pain and pleasure were inverted, you’d go on behaving the same way you do now, since your conscious states have nothing to do with determining or motivating your physical behavior. This is counterintuitive, to say the least. But it also leaves us completely unable to explain why our conscious states line up appropriately with our actions. We typically think that natural selection molded our mental profile: that which aids in

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Friendly Debate w/ Ben Burgis - Do ethical thought...

Walden Pod ·

2022/04/20

Ben Burgis recently invited me on his Callin show to speak about the value of “science fiction” thought experiments in applied ethics. I argue that in the realm of applied ethics, thought experiments often confuse more than they clarify. They don’t map on to the real world cases they’re intended to help with (for various reasons), and we shouldn’t be informing action with scenarios that differ in ethically relevant respects. Applied ethics is about what we should do – it’s a uniquely practical

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52 - How I Became Disillusioned with the Skeptic...

Walden Pod ·

2022/04/16

Many leaders in the skeptic community have proven themselves to be untrustworthy sources of information on the topics they speak about. They’ve misled me often about what others believe and why. Moreover, genuine skepticism seems to be far less important to the skeptic community than the kind of conclusions one comes to. Failure to adopt the required list of beliefs disqualifies one from being a real skeptic, it would seem. In today’s episode, I talk about how my atheism caused me to gravitate

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51 - Conversation with Luke Roelofs, Author of...

Walden Pod ·

2022/04/11

I’m joined by philosopher Luke Roelofs to discuss the combination problem for panpsychism, split brain cases, vagueness arguments, illusionism, mental privacy, the general and special composition question, mereological nihilism and universalism, and many other topics related to consciousness and composite subjectivity. Watch on YouTube Combining Minds: How to Think About Composite Subjectivity (Oxford University Press) Amodal Mind Perception: Combining Inferentialism and Perceptualism Luke’s

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