Parker's Pensées Podcast

24/10/2024

The latest Parker's Ponderings Substack piece is here! I take us through some quick thoughts on Tolkien, Herbert, power, and corruption. Check it out and sub to my stack.

20/05/2024

I wrote a little science fiction story around Frank Jackson's Mary's Room thought experiment. Here's what I think would happen if the experimental philosophers actually tried out the thought experiment 😅

An Astro-Chromatologist Scorned

23/04/2024

Sages, Mages, and Wisdom Machines is a subsection of my substack that I'm pretty stoked about. It's where I'll be posting my philosophical science fiction. 2 stories are ready to go. Fans of ontological arguments will enjoy the first, fans of Psalm 19 will enjoy the second. Here's a link to S,M,&WM: https://parknotes.substack.com/s/sages-mages-and-wisdom-machines

19/04/2024

"Parker, you can't just consistently put out bangers on your podcast, it's not fair."
Me:

In episode 259 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Timothy Brookins to disucss his fantastic new book, Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Corinth...

30/03/2024

New episode is here! I'm joined by Christopher Ruocchio to talk about the philosophy of science fiction and fantasy. It's awesome and his Sun Eater series is fantastic. Check the episode out here:

In episode 257 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Christopher Ruoccio, author of the Sun Eater series. Christopher is an encyclopedia of science ...

25/11/2023

A snapshot of my most recent podcast episode with Dr. Ross Inman on the nature of philosophy and the philosophical life. Get enticed by this clip here: https://youtu.be/r1YtnMB7D1o then watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/L9XUSJvz0oU and pick up his book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/49SFvxd

11/11/2023

Everybody out here thinking for themselves and wasting their time. You don't have to think for yourselves anymore. Watch the latest episode to find out why. Trust me.

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 tha...

12/10/2023

New episode of the pod is here!!

In episode 250 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Ralph Weird to discuss some of his work in his fantastic new book The Mind-Body Problem and...

03/09/2023

tfw you study philosophy in the Analytic tradition:

02/09/2023

New episode is here!!

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 ...

29/08/2023

A little AI history from the ParkNotes YouTube channel comment section.

26/08/2023

New episode of the podcast! More on minds and souls 💪

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 Se...

24/08/2023

Spending some time philosophizing in a literal leather armchair this morning. It feels so right. I'm taking some time to reflect on some older journal entries on problems I'm looking to raise in the philosophy of artificial intelligence. I'm also getting some B-roll for a new ParkNotes video on journaling like a philosopher. Couldn't think of a more perfect space than
For those interested, one problem I want to raise is from the philosophy of mind/perception/language called the 'aspect problem'. What aspect of an object does a deep learning system really have "in mind"? I think adversarial examples show that vision systems aren't really "perceiving" wjat we think they are after all. The second problem has to do with the nature of intelligence. Depending on the ontology of algorithms, artificial intelligence systems probably only display what I'm calling "derivative intelligence" which is really a representation of the "intrinsic" intelligence of the programmer. Big if true, especially for the AI ethics of "autonomous" vehicles and weapons systems 👀
Make sure to subscribe to my ParkNotes YouTube channel for my next vid on journaling like a philosopher!

23/08/2023

If you guys like Parker's Pensées you're going to love my new show, Proverb Peddling! It's a short podcast (15 minutes tops) where I introduce a wise saying that I've collected, I give context and analysis, and then help you apply it to your life. Do yourself (and me!) a favor and click the link, watch the first episode, and subscribe to the new podcast channel:

In this episode of Proverb Peddling, I cover Blaise Pascal's theological anthropology, namely, his idea that man (and woman) is just a reed, the weakest in n...

21/08/2023

new podcast episode is here! Dr. Taylor Cyr came back on, this time to school me on Frankfurt cases and flickers of freedom! Check it out:

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 ...

16/08/2023

I really love these "A Very Short Introduction" books. I'm taking a deeper dive into the philosophy of artificial intelligence this semester for an independent study and I'll be reading and rereading these to help me get my bearings.

16/08/2023

Finally reached 100k plays on the audio side of the Parker's Pensées Podcast. The YouTube channel hit this years ago but actual audio podcasts are different. This was a milestone I'd been aiming at since the inception of the pod. It's probably a bit arbitrary but a podcast on podcasting I used to listen to always made a big deal about 100k so it still feels good. Thanks for listening!

11/08/2023

New podcast episode is here! It's really good, check it out:

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 ...