Philosophers In Space

Podcast Delivery Contents: 1 mediocre Philip K. Dick adaptation by Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dicks-Electric-Dreams/dp/B075NTXMN9    1 Brilliant Philip K. Dick short story that you need to read:   https://archive.org/stream/galaxymagazine-1955-11/Galaxy_1955_11#page/n71/mode/2up   2 Philosophical readings on the risks of AI: https://nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html https://hackernoon.co...

This week we're spinning up our stacks for some endless psychological torture. That's right, it's episode one of Altered Carbon and the Mind/Body problem. Weekly reading:  https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G   Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to jo...

Incoming Alien Language Translation: (Event-Podcast-Source Material-Arrival Film) (Idea-Topic-Sapir/Whorf-Language-Experience) (After Dark-Free Will-Sexy Timelessness) End of Translation. (This would have been much easier if Thomas would have just let me teach y'all Heptapod B) Weekly reading:  http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/whorf.scienceandlinguistics.pdf   Supplemental readings:  https://www.smi...

We wanted to say thank you for the overwhelming support, and to do that we've mixed in two things we think you will enjoy. Hearing us thank you each personally alternating with answering your in depth patron questions on episodes 1-5. For those we didn't get to yet, we will definitely do more of these so please keep posting your questions and help us find more patrons so we can do more bonus conte...

Imagine a premise so implausible, it makes you question the very nature of personhood. Now imagine a thought experiment so implausible, it makes you question your own mind. The Twilight Zone ep1.7 The Lonely and the Chinese Room, they go together like Rob'ts and consciousness.  Weekly reading:  cogprints.org/7150/1/10.1.1.83.5248.pdf  Weekly video:  https://vimeo.com/141205172  Support us at Patre...

Philosopher's log, showdate 02272018. We've encountered Season 2, Episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and are currently studying it for clues to the nature of artificial personhood. Attempts to address the subject have failed, so we've turned to a thought experiment from 20th century earth; the Turing Test.  Weekly reading:  https://www.csee.umbc.edu/courses/471/papers/turing.pdfhttps://e...

Good news, everyone! On this weeks episode we're diving into Futurama and into Fry himself. We're breaking down ep3.4 Parasites Lost and discussing the classic philosophical problem, the Ship of Theseus. After Dark, we rally sympathy for symbiote rights. #AllWormsMatter Weekly reading:  https://io9.gizmodo.com/humans-with-amplified-intelligence-could-be-more-powerf-509309984 https://en.wikipedia.o...

Source material: Rick and Morty season 1 episode 8 Rixty Minutes Ooooweeee, this week we're breaking down some Rick and Morty and how the multiverse is really the ravings of a lunatic. Plus, after hours we convince all you versers to believe in god. Oh geez.   Weekly Readings: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/possible-worlds/ (especially section 2.1)       https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/qu...

Source material: Black Mirror Season 4 Episode 1: USS Callister We break down one of the most popular episodes of Black Mirror and consider our first great thought experiment, Nozick's experience machine. Then, after hours, Thomas breaks out the wet blankets for everyone.   Weekly Readings: http://rintintin.colorado.edu/~vancecd/phil3160/Nozick1.pdf   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...