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Search Results for: "experimental philosophy"

Is Experimental Philosophy Bad Science?

June 12, 2013 by Seth Paskin 9 Comments

http://youtu.be/tt5Kxv8eCTA Wikipedia tells us that Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) is: an emerging field of philosophical inquiry that makes use of empirical data—often gathered through surveys which probe the intuitions of ordinary people—in order to inform research on philosophical questions. This use of empirical data is widely seen as opposed to a philosophical  Continue Reading …

Experimental Philosophy

August 20, 2010 by Wes Alwan 1 Comment

At the New York Times' Room for Debate some philosophy professors are discussing the following question: As philosophy departments have come under attack for being costly and impractical, do experimental methods, called "x-phi" by its proponents, offer new horizons for old problems? Or are they immaterial and a waste of time? Most of the participants note that Philosophy's  Continue Reading …

Philosophical Crumbs 03/17/2015: Heidegger, Chuang Tzu, Sex and Promises

March 17, 2015 by Alan Cook Leave a Comment

This is intended to be the first token of a new type of post at PEL: a roundup of recent philosophical activity on the Internet that may be interest to our readers. The introductions and comments provided here come from much-too-cursory readings of the things they link to; objections, preferably in the form of new blog posts, are invited. The title come from Kierkegaard's  Continue Reading …

“Very Bad Wizards” Podcast on Free Will

July 3, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer 5 Comments

A point neglected in the moral discussion in our recent episode is free will. She-who-will-not-be-named (read her view here) on the one hand insists on the supremacy of empirical science but on the other hand insists that our freedom and hence moral responsibility is obvious and inescapable. So that should make her a compatibilist, but as usual, she doesn't really know what  Continue Reading …

Good X-Phi and Bad Art

June 19, 2013 by Al Baker 28 Comments

[Editor's Note: Thanks to philosophy grad student and musician Al Baker for this guest post.] The first time I heard the term "experimental philosophy," part way through my master's degree, it sounded like such an obvious oxymoron that I couldn't help but think it was a terrible idea.  I shared, and continue to share, many of the worries that Seth pointed to in his recent  Continue Reading …

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