Experimental Philosophy
www.myspace.com/experimentalphilosophyExperimental Philosophy
- Pennsylvania, US
- Last Login: 7/6/2009
-
Interests
General
Holding philosophy's feet to the empirical fire:
Music
Alina Simone--the official x-phi rocker.
Television
Television is typically watched from the armchair, so experimental philosophers are skeptical of television!Books
And anything else by John Doris, Joshua Knobe, Shaun Nichols, Jesse Prinz, Stephen Stich or other experimental philosophers.
Heroes
David Hume.
Blurbs
About me:
Experimental philosophy is a new philosophical movement that aims to return philosophy to questions about the way human beings actually think and feel. Instead of simply pondering abstract questions from the armchair, experimental philosophers go out and run systematic experiments on the intuitions of ordinary people. So far, research in experimental philosophy has helped to address questions involving free will, consciousness, morality, and many other central philosophical issues.
If you want to learn more about experimental philosophy, you can read the New York Times article , the Slate article or the Chronicle of Higher Education article.
To see what is going on right now in x-phi, check out the Experimental Philosophy Blog
Who I'd like to meet:
Empirically minded philosophers, philosophically minded psychologists, and the intellectually curious!Latest Blog Entries
- Jun 12, 2008 10:16 PM Please help!
- Jul 4, 2007 5:32 PM Experimental Philosophy Links
Comments
Jun 26 2009 9:53 PM
Nov 4 2008 8:01 PM
Jun 13 2008 5:07 AM
Jun 1 2008 10:48 AM
Feb 10 2008 9:44 PM
"Out of the Armchair and into the Streets" -
Most unfortunately, in my philosophy classes I never met anyone to carry this ambition. Never would have dreamt of stumbling across this promising idea on myspace.
Thank you for this site :O)
Feb 3 2008 10:45 PM
Jan 22 2008 6:52 AM
Happy Birthday Hi5 Comments & Sexy MySpace Comments
Jan 1 2008 10:20 PM
your fellow armchair arsonist,
-joseph
Dec 28 2007 5:17 PM
I am having a problem. I recently got my B.A. in Philosophy and Music with plans to work for a year and apply to grad school. I have recently gotten a job for a non-profit organization, and i help feed people on a daily basis. now i wonder if going to grad school is the best thing to do...i love philosophy, but i don't want to be sucked into acadamia, i feel that the work i am doing is philosophy in action...what should i do!?
Nov 5 2007 10:29 PM