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CEO's can only intend to be Bad!

Chris Kavanagh wrote 2 days ago: Take a look at the following video and try out the short task involved and then click below for the … more →

Tags: Anthropology, Intentionality, Joshua Knobe, Moral cognition, Theory of mind

The “Folk” are Relativists

Dwight Furrow wrote 2 weeks ago: The folks at Experimental Philosophy have some new data supporting the claim that most non-philosoph … more →

Tags: ethics, Philosophy, Culture, Relativism

David Brooks again

David Frost wrote 1 month ago: David Brooks with yet another empirically-minded column: here. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opi … more →

Tags: Courses, Nietzsche and Naturalism, folk psychology, Intro to Phil: Main Problems, Empirical Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Social Science

Brain Matters - A Conference Report1 comment

Peter B. Reiner wrote 1 month ago: Last week, Daniel Buchman and I travelled to Halifax to attend the Brain Matters Conference.  About … more →

Tags: Conferences, brain death, neuroethics, Neurophilosophy

I didn't do it, my brain did.

alexsdavies wrote 1 month ago: A recent article in Consciousness and Cognition continues the debate over Benjamin Libet’s famous fr … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, Naturalism, brain, responsibility, New Scientist, Choice, libet, Free Will, Jeff Miller

The Situation of "Being Forced"

The Situationist Staff wrote 2 months ago: From Youtube: Experimental philosophers take on one of philosophy’s most revered figures, Aris … more →

Tags: Choice Myth, Video, Experimental

It's not easy being evil

ianstoner wrote 2 months ago: Scientific American covers cognitive scientist Selmer Bringsjord’s efforts to program a thorou … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, Akrasia, self-deception, Evil, Artificial Intelligence, weakness of will

A Trove Of Experimental Philosophy Papers

Daniel Fincke wrote 3 months ago: For those unfamiliar with the growing “experimental philosophy” movement, there are some … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Metaethics, Education, Psychology, moral psychology, academic disciplines

An Experimental Philosophy Manifesto

Daniel Fincke wrote 4 months ago: Portions of the book Experimental Philosophy including “An Experimental Philosophy Manifesto … more →

Tags: Philosophy, moral psychology, Joshua Knobe, shaun nichols, josh may, Jonathan Ichikawa

Ethicists Are Not Ethical2 comments

Dwight Furrow wrote 5 months ago: Via Inside Higher Ed: According to a paper written by two philosophy professors, Eric Schwitzgebel o … more →

Tags: ethics, Philosophy Profession, Teaching, Dwight Furrow's Posts, Eric Schwitzgebel, ethical conduct of professors

Contradictions: Everybody’s Doing It1 comment

Dwight Furrow wrote 5 months ago: Here is a interesting result from the folks at Experimental Philosophy. Apparently, most people thin … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Dwight Furrow's Posts, David Ripley, Logical Contradiction

Mood and Moral Judgment - Abstract1 comment

The Situationist Staff wrote 7 months ago: We recently encountered an interesting paper by Jeremy A. Blumenthal, “Does Mood Influence Mor … more →

Tags: Abstracts, Emotions, Law, Morality, Social Psychology, Capital Punishment, law and emotions, moral judgment, Public Opinion

A Few Thoughts On The Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy Entry: Nietzsche's Moral And Political Philosophy

chr1 wrote 8 months ago: Full entry here. Nietzsche’s critique of morality (referred to here as MPS) is as follows: … more →

Tags: Public Debate, Philosophy, Politics, Science, Religion, Friedrich Nietzsche, existentialism

Is Belief in Free Will a Cultural Universal?

fourcultures wrote 8 months ago: This is the title of a recent paper by a group promoting ‘experimental philosophy‘. This … more →

Tags: Grid-Group, Philosophy, fatalism, Psychology, Joshua Knobe, Determinism, Free Will

Overselling Experimental Philosophy9 comments

Dwight Furrow wrote 8 months ago: This article on Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) is overselling its capacity for innovation. Experime … more →

Tags: Science, Philosophy, Dwight Furrow's Posts, Aristotle, Nietzsche, trolley problem

'Philosophy’s great experiment'

Spaceweaver wrote 8 months ago: Philosophers used to combine conceptual reflections with practical experiment. The trendiest new bra … more →

Tags: Mind, Philosophy, Brain Neuroscience, ethics, Neuroscience

The benefit of empirical data in relation to moral reasoning

NoumenalRealm wrote 9 months ago: After some consideration about the recent interest in experimental philosophy, I must state some cha … more →

Tags: social science, empircism, Michael

Mind Hacks on experimental philosophy

oohlah wrote 9 months ago: Vaughan of Mind Hacks has a post up on “Experimental philosophy of others’ intentions … more →

Tags: Cognitive Science, Psychology

Experimental Philosophy of Consciousness at Consciousness Online6 comments

jmsytsma wrote 9 months ago: By Justin Sytsma I currently have a multimedia presentation up as part of the Consciousness Online c … more →

Tags: philosophy of mind, Philosophy of Psychology


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