tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post6556070359348441689..comments2024-03-28T19:14:33.619-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: What Experimental Philosophy Might BeEric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-47402540176295740482012-10-23T19:26:15.456-07:002012-10-23T19:26:15.456-07:00An interesting thought, Jonathan! An example migh...An interesting thought, Jonathan! An example might help. One possibility I've thought about a bit is "philosophy of hair", e.g., what distinguishes a haircut from other shortenings of the hair? What makes a haircut good? Must it please its bearer to be good?<br /><br />I'd want to call this philosophy. Certainly the questions resemble other philosophical questions in important ways, even if no philosopher has published on them. Can it fit in my conception? Well, if it's contextualized with related issues in aesthetics, yes. But maybe not if a barber simply starts doing it on his own. So this is one way in which my characterization is probably too narrow, unless I'm really going for a sociological academic category.Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-45983615747185349322012-10-23T18:42:27.890-07:002012-10-23T18:42:27.890-07:00I had some problems with the capcha. If this is a ...I had some problems with the capcha. If this is a duplicate, please delete it.<br /><br />Do you think that it is impossible to have interesting, thoroughly philosophical projects, that either come out of nowhere or do not come out of the philosophical literature? I don't know if this could happen, but I wonder if someone could simply notice something that hadn't been noticed by philosophers before and which would matter to us even if we had no real background against which to situate it. Consequently, I worry that the situating line is actually too strong. Thoughts?Jonathan Livengoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264815112941067048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-26812352469085172742012-10-23T18:41:00.837-07:002012-10-23T18:41:00.837-07:00Do you think that it is impossible to have interes...Do you think that it is impossible to have interesting, thoroughly philosophical projects, that either come out of nowhere or do not come out of the philosophical literature? I don't know if this could happen, but I wonder if someone could simply notice something that hadn't been noticed by philosophers before and which would matter to us even if we had no real background against which to situate it. Consequently, I worry that the situating line is actually too strong. Thoughts?Jonathan Livengoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264815112941067048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-76380992545331929472012-10-12T02:25:39.515-07:002012-10-12T02:25:39.515-07:00For either agenda, indeed! :)For either agenda, indeed! :)Callan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15373053356095440571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-26807942984684113902012-10-11T13:56:17.848-07:002012-10-11T13:56:17.848-07:00Callan, you forget that spoiling is one way of adv...Callan, you forget that spoiling is one way of advancing! ;-)Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-87110593548714554022012-10-08T02:19:42.761-07:002012-10-08T02:19:42.761-07:00empirical research that is thoroughly contextualiz...<i>empirical research that is thoroughly contextualized within an intimate knowledge of the philosophical literature on which it bears, and which is presented, primarily, as advancing that philosophical literature.</i><br />Seems the former spoils the latter, or vice versa? Wouldn't emperical research include experiments which might end up disproving the hypothesis as much as proving it? That spoils advancing the philosophical literature. That or equally the advancing of the philosophical literature spoils the emperical research.Callan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15373053356095440571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-33976019395377397962012-10-01T11:07:10.422-07:002012-10-01T11:07:10.422-07:00Thanks for the link, Mark! Lively discussion over...Thanks for the link, Mark! Lively discussion over there and at the x-phi blog. I would encourage people thinking of commenting here to first check out the discussions at those two blogs.Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-64881085276568562772012-10-01T05:00:42.409-07:002012-10-01T05:00:42.409-07:00A similar suggestions is also made at NewAPPS http...A similar suggestions is also made at NewAPPS http://www.newappsblog.com/2012/10/the-different-meanings-of-experimental-philosophy.html<br /><br />One problem with the suggestion is that that kind of work pre-dates X-Phi. Seems like false advertising.Mark Eli Kalderonnoreply@blogger.com