Objections from Mixing Memory
Thanks to Richard Chappell of Philosophy et cetera for bringing to my attention this interesting discussion of experimental philosophy by Chris at Mixing Memory. While I obviously disagree with a number of his criticisms, I think it is a worthwhile read.
You guys may also find Chris' more recent post, How To Study Intuitions [http://mixingmemory.blogspot.com/2005/01/how-to-study-intuitions-examples-from.html], to be of interest.
Do you agree that more indirect methods of study would be better than surveys? If not, why not?
(I don't mean to be overly critical. I just think these are genuinely interesting questions, that seem important to the practice of experimental philosophy. So I'd be very curious to hear your thoughts on the matter.)
Posted by:Richard | Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 06:47 PM