Experimental Philosophy in the New York Times

Anthony Appiah is nice enough to discuss experimental philosophy in the New York Times. Josh's, Ron's, and my work are discussed here.

We should definitively thank Anthony Appiah for this!!

Edouard

Comments

[Robert Frodeman]

This morning I write Professor Appiah, and mentioned the existence of a parallel effort which I would guess few within philosophy know about: the 'field philosophy' approach we are taking here at the University of North Texas. "Applied" philosophy implies that theorizing is prior and complete before the concepts are used; "field philosophy" emphasizes the importance of entering into settings where philosophic claims are tested by real world challenges, where philosophers work in real time on a project basis with scientists, engineers, and policy makers. Put differently: we seek to train students in our new (2005) PhD program for two possible careers--as philosophers within academe, and within the public and private sectors.

This approach characterizes a number of departmental projects:

on New Orleans and Katrina: http://www.ndsciencehumanitiespolicy.org/katrina/)

on the National Science Foundation: http://www.ndsciencehumanitiespolicy.org/workshop/

but perhaps most striking is the department's new field station at Cape Horn, Chile (http://www.phil.unt.edu/chile).

Bob Frodeman, Chair, UNT Philosophy