Comedy meets Experimental Philosophy
I have been meaning to post a link to this funny x-phi video by stand-up comedian Eugene Mirman. Seeing the link to the video over at The Situationist jostled my memory. Enjoy!
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I do agree that it's really funny, but I also worry that it's not a very good advertisement for _experimental_ philosophy as such. If you eliminated the approximately 5 seconds of screen time in which some data is reported, it could just as well be an ad for doing traditional armchair philosophy! Indeed, the whole "you can try this on yourself at home!" aspect of it seems to me an almost anti-X-Phi idea.
Posted by: Jonathan Weinberg | Friday, November 21, 2008 at 08:25 AM
Hi, I have a bit of an unrelated question.
I am a high school senior who plans on majoring in philosophy next year. I am fascinated by experimental philosophy and would like to know what classes I should be looking to take. A minor in psychology, or something completely different? Any help would be appreciated!
Posted by: jon sanders | Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 10:56 AM