Experimental Philosophy Society (XPS)

XPS at the Central APA

Here is the line-up for the upcoming XPS meeting at the Central APA.  Thanks, as always, to Jen Wright and Joshua Knobe for putting together such a great session!

Central APA XPS Group Session

Saturday, April 2, 12:15-2:15 p.m.

GV-3. Experimental Philosophy Society 12:15-2:15 p.m.

Chair: TBD

Speakers:

Stephanie Samayoa (Schreiner University) and Adam Feltz (Schreiner University):
“Heuristics, Life Sustaining Treatments, and Paternalism”

Chad Gonnerman (Indiana University–Bloomington), Shane Reuter (University of Evansville), and Jonathan Weinberg (Indiana University–Bloomington): “More Oversensitive Intuitions: Print Fonts and Could Choose Otherwise”

Joe Paxton (Harvard University): “Overriding Moral Intuitions”

Chandra Sripada (University of Michigan–Ann Arbor): “Being the Source of Yourself: Folk Intuitions about Free Will and ‘Ultimate Control’”

Julio Bermúdez (Catholic University of America): “The Empirical Profile of Beauty”

Brian Robinson (CUNY Graduate Center): “The Danger of Data-Driven Theories”

Mark Phelan (Yale University): “Who’s Thinking Boeing’s Thoughts?”

 

XPS at the Pacific APA

Here is the line-up for the upcoming XPS meeting at the Pacific APA.  Thanks, as always, to Jen Wright and Joshua Knobe for putting together such a great session!

Pacific APA XPS Group Session

Saturday Evening, April 23rd

G8C 6:00-9:00pm

Chair:

Maria Baghramian (University College, Dublin)

Speakers:

Mark Alfano (City University of New York–Graduate Center): “An Empirical Investigation of Social Distance Heuristics”

Tania Lombrozo (University of California–Berkeley): “Evidence for Two Concepts of Causation”

William Brady (Georgia State University) & Felipe De Brigard (University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill): “Responsibility and the Principle of Alternative Future Possibilities”

Gunnar Björnsson (Linköpings Universitet): “The Explanation Explanation of Knobe Effects”

Joshua Alexander (Siena College)&  Jonathan M. Weinberg (Indiana University–Bloomington): “Thin Versus Substantial Conceptions of Intuition: You Can Run but You Cannot Hide”

David Danks (Carnegie Mellon University), Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh), & David Rose (Carnegie Mellon University): “When Is a Raven (Reason) Like a Writing Desk (A Causal Explanation)?”