S4 Ep 5 - Edouard Machery on 'Experimental Philosophy'

The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science - A podcast by HPSUniMelb.org - Miercuri

Today our guest presenter Thomas Spiteri is joined by Professor Edouard Machery, Distinguished Professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s HPS department and director of the Center for Philosophy of Science.Edouard, a leading figure in experimental philosophy (X-Phi), shares insights into the X-Phi movement, which integrates empirical methods into philosophical inquiry. He discusses the limitations of traditional philosophical methods, particularly the use of intuitions, and explains how X-Ph...