Experimental philosophy: A discussion with Josh Knobe

[@mf_hume]

Great conversation! These interviews have been excellent--keep 'em coming!

[@MajestyofReason]

Great discussion!

[@lanceindependent]

Thanks!

[@andystewart9701]

Interesting discussion!

[@patrickwrites]

40:06 It's a really cool description of experimental philosophy as providing new questions to philosophy. I wonder about the compatibalism studies. I don't understand equating free will with responsibility. Feels a little like assuming moral realism is sensible and understood by the participant - or atleast some sort of responsibility realism. I don't think I'm too odd in thinking free will is an illusion and responsibility just is those feelings and social relations - so given determinism, nothing stops me thinking we don't have free will while still having responsibility. I don't know what participants would think but my guess is there are many combinations something like "responsibility iff free will" biases against. A participant could say a robber isn't responsible while still holding that robber would be held responsible, feel responsible, and the participant personally would hold and feel the robber was responsible. To me this would suggest two concepts both called responsible, and maybe that could be tested for too.

[@oOneszaOo]

exactly. i was puzzled when he equated the moral domain of free will with the ontological domain. those are two different questions entirely and even in the philosophical literature they are differentiated. e.g. i consider myself a hard determinist (free will doesn't exist and isn't compatible with determinism) and a semi-compatibilist (moral responsibility is possible without free will). it's two different positions/debates that are related to each other but not predictive of each other, i.e. knowing a person's view on one does not mean one knows that person's view on the other. and that's not even getting into the other issue you brought up about the practice and feeling of responsibility vs the underlying metaphysical nature of responsibility. that would be a different question again. if the researchers aren't careful in regards to the concepts they're studying, then how can they ever hope to get any useful data about people they're studying...

[@realSAPERE_AUDE]

Really interesting stuff. Underrated content!

[@cpt.kimintuitiondemon]

👌 Can't keep up ! you're on a roll!

[@Oskar1000]

Really good discussion!

[@justus4684]

29:28 What da dog doin?

[@lanceindependent]

I'm not sure!

[@DoomKaiserGliders]

I like dat da dog was polite enough to let Nobe finish speaking