March 3, 2008

Appiah’s Experiments in Ethics: Chapter 1
By Neil Levy

Chapter One is essentially a ground clearing exercise. Appiah’s aim is to argue that experimental philosophy is not the innovative and threatening enterprise that it might seem: instead, it is a return to philosophy’s roots. Philosophy has traditionally been closely informed by scientific work, and the best philosophers have often engaged in science themselves. It is the era of conceptual analysis divorced from mere empirical engagement that is the aberration, not the turn to the empirical.

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Posted on March 3, 2008 at 7:52 pm in Appiah Reading Group, Experimental Ethics, Neil Levy's Posts | 12 Comments

February 14, 2008

Schedule for the Appiah Reading Group
By S. Matthew Liao

The Appiah Reading Group will start in early March. In each session, a commentator will provide a summary of a chapter and some points for consideration. The post will then be open for discussion, and we welcome your thoughts on any aspect of the chapter.

Some ‘off-line’ sessions will also be held in Oxford during this time. Please contact me if you are interested in attending the off-line sessions, as the numbers will be limited to ensure a smooth running of the reading group. ** Note: It is NOT necessary to have attended the off-line sessions in order to contribute to the online sessions. **

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Posted on February 14, 2008 at 4:35 pm in Appiah Reading Group, Experimental Ethics, General Announcement, S. Matthew Liao's Posts | 1 Comment

January 31, 2008

Appiah Reading Group
By S. Matthew Liao

experimentsinethics.jpg Following the successful Kamm Reading Group, Ethics Etc will shortly be holding another reading group on Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah’s book, Experiments in Ethics. Professor Appiah is Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University and the current President of the American Philosophical Association. The content of his book is as follows:

1. Introduction: The Waterless Moat
2. The Case against Character
3. The Case against Intuition
4. The Varieties of Moral Experience
5. The Ends of Ethics

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Posted on January 31, 2008 at 6:11 pm in Appiah Reading Group, Experimental Ethics, Philosophical Methods, S. Matthew Liao's Posts | 5 Comments

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