Eddy Nahmias - What is Experimental Philosophy?

Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje ‘Experimental philosophy’ is a new field of study, in which philosophical problems are subjected to surveys of common people expressing their common views. What can be learned from the amateur ideas of ordinary people? How might experimental philosophy affect philosophical inquiry? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on the science of free will: https://bit.ly/44t3M9w Eddy Nahmias is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University. He received his PhD from Duke University and his BA from Emory University. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.