The new "Experimental Philosophy" blog--"a blog dedicated to interdisciplinary research in legal theory, philosophy, and psychology"--brings together faculty and graduate students at a couple of different schools who share a common methodological orientation:
"A number of philosophers have recently begun relying on methods borrowed from social psychology to probe folk intuitions in an attempt to shed new light on old philosophical problems. This research program--sometimes called either "experimental" or "empirically informed" philosophy--has produced some interesting and important data in action theory (e.g. Knobe, Malle, Mele, Nadelhoffer), epistemology (e.g. Nichols, Stich), ethics (e.g. Doris, Stich), the free will debate (e.g. Morris, Nadelhoffer, Nahmias, Nichols, Turner) and legal theory (e.g. Malle, Nadelhoffer). Hopefully, this blog will foster cooperation among the legal theorists, philosophers, and psychologists working in these areas. Minimally, this site should serve as a forum where scholars interested in interdisciplinary research can discuss and present new ideas, data, and problems."
This, in my view, is the most important recent development in philosophy, so I particularly welcome this new blog, which has the potential to be an attractive resource.
Meanwhile, David Chalmers, the king of philosophy-related lists, has compiled the first rather comprehensive-looking list of blogs by philosophers here. Very helpful--includes a few I'd never even seen.
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