The focus of the conference will be on recent work on experimental philosophy, especially the experimental study of philosophical intuitions, and its relationship to more traditional philosophical methods such as conceptual analysis. Speakers will include John Doris, Joshua Knobe, Stephen Stich, David Chalmers, Frank Jackson, and Michael Smith.

Program

Wednesday, 18 July

10am, Stephen Stich (Rutgers), 'Philosophy, Intuition, and Culture'

1.30pm, Frank Jackson (ANU), 'Conceptual Analysis as a Kind of Experimental Philosophy'

3.45pm, Alex Plakias (Michigan), 'Moral Disagreement'

5.00pm, Farid Masrour (Arizona), 'Can Experimental Philosophy Replace Conceptual Analysis?'

Thursday, 19 July

10am, John Doris (Washington), 'Broadminded: The Social Realization of Moral Minds'

1.30pm, Michael Smith (Princeton), 'The Limits of Experimental Philosophy'

4.00pm, Symposium: Adina Roskies (Dartmouth), 'Experimental(ly-informed) Philosophy: Lessons from Acquired Sociopathy'; and, Jeanette Kennett (ANU), 'Could there be an Empirical Refutation of Internalism'

7.30pm, Conference dinner, Teatro Vivaldi

Friday, 20 July

10.00am, Joshua Knobe (North Carolina), 'Intuitions about Consciousness: Experimental Studies'

1.30pm, David Chalmers (ANU), Wrap-up and general discussion

7.30pm, Party