Feminist x-phi

This Friday, May 7: a panel on experimental and feminist philosophy, with a bunch of cool folks from diverse areas of philosophy, and beyond! (zoom registration link in the comments)

Upcoming G.E.M.S. session on feminist themes! (This Thursday)

Five more days to apply!

Beyond the armchair: must philosophy become experimental? – Stephanie Wykstra | Aeon Essays A growing number of philosophers are conducting experiments to test their arguments. Is this the future for philosophy?

Gaile Pohlhaus's reservations about x-phi can be seen as an instance of a more general skepticism that critical theorists expressed towards quantitative methods. While acknowledging the egregious historical cases of using quantitative methods to perpetuate oppression, Kevin Cockley and Germine Awad argue - contrary to popular conviction - that quantitative methods are not inherently oppressive. Indeed, in their paper "In Defense of Quantitative Methods: Using the “Master’s Tools” to Promote Social Justice," they provide examples of successful uses of quantitative methods to promote social justice. We're thrilled that Professor Awad will join the workshop panel on May 7!

In Defense of Quantitative Methods: Using the “Master’s Tools” to Promote Social Justice | Journal for Social Action in Counseling & Psychology In Defense of Quantitative Methods: Using the “Master’s Tools” to Promote Social Justice Kevin Cokley University of Texas at Austin Germine H. Awad University of Texas at Austin DOI: https://doi.org/10.33043/JSACP.5.2.26-41 Keywords: Quantitative methods, Social justice, Cultural competence Ab...

Not everyone is as optimistic as we are about the compatibility of feminist and experimental philosophy. In her important paper
"Different Voices, Perfect Storms, and Asking Grandma What She Thinks: Situating Experimental Philosophy in Relation to Feminist Philosophy," Gaile Pohlhaus argues (among other things) that:

"I worry that experimental philosophy may, perhaps inadvertently, be a straightening device [fx: in Sarah Ahmed's sense], still engaged in organizing the world according to concepts that were and continue to be honed, for the most part, on the bodies of white men. Furthermore, I am concerned that relegating non-white, non-male people to comparative sets of statistical data may be just one more way of deflecting attention away from the world as it actually matters and materializes in the interaction between non-dominantly situated subjects and their/our lived worlds." (Pohlhaus 2015, p. 19)

Different Voices, Perfect Storms, and Asking Grandma What She Thinks: Situating Experimental Philosophy in Relation to Feminist Philosophy | Feminist Philosophy Quarterly Different Voices, Perfect Storms, and Asking Grandma What She Thinks: Situating Experimental Philosophy in Relation to Feminist Philosophy Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr. Miami University - Oxford DOI: https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2015.1.3 Abstract At first glance it might appear that experimental philosophers a...

That's the kind of research we'd like to see more of:

Opinion | You Were Duped Into Saying Yes. Is That Still Consent? Legal scholars have long debated this question. Recent psychological studies shed new light.

***Accepting applications for our series of workshops.***

Deadline: April 15th, 2021