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Comedian Eugene Mirman Explaining Experimental Philosophy

Comedian Eugene Mirman explaining experimental philosophy
Published on November 9, 2008 by Joshua Knobe in Experiments in Philosophy

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As Edouard mentioned in his recent post, some of the most fascinating discoveries in experimental philosophy have come from work on people's ordinary understanding of human action.

Oddly enough, YouTube is now displaying a video of comedian Eugene Mirman explaining some of these new discoveries. I've included the video below. Hope you enjoy it.

 



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Joshua Knobe is a professor in the philosophy department at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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