Experiments in Philosophy

The impact of psychological research on life's big questions.

Are Free-Will Deniers Open to Experience? Are Materialists Extrovert? Help us Find out!

Could it be that people are attracted to different philosophical views because of their temperament? Could it be, for instance, that extroverts tend to be materialists, while people who are open to new experiences tend to deny the reality of free will?

Justin Sytsma, Jonathan Livengood, Adam Feltz, and I are looking at this question, and we'd like to ask you to help us out!

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Perhaps scientists are also

Perhaps scientists are also materialists.

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Edouard Machery is a philosopher of psychology and an experimental philosopher in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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