[ExI] experimental philosophy

[Henry Rivera]

> On Mar 30, 2016, at 5:57 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> But to call it something other than psychology is just playing with words and taking credit where it isn't due.

Speaking of calling psychology by any other name, I'll plug this article by my esteemed colleague Scott Lilienfeld that looks at the movement toward "eliminative reductionism (the belief that the neural level of analysis will eventually render the psychological level of analysis superfluous)" in psychology. This is in contrast to "emergent properties (the assumption that higher-order mental functions are not directly reducible to neural processes)." The authors note: "a number of psychology departments have recently modified their names to underscore a focus on neuroscience (Beins, 2012). Such names include “Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences” (e.g., University of California, Santa Barbara, Johns Hopkins University, Indiana University, Dartmouth University, Boston University, University of Louisville, University of Massachusetts–Amherst) and “Department of Psychology and Neuroscience” (e.g., Duke University, Baylor University, University of Colorado at Boulder)." The article touches on philosophy too a bit. 

Full disclosure: I'm a (US) psychologist who has taken more than my fair share of philosophy courses. And I aced economics without really putting forth effort. Thus, as you might predict, the so-called field of behavioral economics comes quite naturally to me. I'm not convinced it's not just good ole fashioned psychology however. The name could just be a result of marketing books to a broader audience although they have made a niche for themselves now. But I digress. 

Schwartz, S. J., Lilienfeld, S. O., Meca, A., & Sauvigné, K. C. (2016). The role of neuroscience within psychology: A call for inclusiveness over exclusiveness. The American psychologist, 71(1), 52-70.

-Henry
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