tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post4795372711326949805..comments2023-03-20T09:30:33.447-05:00Comments on Delight Springs: x-phiPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post-35865582397612477772010-04-13T19:57:55.798-05:002010-04-13T19:57:55.798-05:00Well, sure. I don't think anyone in x-phi has...Well, sure. I don't think anyone in x-phi has ever said that we can do without reflection, theorizing, etc. It's more about what should be informing those reflections, and how we should treat our intuitive premises.<br /><br />The Redbirds weren't there yet when I was growing up -- we had the AA-league Memphis Chicks, actually, who, um, kinda sucked. But I love going to Redbirds games now! Mmmm, bbq nachos....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491290512269612355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post-33759764460771223262010-04-12T05:48:16.322-05:002010-04-12T05:48:16.322-05:00Well, I'm all for those conversations. But I n...Well, I'm all for those conversations. But I note that Appiah's last word is to take that data to the armchair. Information is still no substitute for reflection, though of course reflection without data really is blind. I like "hybrid" approaches, though my own tough-and-tender composite view may strike some analytic types as incoherent. <br /><br />You a baseball fan, Jonathan? It'd be a shame to come from Memphis and not be. Go Redbirds!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post-17788110312894780092010-04-12T01:05:35.781-05:002010-04-12T01:05:35.781-05:00That would be fun! I'm a Memphis boy, myself,...That would be fun! I'm a Memphis boy, myself, and I always enjoy a trip to Nashville, especially if I get a chance at some biscuits from the Loveless Cafe. :-) I don't think I've been to Murfreesboro proper since a high school football game, however.<br /><br />I don't know if I had anything clearly in mind, but I reckon one could distinguish between:<br />--philosophers actually involved in conducting studies;<br />--philosophers who are in favor of the former, but who don't do such studies themselves;<br />--philosophers who find the questions raised by all this interesting to examine, but either without taking sides or perhaps arguing for the "who needs data?" side.<br /><br />I've stolen an idea or two from James in my own work -- a kind of James-meets-Edward-Craig's _Knowledge and the State of Nature_ hybrid -- but it'd be interesting to see whether x-phi could be a point of richer contact between the pragmatist tradition and "mainstream" analytic philosophy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491290512269612355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post-39724873039029183142010-04-11T21:19:35.499-05:002010-04-11T21:19:35.499-05:00Maybe we need to think about hosting an x-phi conf...Maybe we need to think about hosting an x-phi conference in Murfreesboro. What makes one a practitioner and not just an advocate? Falsifiable data, I guess. Anyway, it is cool to see "a new name for an old way of thinking" turning heads again!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634493651432799061.post-6036526321558488922010-04-11T20:37:00.479-05:002010-04-11T20:37:00.479-05:00Very cool to see pragmatism folks getting interest...Very cool to see pragmatism folks getting interested in x-phi! Btw, you might be interested to know that Justin Sytsma, one of the big players in the next generation of x-philes, will be joining your sister institution in Johnson City in the fall. Y'all might want to have him down to Nashville for a talk!<br /><br />(For that matter, you have a fair number of x-phi-interested people within about a 4-hour drive of MTSU: Bob Barnard at Ole Miss; Jeanine Weekes-Schroer at Arkansas State; and me up at IU. Also, Scott Aikin at Vandy is, I think, interested in the topic but is not a practitioner.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491290512269612355noreply@blogger.com