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Experimental Philosophy in 3D WHEN: Friday, March 15, 5:006:30 WHERE: NYU, The Ground Floor Auditorium at 5 Washington Place , SPONSORED BY: Metro Experimental Research Group CONTACT: Jonathan Phillips: [email protected] / 2036549240 Singer Amanda Palmer narrates a 3D video about the nature of happiness Experimental Philosophy is a controversial new movement that involves using experimental studies in search of answers to important philosophical questions. The debate over this emerging interdisciplinary field has been covered in the New York Times, Slate, The Guardian, Scientific American, NPR, the BBC, and elsewhere. For an introduction to Experimental Philosophy, see http://nyti.ms/d5W8M3 Media artist Ben Coonley has directed a series of short videos illustrating three recent experimental philosophy studies. We will screen these videos as part of an interactive event where audience members will be able to talk directly to both the philosophers whose work the videos depict and Coonley himself. The videos displayed at this event depict philosophical work by Joshua Knobe (Yale University), Jonathan Phillips (Yale University) and Hagop Sarkissian (Baruch College). All three of these philosophers will be taking questions from the audience throughout the event. The event will include the first public showing of a 3D video on moral relativism starring singer Amanda Palmer, an ‘interactive’ video about the nature of happiness in which audience members can fill in their own answers, and a very brief video starring comedian Eugene Mirman. This last video can be previewed at: http://youtu.be/sHoyMfHudaE BIOGRAPHIES Ben Coonley (Assistant Professor, Bard College) is an artist whose work has been exhibited at venues including MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York: Cinema," Performa, the New Museum for Contemporary Art, The Moscow Biennale, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2010, he was named one of Film Comment’s “21 Leading Lights of Projection Performance.” ARTnews has called him a "new media prankster," adding, "Using the tools of consumer technology—PowerPoint, YouTube, Photoshop—he turns media formats and genres inside out." Joshua Knobe (Professor, Yale University) is one of the founders of the experimental philosophy movement and one of its most influential practitioners. He has discussed the topic in articles for the New York Times and Scientific American and is a frequent contributor to bloggingheads.tv. Prospect Magazine writes, "It takes most people decades to reach guru status. But Joshua Knobe managed it within a few years of being awarded his PhD in philosophy from Princeton in 2006. He has an infectious excitement for his research." Hagop Sarkissian (Assistant Professor, Baruch College) is both an experimental philosopher and an expert on classical Chinese philosophy. Much of his work uses experimental methods to explore ideas from Confucian philosophy. Jonathan Phillips (graduate student, Yale University) has conducted experimental studies on the way people think about happiness and freedom. Much of his recent research looks at the way young children think about moral questions.

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Experimental  Philosophy  in  3-­‐D  WHEN:  Friday,  March  15,  5:00-­‐6:30  

WHERE:  NYU,  The  Ground  Floor  Auditorium  at  5  Washington  Place  ,  SPONSORED  BY:  Metro  Experimental  Research  Group  

CONTACT:  Jonathan  Phillips:  [email protected]  /  203-­‐654-­‐9240    

 Singer  Amanda  Palmer  narrates  a  3D  video  about  the  nature  of  happiness  

 Experimental  Philosophy  is  a  controversial  new  movement  that  involves  using  experimental  studies  in  search  of  answers  to  important  philosophical  questions.  The  debate  over  this  emerging  interdisciplinary  field  has  been  covered  in  the  New  York  Times,  Slate,  The  Guardian,  Scientific  American,  NPR,  the  BBC,  and  elsewhere.  For  an  introduction  to  Experimental  Philosophy,  see  http://nyti.ms/d5W8M3    Media  artist  Ben  Coonley  has  directed  a  series  of  short  videos  illustrating  three  recent  experimental  philosophy  studies.  We  will  screen  these  videos  as  part  of  an  interactive  event  where  audience  members  will  be  able  to  talk  directly  to  both  the  philosophers  whose  work  the  videos  depict  and  Coonley  himself.    The  videos  displayed  at  this  event  depict  philosophical  work  by  Joshua  Knobe  (Yale  University),  Jonathan  Phillips  (Yale  University)  and  Hagop  Sarkissian  (Baruch  College).  All  three  of  these  philosophers  will  be  taking  questions  from  the  audience  throughout  the  event.    The  event  will  include  the  first  public  showing  of  a  3-­‐D  video  on  moral  relativism  starring  singer  Amanda  Palmer,  an  ‘interactive’  video  about  the  nature  of  happiness  in  which  audience  members  can  fill  in  their  own  answers,  and  a  very  brief  video  starring  comedian  Eugene  Mirman.  This  last  video  can  be  previewed  at:  http://youtu.be/sHoyMfHudaE      BIOGRAPHIES    

• Ben  Coonley  (Assistant  Professor,  Bard  College)  is  an  artist  whose  work  has  been  exhibited  at  venues  including  MoMA  PS1’s  “Greater  New  York:  Cinema,"  Performa,  the  New  Museum  for  Contemporary  Art,  The  Moscow  Biennale,  and  the  International  Film  Festival  Rotterdam.  In  2010,  he  was  named  one  of  Film  Comment’s  “21  Leading  Lights  of  Projection  Performance.”  ARTnews  has  called  him  a  "new  media  prankster,"  adding,  "Using  the  tools  of  consumer  technology—PowerPoint,  YouTube,  Photoshop—he  turns  media  formats  and  genres  inside  out."  

• Joshua  Knobe  (Professor,  Yale  University)  is  one  of  the  founders  of  the  experimental  philosophy  movement  and  one  of  its  most  influential  practitioners.  He  has  discussed  the  topic  in  articles  for  the  New  York  Times  and  Scientific  American  and  is  a  frequent  contributor  to  bloggingheads.tv.    Prospect  Magazine  writes,  "It  takes  most  people  decades  to  reach  guru  status.  But  Joshua  Knobe  managed  it  within  a  few  years  of  being  awarded  his  PhD  in  philosophy  from  Princeton  in  2006.  He  has  an  infectious  excitement  for  his  research."  

• Hagop  Sarkissian  (Assistant  Professor,  Baruch  College)  is  both  an  experimental  philosopher  and  an  expert  on  classical  Chinese  philosophy.  Much  of  his  work  uses  experimental  methods  to  explore  ideas  from  Confucian  philosophy.  

• Jonathan  Phillips  (graduate  student,  Yale  University)  has  conducted  experimental  studies  on  the  way  people  think  about  happiness  and  freedom.  Much  of  his  recent  research  looks  at  the  way  young  children  think  about  moral  questions.