Lance Bush returns to the channel to discuss the need for empirical research in philosophy, whether philosophers even want to find the answers to their questions, and, of course, phenomenal conservatism (which is true, btw).
Video of this interview is available on YouTube.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:12 Common mistakes in student writing
00:06:54 Brevity and writing as a craft
00:09:34 Why Lance pursued psychology over philosophy
00:13:58 Studying moral language empirically
00:20:03 What psychology reveals about philosophical practice
00:24:59 A pragmatic theory of meaning
00:31:22 Does philosophy differ from science?
00:43:37 Why philosophers disagree
00:47:40 Could philosophy ever be solved?
00:56:31 Bias and the David Enoch debate
01:00:31 Competing philosophical starting points
01:05:58 Heterodox views and accusations of contrarianism
01:08:43 Debate mistakes and the possibility of a rematch
01:11:46 Michael Huemer and future conversations
01:13:39 Phenomenal conservatism
01:16:22 Epistemic blank checks
01:20:03 Defeaters and the psychology of seemings
01:24:57 Pragmatism and philosophical goals
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