Towards an Experimental Turn in Filipino Philosophy

A New Way Forward

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ID21828009
AuthorsIan Anthony Davatos (0009-0003-5165-3175, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume14
Issue2
Pages73-96
Publication date2020-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueKritike An Online Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1908-7330 • E-ISSN: 1908-7330
PublisherKritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25138/14.2.a5
OpenAlexW3118933414
LanguageEN
References cited10

The primary objective of this paper is to find out whether there is any possibility of coming up with a philosophy that we can call Filipino. Inspired by the works of Leonardo Mercado, I suggest an exciting new area of philosophy that can get us to an answer: experimental philosophy. Secondly, I shall bridge the connection between experimental philosophy and the search for Filipino philosophy. More specifically, I shall provide an answer as to how experimental philosophy can be expected to lead to a Filipino philosophy. Then, I shall suggest a novel way in how to do experimental Filipino philosophy, that is, experimental philosophy in the service of discovering a Filipino philosophy, and it is by way of traditional empirical methods in anthropology, such as interviews and focus group discussions. Finally, I introduce the charge of limited applicability inspired by Roland Theuas Pada and respond to the objection. I conclude by inviting Filipino philosophers to integrate experimental philosophy in their search for a Filipino philosophy

Epistemology · Physics · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy

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